托福阅读真题解析：拉斯科岩洞画

wild horses,reindeer, bison, and mammoths outlined with charcoal and painted mostly in reds, yellow, andbrowns. Scientific analysis reveals that the colors were derived from ocher and other ironoxides ground into a fine powder. Methods of applying color varied: some colors werebrushed or smeared on rock surfaces and others were blown or sprayed. It is possible thattubes made from animal bones were used for spraying because hollow bones, some stainedwith pigment, have been found nearby.

　　1. The word others in the passage refers to

　　○Chambers

　　○Paintings

　　○Beasts

　　○Parades

　　2. The word Methods in the passage is closest in meaning to

　　○Ways

　　○Shades

　　○Stages

　　○Rules

　　3. What are the bones found in the Lascaux caves believed to indicate?

　　○Wild animals sometimes lived in the cave chambers.

　　○Artists painted pictures on both walls and bones.

　　○Artists ground them into a fine powder to make paint.

　　○Artists developed special techniques for painting the walls.

　　Paragraph 2： One of the most puzzling aspects of the paintings is their location. Other rockpaintings—for example, those of Bushmen in South Africa—are either located near caveentrances or completely in the open. Cave paintings in France and Spain, however, are inrecesses and caverns far removed from original cave entrances. This means that artists wereforced to work in cramped spaces and without sources of natural light. It also implies thatwhoever made them did not want them to be easily found. Since cave dwellers normally livedclose to entrances, there must have been some reason why so many generations of Lascauxcave dwellers hid their art.