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 35 to 42.

  When another old cave is discovered in the south of France, it is not usually 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 deteriorated and are barely recognizable. To prevent further damage, the site was closed to tourists in 1963, 23 years after it was discovered.

In line 12, the word “They” refers to _________

A. Walls

B. Animals

C. Materials

D. Artists

Answer 1

[Dương Hoàn Anh]

Chọn D

Từ “They” nhắc tới ……………

A. bức tường

B. động vật

C. chất liệu

D. hoạ sĩ

Dẫn chứng: 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.

  Những nhà hoạ sĩ mà thời buổi đầu vẽ những con vật đã hoàn thành một di tích và những nhiệm vụ khó khăn. Họ không chỉ giới hạn bản thân với những bức tường dễ chạm tới mà còn mang chất liệu vẽ của mình đến những khu vực đòi hỏi phải trèo lên những bức tường dốc hoặc là bò vào những hành lang hẹp trong quần thể Lascaux.

Do đó, họ ở đây là chỉ những người nghệ sĩ.