Question

[Lê Quỳnh Anh]

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 22 to 26.

When another old cave is discovered in the south of France, it is not unusual news. Rather, it is an ordinary event. Such discoveries are so frequent these days that hardly anybody pays heed to them. However, when the Lascaux cave complex was discovered in 1940, the world was amazed. Painted directly on its walls were hundreds of scenes showing how people lived thousands of years ago. The scenes show people hunting animals, such as bison or wild cats. Other images depict birds and, most noticeably, horses, which appear in more than 300 wall images, by far outnumbering all other animals.

Early artists drawing these animals accomplished a monumental and difficult task. They did not limit themselves to the easily accessible walls but carried their painting materials to spaces that required climbing steep walls or crawling into narrow passages in the Lascaux complex.

Unfortunately, the paintings have been exposed to the destructive action of water and temperature changes, which easily wear the images away. Because the Lascaux caves have many entrances, air movement has also damaged the images inside.

Although they are not out in the open air, where natural light would have destroyed them long ago, many of the images have been deteriorated and are barely recognizable. To prevent further damage, the site was closed to tourists in 1963, 23 years after it was discovered

Why was painting inside the Lascaux cave complex a difficult task? 

A. Painting materials were hard to find

B. Many painting spaces were difficult to reach

C. The caves were full of wild animals

D. It was completely dark inside

Answer 1

[Dương Hoàn Anh]

Chọn B

Kiến thức: Đọc hiểu

Giải thích:

Tại sao việc vẽ bên trong hang động Lascaux là một nhiệm vụ khó khăn?

  A. Chất liệu vẽ khó tìm.                                                              

B. Rất nhiều chỗ vẽ tranh khó chạm tới.

  C. Các hang động đầy động vật hoang dã.                                  

D. Bên trong tối đen như mực.

Thông tin: Early artists drawing these animals accomplished a monumental and difficult task. They did not limit themselves to the easily accessible walls but carried their painting materials to spaces that required climbing steep walls or crawling into narrow passages in the Lascaux complex.

Tạm dịch: Những nhà hoạ sĩ mà thời ban đầu vẽ những con vật này đã hoàn thành một nhiệm vụ khó khăn và đồ sộ. Họ không giới hạn mình trong những bức tường dễ tiếp cận mà còn mang vật liệu vẽ của họ đến những không gian cần phải trèo lên tường dốc hoặc bò vào những lối đi hẹp trong khu quần thể Lascaux