44.Which of the following can best fit into the blank in the paragraph below?
(A)artists could handle neither a pen nor a pencil as naturally as people in the Western world could
(B)artists couldn’t handle a brush as naturally as people in the Western world use a pencil
(C)artists could handle a brush as naturally as people in the Western world use a pencil
(D)artists could handle a pencil as naturally as people in the Western world use a brushThe Chinese were masters of calligraphy - the art of beautiful writing. Learning to write the picturesque Chinese characters with a brush was an important part of education. Therefore,_____ . So varied and so expressive were the brushstrokes of Chinese painters thatbright colors were almost never needed.