2011专四阅读理解练习：人类早期的绘画
<p> 人类在30,000年前就开始绘画。最早期的画是由那些打猎的人画的。他们通常画的是他们想要捕杀的动物。</p><p> <span word="People">People</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="painting">painting</span> <span word="pictures">pictures</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="least">least</span> 30,000 <span word="years">years</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="earliest">earliest</span> <span word="pictures">pictures</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="painted">painted</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="hunted">hunted</span> <span word="animals">animals</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="used">used</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="paint">paint</span> <span word="pictures">pictures</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="animals">animals</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="wanted">wanted</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="catch">catch</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="kill">kill</span>. <span word="Pictures">Pictures</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="kind">kind</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="walls">walls</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="caves">caves</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="France">France</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Spain">Spain</span>. <span word="No">No</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="knows">knows</span> <span word="why">why</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="painted">painted</span> <span word="there">there</span>. <span word="Perhaps">Perhaps</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="painters">painters</span> <span word="thought">thought</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="pictures">pictures</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="help">help</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="catch">catch</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="animals">animals</span>. <span word="Or">Or</span> <span word="perhaps">perhaps</span> <span word="human">human</span> <span word="beings">beings</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="always">always</span> <span word="wanted">wanted</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="tell">tell</span> <span word="stories">stories</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="pictures">pictures</span>.</p><p> <span word="About">About</span> 5,000 <span word="years">years</span> <span word="ago">ago</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Egyptians">Egyptians</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Near">Near</span> <span word="East">East</span> <span word="began">began</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="use">use</span> <span word="pictures">pictures</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="kind">kind</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="writing">writing</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="drew">drew</span> <span word="simple">simple</span> <span word="pictures">pictures</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="signs">signs</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="represent">represent</span> <span word="things">things</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="ideas">ideas</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="represent">represent</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sounds">sounds</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="language">language</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="signs">signs</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="used">used</span> <span word="became">became</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="kind">kind</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="alphabet">alphabet</span>.</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Egyptians">Egyptians</span> <span word="used">used</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="record">record</span> <span word="information">information</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="tell">tell</span> <span word="stories">stories</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="putting">putting</span> <span word="picture">picture</span> <span word="writing">writing</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="pictures">pictures</span> <span word="together">together</span>. <span word="When">When</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="important">important</span> <span word="person">person</span> <span word="died">died</span>, <span word="scenes">scenes</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="stories">stories</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="life">life</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="painted">painted</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="carved">carved</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="walls">walls</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="place">place</span> <span word="where">where</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="buried">buried</span>. <span word="Some">Some</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="pictures">pictures</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="modern">modern</span> <span word="comic">comic</span> <span word="strip">strip</span> <span word="stories">stories</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="Egypt">Egypt</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="home">home</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="comic">comic</span> <span word="strip">strip</span>. <span word="But">But</span>, <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Egyptians">Egyptians</span>, <span word="pictures">pictures</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="magic">magic</span> <span word="power">power</span>. <span word="So">So</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="did">did</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="try">try</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="writing">writing</span> <span word="simple">simple</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="ordinary">ordinary</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="understand">understand</span> <span word="it">it</span>.</p>
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