The National Art Gallery,     1    (locate) at the heart of Canberra, Australia, is a must to visit. The architecture of the gallery itself is impressive and unique. Many types of paintings are     2     (separate) on display based on the painters’ country of origin. It is roughly estimated that there     3     (be) at least a thousand paintings in the gallery so far . It even has a special area     4     paintings by art students are exhibited. The quality and the imagination of the young painters are also extraordinary.

Among all those exhibits, the aboriginal (土著的) paintings are the most     5     (strike). There is a sad history surrounding the natives of Australia. In the 19th century, when white     6     (settler) came to Australia, most of the children of the aboriginals     7     (take) away from their own parents and brought up by white parents. Some of the paintings express this theme, which could move visitors into tears.

During holidays, the gallery is always crowded     8     parents and their children. It is amazing     9     (see) small children appreciating such abstract paintings. The National Art Gallery is truly     10     attraction worth visiting.

A new exhibit at a California museum provides visitors     1     a modern version of the ancient Chinese art style , “shan shui hua” ,     2     (mean) “mountains-water painting” in English . The works show scenes of mountains , rivers and somethings waterfalls . Chinese artists have been creating the brush and ink works for more than 1,000 years .

Artists Nick Dong and Wu Chi-Tsung     3     (find) ways to connect the new , digital generation to this     4     (tradition) kind of art several years ago . Their works capture the spirit of the style in a new way . The exhibit forces the viewers     5     (slow) down and experience a different world . That was also one of the     6     (goal) of shan shui hua artists from long ago.

Dong ,    7     was born in Taiwan , China and now lives in Northern California , said , “    8     (actual) , the exhibit was for all these artists to create a world where they wanted to hide . So , they created a mountain and imagined they could live there .”

One work involves a slowly moving light directed at clear plastic boxes on a wall . The piece ,     9     (create) by Wu , is called Crystal City . Wu said , “If we see this through the light , through the different perspectives (视角) , we could see there’s     10    new world behind that .”

By hand, he creates worlds     1     castles fly in the sky and princesses protect the Earth. Hayao Miyazaki is often called “Japan’s Walt Disney” and     2     (think) to be the world’s greatest living animator by many.

On Nov. 8 of 2014, the animation master was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Oscar at Governors Awards. The Governors Award has been       3     annual event since 2009, and used to be part of the Academy Awards ceremony.     4     (produce) classics such as My Neighbor Totoro and the oscar-winning Spirited Away during his past five-decade career, Miyazaki     5       (win) the hearts of millions of people around the world.       6       (fortune) for his fans, Miyazaki announced his retirement in 2013. But there is some good news. In an interview with The Associated Press, he said he planned to continue making animation     7     he died. Miyazaki admitted that it would be       8     (challenge) for him to make long movies. But he is turning to animated shorts instead. So what is the animation he’s     9     ( current) working on ? It’s about samurai (武士) in the 16^th century, wearing full armor (盔甲), battling it out with each other.

That’s something     10     Miyazaki fans to look forward to.

John James Audubon was born on April 26th, 1785 and he spent much of his childhood in France.     1    (interest) in fine arts, he spent many hours each day outdoors     2    (paint) pictures. He particularly enjoyed observing the birds.     3    (support) his family, he tried to get his painting skills     4    (improve) and began to sell his paintings.We are lucky now to see so many paintings of American birds     5    (paint) by John James Audubon.