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。
Peoplehavebeenpaintingpicturesforatleast30,000years.Theearliestpictureswerepaintedbypeople

whohuntedanimals.Theyusedtopaintpicturesoftheanimalstheywantedtocatchandkill.Picturesof

thiskindhavebeenfoundonthewallsofcavesinFranceandSpain.Nooneknowswhytheywerepainted

there.

Perhapsthepaintersthoughtthattheirpictureswouldhelpthemtocatchtheseanimals.Orperhapshuman

beingshavealwayswantedtotellstoriesinpictures.

About5,000yearsago,theEgyptiansandotherpeopleintheNearEastbegantousepicturesaskindofwriting.

Theydrewsimplepicturesorsignstorepresentthingsandideas,andalsotorepresentthesoundsoftheir

language.Thesignsthesepeopleusedbecameakindofalphabet.

TheEgyptiansusedtorecordinformationandtotellstoriesbyputtingpicturewritingandpicturestogether.

Whenanimportantpersondied,scenesandstoriesfromhislifewerepaintedandcarvedonthewallsofthe

placewherehewasburied.Someofthesepicturesarelikemoderncomicstripstories.Ithasbeensaidthat

Egyptisthehomeofthecomicstrip.But,fortheEgyptians,picturesstillhadmagicpower.Sotheydidnottry

tomaketheirwayofwritingsimple.Theordinarypeoplecouldnotunderstandit.

Bytheyear1,000BC,peoplewholivedintheareaaroundtheMediterraneanSeahaddevelopedasimpler

systemofwriting.Thesignstheyusedwereveryeasytowrite,andtherewerefewerofthemthanintheEgyptian

system.Thiswasbecauseeachsign,orletter,representedonlyonesoundintheirlanguage.TheGreeks

developedthissystemandformedthelettersoftheGreekalphabet.TheRomanscopiedtheidea,andthe

Romanalphabetisnowusedallovertheworld.

Thesedays,wecanwritedownastory,orrecordinformation,withoutusingpictures.Butwestillneedpictures

ofallkinds:drawing,photographs,signsanddiagrams.Wefindthemeverywhere:inbooksandnewspapers,

inthestreet,andonthewallsoftheplaceswhereweliveandwork.Pictureshelpustounderstandandremember

thingsmoreeasily,andtheycanmakeastorymuchmoreinteresting.

27.PicturesofanimalswerepaintedonthewallsofcavesinFranceandSpainbecause______.
A.thehunterswantedtoseethepictures
B.thepainterswereanimallovers
C.thepainterswantedtoshowimagination
D.thepictureswerethoughttobehelpful

28.TheGreekalphabetwassimplerthantheEgyptiansystemforallthefollowingreasonsEXCEPTthat______.
A.theformerwaseasytowrite
B.therewerefewersignsintheformer
C.theformerwaseasytopronounce
D.eachsignstoodforonlyonesound

29.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUE?
A.TheEgyptiansignslaterbecameaparticularalphabet.
B.TheEgyptianslikedtowritecomicstripstories.
C.TheRomanalphabetwasdevelopedfromtheEgyptianone.
D.TheGreekscopiedtheirwritingsystemfromtheEgyptians.

30.Inthelastparagraph,theauthorthinksthatpictures______.
A.shouldbemadecomprehensible
B.shouldbemadeinteresting
C.areofmuchuseinourlife
D.havedisappearedfromourlife

答案解析：

27.D)根据文章第一段第五行“Perhapsthepaintersthoughtthattheirpictureswouldhelpthemtocatchtheseanimals.”

可知古代人以为在墙上画画会对他们有所帮助，故选项D为正确答案。

28.C)在做此类题时要注意题干的要求。通过阅读文章第四段很清楚就知道选项C“前者容易发音”在文中没有提及，故为正确答案。

29.A)可用排除法来做本题。通过阅读文章很清楚选项B和D为错误陈述。选项C“罗马字母是从埃及字母发展而来的”

根据文章第四段第四，五句可知为错误论述，因此只有选项A为正确答案。

30.C)文章最后一段讲述了图画在今天的用途，故选项C为正确答案。