【正文】 the efficiency of their own operations. Today more newspapers are 37)______ and read than ever before. Competition also led newspapers to branch out into many other fields. Besides keeping readers 38)______ of the latest news, today39。 The western philosophers and critics of this time devoted much attention to such matters (1)_____ natural beauty, the sublime, and representation a trend reflecting the central position they had given to the philosophy of nature. Still another farreaching question has to do with the value of art. Corresponding to the trend in contemporary aesthetic thought, (13)_____ have followed (14)_____ of two approaches. the (18)_____ of a history of art。 The modern eye can derive aesthetic as well as antiquarian satisfaction (5)_____ the 15,000yearold cave murals of Lascaux some examples (6)_____ to the considerable powers of draftsmanship of these early artists. Western painting is in general distinguished by its concentration (11)_____ the representation of the human (12)_____, whether in the heroic context of antiquity or the religious context of the early Christian and medieval world. In the 20th century these interests (19)_____ to the development of a third major tradition in Western painting, abstract painting, which sought to (20)_____ and express the true nature of paint and painting through action and form.1.A. may have beenB. that may haveC. may haveD. that may have been2.A. seekB. soughtC. seek forD. sought for3.A. emergingB. emergencyC. mergingD. merger4.A. AsB. UnlikeC. LikeD. Since5.A. fromB. toC. intoD. for6.A. ratifyB. testifyC. certifyD. gratify7.A. make easyB. make it easyC. make hardD. make it hard8.A. extinctB. extentC. extantD. exterior9.A. had shiftedB. have shiftedC. shiftingD. shifted10.A. NeverthelessB. MoreoverC. HoweverD. Therefore11.A. toB. inC. onD. for12.A. figureB. shapeC. shadowD. form13.A. extractedB. extendedC. extortedD. extruded14.A. closingB. closeC. closedD. closure15.A. onB. forC. inD. to16.A. breakB. breakageC. breakdownD. breaking17.A. concerned withB. concerningC. concerning withD. concerned for18.A. reactionB. actionC. interactionD. relation19.A. distributedB. attributedC. contributedD. construed20.A. discoverB. uncoverC. recoverD. cover 2. B 3. A 4. B 5. A 6. B 7. B 8. C 9. D 10. D 11. C 12. A 13. B 14. B 15. D 16. A 17. A 18. C 19. C 20. BDirections: Decide which of the choices given below would correctly plete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. They were designed to enable pilots to stimulate simple aircraft (5)_____ in three dimensions: nose up or down。 Link built a model of an airplane cockpit equipped (9)_____ instrument panel and controls that could realistically stimulate all the movements of an airplane. (7)_____, airplane instrumentation had been developed sufficiently to permit blind flying on instruments alone, but training pilots to do so involved (8)_____ risk. Simulations also is useful for review and for familiarizing pilots with new (4)_____ to existing craft.Two early flight simulators appeared in England within a decade after the first flight of Orville and Wilbur Wright. The landscape and figurative traditions developed together in the 19th century in an atmosphere that was increasingly (17)_____ painterly qualities of the (18)_____ of light and color and the expressive qualities of paint handling. (10)_____, Western shared a European cultural tradition the Middle East and Mediterranean Basin and, later, the countries of the New World. (4)_____ music and dance, however, examples of early forms of painting have survived to the present day. The concerns of contemporary aesthetics include such (17)_____ problems as the nature of style and its aesthetic significance。 In recent years there has also been an increasing (12)_____ with art as the prime object of critical judgment. (8)_____ among these are problems relating to the theory of art as form and (9)_____ the distinction between representation and expression. C. onD. for88.A. definedB. spreadC. taughtD. discussed89.A. wentB. tookC. putD. caught90.A. ofB. throughoutC. amongD. through1. A2. C3. B4. B5. A6. D7. A8. D9. D10. C11. C12. B13. D14. D15. C16. B17. C18. C19. A20. D21. D22. D23. C24. C25. D26. A27. D28. B29. A30. A31. C32. D33. C34. B35. A36. D37. C38. D39. B40. B41. C42. A43. C44. B45. D46. A47. C48. B49. C50. D51. B52. D53. A54. B55. A56. B57. D58. B59. A60. D61. C62. A63. B64. C65. B66. D67.