PAGE 第 13 页 共 13 页 单元质量检测（三） (时间：100分钟 满分：120分) Ⅰ.阅读理解(共10小题；每小题2.5分，满分25分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A Some 30,000 years ago, artists living in caves in Europe painted pictures of the animals around them: panthers (豹), rhinoceroses (犀牛), lions and other creatures now long extinct. The paintings were highly realistic, some of which even showed movement. The artwork, more than a thousand drawings, is considered the oldest group of human cave drawings ever discovered. They were well preserved for the cave was sealed for 23,000 years. On December 18, 1994, a group of French cave scientists were exploring caves in southern France. Jean Chauvet, who led the group, describes discovering the cave paintings. “Eliette was just walking behind me, and Christian behind. Eliette said she saw two marks made with red ochre. And at this very moment everything began. The drawings and everything linked to the parietal art (壁画). That's where it started.” Cave art expert Jean Clottes reviewed the paintings. “I was amazed at the number of paintings there were and of their quality and particularly in front of the panel of the horses.” Scientific analysis confirmed the prehistoric date of the artwork. Studies showed the drawings were created tens of thousands of years ago, before human history was written. The United Nations group UNESCO lists the cave as a World Heritage site. They think the drawings form a remarkable expression of early human artistic creation of grand excellence and variety. The Chauvet cave is named for the explorer who first entered it. Its environment and drawings are very fragile. So the cave is closed, and only people there for scientific purposes can go inside and see the artwork. However, French authorities wanted the public to see the cave and artwork, too. So they asked experts to create an exact copy of the cave, called Pont d'Arc Cavern. The copy cost D|S59 million to build, which opened in April 2015 in France. Pascal Terrasse, the president of the cavern, says everyone will be able to experience the thrill of looking at drawings made by the first humans in Europe. Authorities say they think as many as 400,000 people will visit the Pont d'Arc Cavern every year. 1．Which of the following statements is TRUE about the Chauvet cave A．It was closed off for tens of hundreds of years. B．It is thought to be the origin of modern parietal art. C．The environment and drawings are very easy to damage. D．The majority of drawings there are about the extinct animals. 2．According to the passage, the first scientist to enter the cave was _____. A．Christian B．Eliette C．Clottes D．Chauvet 3．Who can pay a visit to the Chauvet cave nowadays A．People who do scientific researches. B．People who found the cave first. C．Officials protecting the environment. D．People from the United Nations. 4．The purpose of creating Pont d'Arc Cavern is to _____. A．aro ... ...
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