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第 第 PAGE 1 页 共 NUMPAGES 1 页 托福阅读TPO10(试题+答案+译文)第1篇:ChinesePottery 托福TPO是托福备考小伙伴们最重要的参考资料，并且这个是在备考时候肯定要仔细多多练习，托福TPO是特别重要的盼望大家肯定要重视起来，我为广大的托福考生整理了托福阅读TPO10(试题+答案+译文)第1篇:Chinese Pottery，下面就来跟我一起来看下面精彩内容吧!  托福阅读原文  China has one of the worlds oldestcontinuous civilizations—despite invasions and occasional foreign rule. Acountry as vast as China with so long-lasting a civilization has a complexsocial and visual history, within which pottery and porcelain play a majorrole.  The function and status of ceramics inChina varied from dynasty to dynasty, so they may be utilitarian, burial,trade-collectors, or even ritual objects, according to their quality and theera in which they were made. The ceramics fall into three broadtypes—earthenware, stoneware, and porcelain—for vessels, architectural itemssuch as roof tiles, and modeled objects and figures. In addition, there was animportant group of sculptures made for religious use, the majority of whichwere produced in earthenware.  The earliest ceramics were fired toearthenware temperatures, but as early as the fifteenth century B.C.,high-temperature stone wares were being made with glazed surfaces. During theSix Dynasties period (AD 265-589), kilns in north China were producinghigh-fired ceramics of good quality. White wares produced in Hebei and Henanprovinces from the seventh to the tenth centuries evolved into the highlyprized porcelains of the Song dynasty (AD. 960-1279), long regarded as one ofthe high points in the history of Chinas ceramic industry. The tradition ofreligious sculpture extends over most historical periods but is less clearlydelineated than that of stone wares or porcelains, for it embraces the oldcustom of earthenware burial ceramics with later religious images andarchitectural ornament. Ceramic products also include lead-glazed tomb modelsof the Han dynasty, three-color lead-glazed vessels and figures of the Tangdynasty, and Ming three-color temple ornaments, in which the motifs