improvement and perfection. The tools and materials used to create ink and wash painting, i.e. brushes, rice paper, and ink, are characteristic of Chinese culture and closely related to the features of the paintings. For example, the mixing of water and ink creates different shades of dryness, wetness, thickness and thinness. The integration and infiltration of water, ink, and rice paper enables such paintings to convey rich images, and hence to achieve unique

aesthetic effects. Ink and wash painting holds a high status in the history of Chinese painting, and it is even regarded as the criterion to evaluate the artistic level of Oriental paintings.

Unit4

1. Although secondary education is (compulsory) , parents are not required

to send their children to state schools.

2. The economic situation has been worsening, causing economists

to (contemplate) whether the present policies are sustainable.

3. He was found guilty and was (imprisoned) in the Tower of London, where

he died very quickly, aged only 47.

4. It is obvious that the future of the Internet is to (globalize) more and more

areas of the world, and that e-commerce and e-entertainment are going to go for more and more markets.

5. However, your current losses should soon be (offset) by gains; the fund will

produce a positive return of 11.6 percent over a nine-month period. 6. Because she was so tall and slim, all the clothes looked marvelous on her and

the other girls would (groan) their envy.

7. This can be a helpful approach in discussion — someone may regard you

as (stubborn) since you never want to change your mind, whereas you see yourself as determined.

8. At weekends, the school park is almost empty except that a few

cars (cluster) near the entrance.

9. In the photographer's finest pictures there is also a degree of (ambiguity) ,

which allows them to be interpreted in a variety of ways.

10. Tim stretched out a hand in apology for his thoughtless remarks and

was (consoled) by a firm handshake from Mark.

1. Virginia was a perfectionist. She was just not prepared to (settle

for) anything that was second best.

2. He could be quite casual in his attitude to his wife's anxiety, and (more

often than not) failed to let her know when he would be back from a business trip.

3. \

disappointment was (mingled with) disgust.

4. Thanks to modern transportation, agricultural products in these remote

mountainous regions can also be (traded for) other goods.

5. As the market (was saturated with) a wide variety of goods, the economy

became more balanced and the competition forced the prices down. 6. Going with the flow doesn't mean that we don't know where we're going; it

means that we (are open to) multiple ways of getting there. 7. The athlete had been (endowed with) long legs and a persistent

temperament so he was very successful.

8. The wrongly accused man asked for extra compensation to (make up

for) the stress he had suffered during the case.

Unit7

1. People (donate) canned food and old clothes most frequently, but rarely do

they think about bringing in underwear — it's one of the most obvious but overlooked needs of the homeless.

2. Brian Wood watched his financial life (spiral) downward just when he

thought he had overcome the obstacles which had been dominating his past. 3. They are to leave the house with only their personal possessions, for they

have got a letter ordering the immediate (termination) of their occupancy (居住).

4. The company was reportedly going bankrupt and this would result in

the (layoff) of thousands of employees.

5. The princess who was brought up in wealth understood that many things

that are common and everyday to her are unimaginable luxuries to people on (subsistence) wages.

6. Young students should develop a broad (spectrum) of interests, which

their parents should encourage and support as best as possible. 7. I asked the waitress to refill my coffee cup and she

happily (complied) repeatedly until I had consumed enough coffee to stay up all night and study for my exam.

8. Though she lost the title of female world swimming champion last year,

she (reclaimed) it this year when she gave it all she could.

9. This type of system which (originated) in the United Kingdom has been

widely used throughout Europe and is gaining in popularity in the United States of America and Japan.

10. Failure to make the request will be fatal to the accuser's claim if the relevant

limitation period has (expired) , unless an extension of time is granted.

1. He (put down) $20,000 as a deposit on the beautiful $200,000 villa

believing that his investment would increase over time.

2. The parents who feel that their own lives are miserable and are failures

can (wind up) doing an immense amount of damage to their kids.

3. Families that are paying for college or saving for college are trying

to (scrape together) and save the money for their kids.

4. Reporters were openly and aggressively questioning whether the party

was (on the verge of)being taken over by extremists.

5. The factory had just started production and (in all likelihood) it would

take five to seven years to achieve full production.

6. The conditions for the majority of the workforce will continue

to (deteriorate into) widespread and extreme poverty if relief payment is late in coming.

7. Only those who are weighing the advantages and disadvantages of each

choice (are in a position) to know which one is best for them. 8. Her romantic illusions of being married (gave way to) recognizing her adult responsibilities that came with marriage.

窗体底端

The WTO, established on January 1, 1995, intends to supervise and liberalize international trade. The organization deals with regulation of trade between participating countries; it provides a framework for negotiating and formalizing trade agreements, and a dispute resolution process aimed at enforcing participants' adherence (遵守) to WTO agreements, which are signed by representatives of member governments and ratified (批准) by their parliaments. The process of becoming a WTO member is unique to each applicant country, and the terms of accession are dependent upon the country's stage of economic development and current trade regime (体制). China became a member of the WTO on December 11, 2001. The admission of China to the WTO was preceded by a lengthy process of negotiations and required significant changes to the Chinese economy. It also meant a deeper integration of China into the world economy. The admission of China to the WTO was an enormous multilateral (多边的) achievement which marked a clear commitment toward multilateralism from the Chinese perspective.

世界贸易组织成立于1995年1月1日，旨在监督和促进国际贸易自由化。该组织负责对成员国之间的贸易进行调控，为贸易协定的谈判和形成制定框架，并提供争端解决机制以敦促成员国遵守世贸协定，而这些协定皆为各成员国政府的代表所签署且获得其立法机构的批准。每一个申请国加入世贸组织的过程各不相同，加入的条件取决于该国经济发展的阶段和现行贸易体制。中国在2001年12月11日成为世贸组织成员国，是在经历了漫长的谈判，并按要求对中国经济作出重大改变之后才得以加入的，这也意味着中国经济能更深入地融入到世界经济中。