托福阅读真题解析：拉斯科岩洞画

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.

　　12. Look at the four squares [■]that indicate where the following sentence could be added tothe passage.

　　This made it easy for the artists to paint and display them for the rest of the cave dwellers.

　　Where would the sentence best fit?

　　13. Directions: An introductory sentence for a brief summary of the passage is provided below.Complete the summary by selecting the THREE answer choices that express the mostimportant ideas in the passage. Some sentences do not belong in the summary because theyexpress ideas that are not presented in the passage or are minor ideas in the passage. Thisquestion is worth 2 points.

　　Scholars have wondered about the meaning of the subjects, location, and overpainting ofLascaux cave images.

　　Answer Choices

　　○The paintings may have recorded information about animal migrations, and may only havebeen useful for one migration at a time.

　　○The human figures represented in the paintings appear to be less carefully shaped than thoseof animals.

　　○It is possible that the animals in the paintings were of mythical significance to the tribe, andthe paintings reflected an important spiritual practice.

　　○Unlike painters of the recently discovered paintings, other Lascaux cave painters usuallypainted on rocks near cave entrances or in open spaces outside the caves.

　　○Some scholars believe that the paintings motivated hunters by allowing them to picture asuccessful hunt.

　　○Scientific analysis suggests that paintings were sprayed onto the rock walls with tubes madefrom animal bones.