Paleolithic Cave Art

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题目与答案

1. 1 As compared with the Chauvet Cave, the cave art site in Lascaux is
   • more well known.
   • less important.
   • more difficult to explore.

   答案：more well known.

   原文定位：Students of art history tend to be familiar with the image of horses and bison discovered in the famous cave art site in Lascaux, France, in 1940. Less well known but vitally important to understanding Ice Age art and culture is the art discovered;in the Chauvet Cave

   同义替换：「more well known」↔「Less well known」

2. 10 As well as pictures of animals, _____ are common in most sites.

   答案：geometrical designs

   原文定位：In addition to animal images, most sites also have geometrical designs, including dots and quadrangles

   同义替换：「As well as」↔「In addition to」

3. 11 Pictures of _____ were sometimes made by wetting the palm with paint.

   答案：hands

   原文定位：Images of hands, created either by wetting the palm of the hand with paint and pressing the hand onto rock;are common

   同义替换：「Pictures」↔「Images」，「made」↔「created」

4. 12 It is unusual to see an image of a _____ in European cave art.

   答案：human

   原文定位：However, full images of humans are rare in the European caves;portrayals of a full human are few and far between

   同义替换：「unusual」↔「rare」，「image」↔「portrayals」

5. 13 Rather than being symbolic, paintings of animals are _____ images.

   答案：detailed|realistic

   原文定位：Most of the animal images, on the other hand, are detailed, realistic portrayals of an individual animal species, not simply an abstract symbol meant to depict an animal

   同义替换：「Rather than」↔「not simply」，「paintings」↔「images」，「images」↔「portrayals」

6. 2 The art discovered in the Chauvet Cave differs from other European cave art because
   • it does not include images of horses and bison.
   • it shows images of now-extinct animals.
   • it includes images of predatory animals.

   答案：it includes images of predatory animals.

   原文定位：The Chauvet paintings include many animals that humans would have feared: panthers, bears, lions, hyenas, and rhinoceroses

   同义替换：「predatory animals」↔「animals that humans would have feared」

7. 3 According to the passage, a common belief about the function of cave art is that
   • it was meant to bring animals to be hunted.
   • it was intended to drive animals to be hunted.
   • it was used to warn others about the presence of fearsome animals.

   答案：it was meant to bring animals to be hunted.

   原文定位：the presence of non-prey animals calls into question a common theory that the primary purpose of cave art was to magically ensure plentiful game

   同义替换：「belief」↔「theory」，「function」↔「primary purpose」，「meant to bring animals to be hunted」↔「magically ensure plentiful game」

8. 4 As compared with other European cave art sites, the art in the Chauvet Cave is
   • cruder and more primitive.
   • significantly older.
   • more sophisticated in subject matter.

   答案：more sophisticated in subject matter.

   原文定位：It has also clearly disproved theories that earlier cave art was cruder and more primitive because these older images are equally sophisticated in execution

   同义替换：「more sophisticated in subject matter」↔「equally sophisticated in execution」

9. 5 Images found in the Chauvet Cave include
   • a crude map.
   • a part-human, part-animal being.
   • a complete drawing of a women.

   答案：a part-human, part-animal being.

   原文定位：the Chauvet cave also has an image of a being, referred to as the Sorcerer, with the body of a human and the head of a bison

   同义替换：「part-human, part-animal being」↔「body of a human and the head of a bison」

10. 6 In addition to art other discoveries in the Chauvet Cave include
    • implements made of stone
    • human bones
    • bison pelts

    答案：implements made of stone

    原文定位：the floor of the cave contains the footprints of humans and cave bears, and fire pits, stone tools, remnants of torches, and bones from meals

    同义替换：「implements made of stone」↔「stone tools」

11. 7 No humans had visited the Chauvet Cave for thousands of years because
    • cave bears lived inside it.
    • it was declared off limits.
    • the entrance was blocked by rocks.

    答案：the entrance was blocked by rocks.

    原文定位：The cave had been untouched for thousands of years due to a rock slide that had sealed off the cave

    同义替换：「No humans had visited for」↔「untouched」，「because」↔「due to」，「blocked」↔「sealed」

12. 8 People often believe that Paleolithic art considered on rock of _____ .

    答案：cave

    原文定位：many people assume that the art of early hunters and gatherers was limited to cave paintings

    同义替换：「believe 」↔「assume」

13. 9 Ice Age artists used pointed tools to make _____ and sculptures on rocks.

    答案：engravings

    原文定位：Paleolithic artists not only painted with pigments but also created engravings by scratching designs into rock with pointed tools, as well as creating low-relief sculpture

    同义替换：「make」↔「created」