The Cave of Lascaux
It was Thursday, September 12,1940.Four French teens were out exploring in the woods off the northern slopes of the Pyrenees.Many years before, an old pine tree fell and left a large hole in the ground.The teenagers were curious and they started to explore the area and fell into one of the most important archeological(考古的) finds of the twentieth century!
There are over a hundred limestone(灰岩) caves in this region of France.Some were inhabited by humans thousands and thousands of years ago.Between 15,000 and 17,000 years ago, humans painted lively creatures such as cows, bulls, horses, and even cats on the walls of the caves.
Why did they mark these walls? Was it to tell a story? Was it to record a famous battle? There are many mysteries and ancient secrets still waiting to be discovered in the cave of Lascaux.There were dots in many of the paintings.What do these dots mean? Were they meant to record time, a calendar? Deep in the cave, there is a drawing of a “birdman”．What does this mean? Was it a place for sacred ceremonies? No one knows for sure.
The actual cave of Lascaux was closed in 1963 due to the overabundance of tourists visiting the site.The carbon dioxide that people were breathing out was causing damage to the fragile(易损的) cave paintings.Up till now the Lascaux cave is still closed for tourists.Only a specialist can visit the cave by a special order that must be made out almost a year in advance.Not more than six persons can enter the cave per day.Two days a week, the cave is completely closed.Due to the great interest of numerous tourists, in 1983 Lascaux Ⅱwas opened for tourism.It is an exact replica of the cave of Lascaux.
1.The Pyrenees are the __________ in France.
A．mountains B．forests
C．rivers D．caves
2.What does the underlined word “inhabited” in the second paragraph mean?
A．built B．explored C．lived in D．destroyed
3.In the author's opinion, the cave paintings are __________.
A．old B．beautiful
C．easily damaged D．interesting
History is full of cases where dreams have been a pathway to creativity and discovery.A striking example is provided by Dr.Otto Loewi，a pharmacologist and winner of a Nobel Prize.Loewi had spent years studying the chemical transmission of nerve impulses (脉搏)．A tremendous breakthrough in his research came when he dreamed of an experiment three nights in a row.The first two nights he woke up and wrote down the experiment quickly and untidily on paper.But the next morning，he couldn't tell what the notes meant.On the third night，he got up after having the dream.This time，instead of making notes he went straight to his laboratory and performed the crucial experiment.Loewi later said that if the experiment had occurred to him while awake he would have rejected it.
Loewi's experiment gives some insight into using dreams to produce creative solutions.Inhibitions (拘谨) are reduced during dreaming，which may be especially useful in solving problems that require a fresh point of view.
Being able to take advantage of dreams for problem solving is improved if you “set” yourself before retiring.Before you go to bed，try to think intently about a problem you wish to solve.Bury yourself in the problem by stating it clearly and reviewing all relevant information.Then use the suggestions listed in the previous section to catch your dreams.Although this method is not guaranteed to produce a novel solution or a new insight，it is certain to be an adventure.About half of a group of college students using the method for a week recalled a dream that helped them solve a personal problem.
1.The main idea of this passage is that ________.
A．very little is really known about the meaning of dreams
B．it is possible to “catch” one's dreams by planning before going to sleep
C．dreams can be useful in producing creative solutions to one's problems
D．Loewi's experiment helped in the study of transmision of nerve impulses
2.The first paragraph is mainly organized by ________.
A．classifying types of experiments
B．summarizing the work of one researcher
C．comparing and exploring historical cases
D．telling in time order about one man's research
3.If Loewi had thought of the experiment while awake，he would have ________.
A．asked someone else to do it
B．thought it was a bad idea
C．tried it out on his own
D．thought it was a wise idea
4.The author probably thinks that ________.
A．Loewi should not have conducted his experiment
B．dreaming is of very little value to most people
C．inhibitions may stop someone thinking of useful ideas
D．college students should not try out dream experiments
The music of your teenage years probably will stay with you for the rest of your life.I think music is deeply connected with memory because of the emotions it awakens.Music also helps to mark time because of the way the fashions and stars of pop culture come and go.I often connect some summers with particular records (唱片 ) that came out while I was on holiday.But what's really the best way to record your youth? Is it your favorite song, or a picture of the singer?
In my teenage years, one of the special things about Britain was the huge amount of information about music.There were 3 weekly newspapers about music：Sounds, Melody Maker and the New Musical Express.Buying records was expensive and it also meant making a choice.So it was wise to read about music instead, and in some ways, it was actually better as well.It was possible for a group to get onto the front cover of one of the music papers without even having made any records—but they needed things to say for the reporters to write about.In fact, the best pop stars of the 1980s were people whose main talent was exactly that.They weren' t great musicians or singers and they weren't especially goodlooking, but they had some unusual acts or habits and a nice way with clever phrases.They were ideal for filling music papers.
When The Face magazine first came out in May, 1980, it was meant to be a rock magazine.I have given away or sold all the records I bought as a teenager, but I think my old copies of The Face will stay with me for ever.Although it started out as a source of information about music, the writers quickly realized that it wasn't really the music that was important—it was the way people spoke and acted, and, above all, the way they looked.
1.According to the author，music can NOT ________.
A．improve memory B．awaken emotions
C．mark time D．stay in the mind
2.We can infer that during the author's teenage years，________.
A．there were few records for customers to buy
B．some songs he heard while on holiday impressed him
C．he spent most of his holiday time on music
D．he loved one pop song the most
3.According to Paragraph 2，during the author's teenage years，________.
A．people had few chances to buy records
B．it was hard to judge whether records were good or not
C．it was not an easy thing for teenagers to get records
D．the choice of buying records only depended on newspapers
4.The underlined word “that” in Paragraph 2 means that ________.
A．people could get onto the music papers without having made any records
B．people's talent was not what reporters needed to write about
C．reporters wrote about the talents of pop stars
D．people read about music
Dear son，
The day that you see me old and I am already not in good health，have patience and try to understand me.
If I get dirty when eating，if I can not dress，have patience and remember the hours I ___ teaching it to you.If，when I speak to you，I ____ the same things thousand and one times，do not ____ me，listen to me.When you were small，I had to read to you thousand and one times the same story ____ you got to sleep.When I do not want to have a ____，neither shame me nor scold me.Remember when I had to chase you with thousand excuses I ____，in order that you wanted to bathe.When you see my ____ little about new technologies，give me the necessary time and do not look at me with your mocking(嘲弄) smile.I taught you____ to do so many things：to eat good，to dress well，to confront life...When at some moment I lose the memory or the ___ of our conversation，let me have the necessary time to remember，and if I cannot do it，do not become nervous，as the most important thing is not our conversation but surely to be with you and to have you ____ to me.
If ever I do not want to eat，do not force me.I know well ____ I need to and when not.When my ___ legs do not allow me to walk，give me your ____，the same way I did when you gave your first ____.And when someday I say to you that I do not want to___ any more－that I want to rest forever，do not get angry.Someday you will understand.
Try to understand that my age is not lived but survived.Some day you will discover that，____ my mistakes，I always wanted the ____ thing for you and that I tried to prepare the way for you.You must not feel sad，angry or impotent(无可奈何) for seeing me ____ you.You must be next to me，try to understand me and to help me as I did it when you ____ living.Help me to walk，help me to end my way with love and ____.I will pay you by a smile and by the immense love I have had always for you.
I love you，Son.
Your father
1.A.paid B．spent C．cost D．took
2.A.praise B．think C．repeat D．criticize
3.A.interrupt B．disturb C．look D．avoid
4.A.when B．after C．since D．until
5.A.rest B．word C．shower D．sleep
6.A.discovered B．invented C．noticed D．assumed
7.A.knowing B．fearing C．enjoying D．consulting
8.A.what B．when C．how D．why
9.A.news B．attitude C．material D．thread
10.A.talking B．listening C．responding D．appealing
11.A.where B．how C．that D．when
12.A.tired B．short C．long D．strong
13.A.leg B．ear C．hand D．mind
14.A.step B．pace C．laugh D．cry
15.A.talk B．live C．write D．sleep
16.A.though B．since C．while D．despite
17.A.last B．first C．best D．most
18.A.near B．behind C．below D．against
19.A.made B．started C．earned D．found
20.A.mercy B．care C．excuse D．patience
We have the right to ________ our traditions, our heritage and our languages.
A．deserve B．reserve
C．preserve D．prevent
As we know, too much ________ to Xrays can cause skin burns, cancer or other damage to the body.
A．contact B．appeal
C．exposure D．contribution
