A．breakB．concentrationC．increasinglyD．exhibitsE．existingF．highlightedG．majorH．shiftedI．soughtJ．survivedPaintinghasbeencontinuouslypracticedbyhumansforsome20，000years．Itwasoneoftheearliest

　　A．break B．concentration C．increasingly D．exhibits E．existing

　　F．highlighted G．major H．shifted I．sought J．survivedPainting has been continuously practiced by humans for some 20，000years．It was one of the earliest ways in which man（41）___ to express his own personality and his emerging understanding of an existence beyond the material world．Unlike music and dance，however，examples of early forms of painting have（42）___ to the present day．Painting，like other arts，（43）___ universal qualities that make it easy for viewers of all nations and civilizations to understand and appreciate．

　　The major（44）___ examples of early painting anywhere in the world are found in Western Europe and the Russia．But some 5，000years ago，the areas in which important paintings were created（45）___ to the eastern Mediterranean Sea and neighboring regions．Therefore，Western shared a European cultural tradition-the Middle East and Mediterranean Basin and，later，the countries of the New World．

　　Western painting is in general distinguished by its（46）___ on the representation of the human figure．The Renaissance（文艺复兴） extended this tradition through a close examination of the natural world and an investigation of balance，harmony，and perspective in the visible world．The first real（47）___ from figurative painting came with the growth of landscape painting in the 17th and 18th centuries．The landscape and figurative traditions developed together in the 19th century in an atmosphere that was（48）___ concerned with"painterly"qualities of the interaction of light and color and the expressive qualities of paint handling．In the 20th century these interests contributed to the development of a third（49）___ tradition in Western painting，abstract painting．