托福阅读笔记。说到托福阅读备考，TPO是必不可少的备考神器，通过TPO练习来更好的适应阅读考试的节奏。本文小编带来的是TPO10 Chinese Pottery的学习笔记，希望能够与正在备考的大家一起进步。
TPO10 Chinese Pottery
文章题材：艺术学科——中国的陶瓷
文章结构：本文介绍中国的陶瓷，不同的朝代其功能和地位有所不同。而且经过漫长的发展过程，陶瓷发展了不同的分类，中西方的交流也对陶瓷产生了影响。陶瓷上的图案不仅只是一种装饰，还有其特殊的含义。此外，在宗教和日常生活中也经常会使用陶瓷器具。
第一段：中国与中国陶瓷。
第二段：陶瓷的功能和地位。
第三段：各个时期陶瓷的发展。
第四段：中国和西方交流的相互影响。
第五段：陶瓷图案的具体含义。
第六段：陶罐在宗教和日常生活中的应用。
常见词汇：
Porcelain n. 瓷;瓷器adj. 瓷制的
Utilitarian adj. 功利的;功利主义的
Burial n. 埋葬adj. 埋葬的
ceramic n. 陶瓷adj. 陶瓷的;
Decorative adj. 装饰性的;装潢用的
Adornment n. 装饰;装饰品
Pomegranate n. 石榴
Fertility n. 多产;肥沃
imperial adj. 帝国的;至高无上的
Ware n. 陶器
易错题解析：
Paragraph 3: .The earliest ceramics were fired to earthenware temperatures, but as early as the fifteenth century B.C., high-temperature stonewares were being made with glazed surfaces. During the Six Dynasties period (AD 265-589), kilns in north China were producing high-fired ceramics of good quality. Whitewares produced in Hebei and Henan provinces from the seventh to the tenth centuries evolved into the highly prized porcelains of the Song dynasty (AD. 960-1279), long regarded as one of the high points in the history of China's ceramic industry. The tradition of religious sculpture extends over most historical periods but is less clearly delineated than that of stonewares or porcelains, for it embraces the old custom of earthenware burial ceramics with later religious images and architectural ornament. Ceramic products also include lead-glazed tomb models of the Han dynasty, three-color lead-glazed vessels and figures of the Tang dynasty, and Ming three-color temple ornaments, in which the motifs were outlined in a raised trail of slip—as well as the many burial ceramics produced in imitation of vessels made in materials of higher intrinsic value.
4. Which of the sentences below best expresses the essential information in the highlighted sentence in the passage? Incorrect choices change the meaning in important ways or leave out essential information.
A、While stonewares and porcelains are found throughout most historical periods, religious sculpture is limited to the ancient period.
B、Religious sculpture was created in most periods, but its history is less clear than that of stonewares or
porcelains because some old forms continued to be used even when new ones were developed.
C、While stonewares and porcelains changed throughout history, religious sculpture remained uniform in form and use.
D、 The historical development of religious sculpture is relatively unclear because religious sculptures sometimes resemble earthenware architectural ornaments.
题型：句子简化题。答案是(B)
解析：原文的主要关系是因果，因果的结果部分包含了一个转折，所以从结构上说只有B和D可能正确。B正确，D错在原文说stoneware和porcelain比religious sculpture清楚，但没说religious sculpture不清楚，所以错误。
语法点：对比中的指代，原因状语从句。
易错选项：(D)。
Paragraph 5: Just as painted designs on Greek pots may seem today to be purely decorative, whereas in fact they were carefully and precisely worked out so that at the time, their meaning was clear, so it is with Chinese pots. To twentieth-century eyes, Chinese pottery may appear merely decorative, yet to the Chinese the form of each object and its adornment had meaning and significance. The dragon represented the emperor, and the phoenix, the empress; the pomegranate indicated fertility, and a pair of fish, happiness; mandarin ducks stood for wedded bliss; the pine tree, peach, and crane are emblems of long life; and fish leaping from waves indicated success in the civil service examinations. Only when European decorative themes were introduced did these meanings become obscured or even lost.
9. In paragraph 5, the author compares the designs on Chinese pots to those on Greek pots in order to
A、emphasize that while Chinese pots were decorative. Greek pots were functional
B、argue that the designs on Chinese pots had specific meanings and were not just decorative
C、argue that twentieth-century scholars are better able to understand these designs than were ancient scholars
D、explain how scholars have identified the meaning of specific images on Chinese pots
题型：修辞目的题。答案是(B)
解析：这一段主要是通过对比希腊，得出中国瓷器图画的重要意义。现代人认为希腊的pots上的design只是装饰，没有实际意义，但事实上是有意义的，中国的pots也这样，所以B选项正确。A选项错，不是pots decorative，而是design;C选项说反，D选项没说方式。
语法点：倒装句的用法。
易错选项：(A)。
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