Question

【題目】閱讀理解
When another old cave is discovered in the south of France, it is not usually news. Rather, it is an ordinary event. Such discoveries are so frequent these days that hardly anybody pays heed to them. However, when the Lascaux cave complex was discovered in 1940, the world was amazed. Painted directly on its walls were hundreds of scenes showing how people lived thousands of years ago. The scenes show people hunting animals, such as bison or wild cats. Other images depict birds and, most noticeably, horses, which appear in more than 300 wall images, by far outnumbering all other animals.
Early artists drawing these animals achieved a monumental and difficult task. They did not limit themselves to the easily accessible walls but carried their painting materials to spaces that required climbing steep walls or going on hands and knees into narrow passages in the Lascaux complex.
Unfortunately, the paintings have been exposed to the destructive action of water and temperature changes, which easily wear the images away. Because the Lascaux caves have many entrances, air movement has also damaged the images inside.
Although they are not out in the open air, where natural light would have destroyed them long ago, many of the images have deteriorated and are hardly recognizable. To prevent further damage, the site was closed to tourists in 1963, 23 years after it was discovered.
（1）Which title best summarizes the main idea of the passage?
A.Wild Animals in Art
B.Hidden Prehistoric Paintings
C.Exploring Caves Respectfully
D.Determining the Age of French Caves
（2）What does the underlined phrase “pays heed to” in paragraph 2 probably means?
A.discovers
B.watches
C.notices
D.buys
（3）Why was painting inside the Lascaux complex a difficult task?
A.It was completely dark inside.
B.The caves were full of wild animals.
C.Painting materials were hard to find.
D.Many painting spaces were difficult to reach.
（4）According to the passage, all of the following have caused damage to the paintings EXCEPT _______.
A.temperature changes
B.air movement
C.water
D.light

Answer 1

【答案】
（1）B
（2）C
（3）D
（4）D
【解析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹了在法國的一個古老的洞穴里發(fā)現(xiàn)了一些隱藏多年的古代的壁畫，已經受到了破壞，亟需得到保護。
（1）考查主旨大意。本文主要介紹了在法國的一個古老的洞穴里發(fā)現(xiàn)了一些隱藏多年的古代的壁畫，已經受到了破壞，需要我們的保護�？芍�，本文主要介紹了隱藏的壁畫。故選B。
（2）考查詞義猜測。根據第一段中的”When another old cave is discovered in the south of France, it is not usually news. Rather, it is an ordinary event. Such discoveries are so frequent these days that hardly anybody pays heed to them.“可知，當在法國南部發(fā)現(xiàn)另一個古老的洞穴時，通常那不是什么新聞。相反，這是一個普通的事件。這些發(fā)現(xiàn)如此頻繁，幾乎沒有人注意到它們。根據上文提到的是很普通的，所以沒有引起人們的注意，所以可以猜出pays heed to 意思是C. notices（注意到），故選C。
（3）考查細節(jié)理解。根據第二段中的”They did not limit themselves to the easily accessible walls but carried their painting materials to spaces that required climbing steep walls or going on hands and knees into narrow passages in the Lascaux complex.“可知，在這里畫畫是一件很艱巨的任務，因為那里很難到達。故選D。
（4）考查細節(jié)理解。根據第三段中的”Unfortunately, the paintings have been exposed to the destructive action of water and temperature changes, which easily wear the images away. Because the Lascaux caves have many entrances, air movement has also damaged the images inside.“可知，油畫受到了溫度的變化，水和空氣的流動的破壞，只是沒有提到D. light（光）。故選D。