托福阅读真题解析：拉斯科岩洞画

the man in the picture isa shaman? He could as easily be a hunter wearing a headmask. Many tribal hunters, includingsome Native Americans, camouflaged themselves by wearing animal heads and hides.

　　9. According to paragraph 5, why do some scholars refer to a trance state to help understandthe cave paintings?

　　○To explain the state of consciousness the artists were in when they painted their pictures

　　○To demonstrate the mythical significance of the strange geometric shapes

　　○To indicate that trance states were often associated with activities that took place insidecaves

　　○To give a possible reason for the strange appearance of the men painted on the cave walls

　　10. According to paragraph 5, if the man pictured with the birdlike head is not a shaman, hemay have worn the headmask

　　○to look like an animal while a hunt took place

　　○to frighten off other hunters competing for food

　　○to prove that he is not a shaman

　　○to resist forces of nature thought to be present in animals

　　Paragraph 6 Perhaps so much time has passed that there will never be satisfactory answers tothe cave images, but their mystique only adds to their importance. Certainly a great art exists,and by its existence reveals that ancient human beings were not without intelligence, skill, andsensitivity.

　　11. According to paragraph 6, why might the puzzling questions about the paintings never beanswered?

　　○Keeping the paintings a mystery will increase their importance.

　　○The artists hid their tools with great intelligence and skill.

　　○Too many years have gone by since the images were painted.

　　○Answering the questions is not very important to scholars.

　　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