三、综合填空
As the new year came, Omar, a young man from Slovakia (斯洛伐克), was very busy. He
1.
(invite) to many New Year cultural activities to write the Chinese character fu
and send good wishes to people. Among all the 2.
(calligraphy), Omar was quite
popular. People were 3.
(amaze) that a foreigner could write such beautiful
Chinese characters.
Omar’s interest in Chinese calligraphy 4. ______ (begin) in his childhood. His uncle
worked abroad for a long time and was interested in Chinese culture, often bringing back
writing brushes, inksticks and related (相关的) books. Omar felt close and curious about these
tools 5.
he first saw them.
In 2005, Omar watched the Chinese film Hero. The part about the calligraphy character
jian made him feel the power and beauty of Chinese characters. He started to learn calligraphy
by 6.
(he).
After graduating from university in 2013, Omar came to China for the first time to study
Chinese and calligraphy. Later, he returned to Hangzhou twice for further study. He
7.
(live) and studied in China for more than ten years up till now.
Omar finds that Chinese calligraphy is different from 8.
(west) art in
accepting “the beauty of imperfection (缺陷美)”. He also tries to connect cultural relic
restoration (文物修复) with calligraphy creation. Now, he is still 9.
(deep)
interested in calligraphy. Every day he spends hours practising strokes 10.
(express) the spirit of traditional Chinese culture better. He hopes to put on calligraphy shows
back in his home country Slovakia so local people can fall in love with this unique art.