2 . 阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Calligraphy, the art of writing, was the visual art form prized above all others in traditional China. Painting was contemporary with calligraphy, sharing 1 same tools—namely, brush and ink. Yet calligraphy was regarded 2 a fine art long before painting.
The status of calligraphy reflects the importance of the word in China. 3 makes the written words distinctive is its visual form. However, despite its abstract 4 (appear), calligraphy is not an abstract form. Chinese characters are dynamic, closely connected with the forces of nature and the kinesthetic (运动) energies of the human body.
How can a simple character convey all this? The use of brush and ink 5 (have) much to do with it. A calligrapher can control the 6 (thick) of the ink by varying both the amount of water and the solid ink. Once he starts writing, by loading the brush sometimes with 7 (much) ink or sometimes with less, he creates characters that resemble a shower of rocks here and a drop of dew (露珠) there.
The Chinese written language 8 (begin) to develop more than 3,000 years ago and 9 (eventual) evolved into five basic script types. Over the centuries, calligraphers were free to write in any of them, 10 ( depend) on the text’s function. The calligraphic tradition remains alive today.