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People have been painting pictures for at least 30，000years．The earliest pictures were painted by people who hunted animals．They used to paint pictures of the animals they wanted to catch and kill．Pictures of this kind have been found on the walls of caves in France and Spain．No one knows why they were painted there．Perhaps the painter thought that their pictures would help them to catch these animals．Or perhaps human beings have always wanted to tell stories in pictures．
About 5，000years ago，the Egyptians and other people in the Near East began to use pictures as a kind of writing．They drew simple pictures or signs to represent things and ideas，and also to represent the sounds of their language．The signs these people used became a kind of alphabet（字母表）．
The Egyptians used to record information and to tell stories by putting picture-writing and pictures together．When an important person died，scenes and stories from his life were painted and carved on the walls of the place where he was buried．Some of these pictures are like modern comic-strip （连环漫画） stories．It has been said that Egypt is the home of the comic strip．But，for the Egyptians，pictures still had magic power．So they did not try to make their way of writing simple．The ordinary people could not understand it．
By the year 1，000BC，people who lived in the area around the Mediterranean Sea had developed a simpler system of writing．The signs they used were very easy to write，and there were fewer of them than in the Egyptian system．This was because each sign，or letter，represented only one sound in their language．The Greeks developed this system and formed the letter of the Greek alphabet．The Romans copied the idea，and Roman alphabet is now used all over the world．
These days，we can write down a story，or record information，without using pictures．But we still need pictures of all kinds：drawings，photographs，signs and diagrams．We find them everywhere：in books and newspapers，in the street，and on the walls of the places where we live and work．Pictures help us to understand and remember things more easily，and they can make a story much more interesting．
25．Ancient people in France and Spain painted pictures on walls of caves probably because___．
A．they loved animals           
B．they enjoyed seeing pictures
C．they preferred painting pictures to telling stories    
D．they thought pictures helpful
26．The Greek alphabet was simpler than the Egyptian system for all the following reasons EXCEPT that___．
A．the former was easy to write
B．there were fewer signs in the former
C．the former was easy to pronounce
D．each sign stood for only one sound
27．In the last paragaph，the author thinks that pictures___．
A．should be made easy to understand      
B．are of much use in our life
C．should be made interesting          
D．are disappearing from our life
28．The possible title of this article may be___．
A．Pictures and Writing                
B．The Best Way of Writing
C．Home of the Comic-Strip Stories      
D．The Earliest Language in the World．People have been painting pictures for at least 30，000years．The earliest pictures were painted by people who hunted animals．They used to paint pictures of the animals they wanted to catch and kill．Pictures of this kind have been found on the walls of caves in France and Spain．No one knows why they were painted there．Perhaps the painter thought that their pictures would help them to catch these animals．Or perhaps human beings have always wanted to tell stories in pictures．
About 5，000years ago，the Egyptians and other people in the Near East began to use pictures as a kind of writing．They drew simple pictures or signs to represent things and ideas，and also to represent the sounds of their language．The signs these people used became a kind of alphabet（字母表）．
The Egyptians used to record information and to tell stories by putting picture-writing and pictures together．When an important person died，scenes and stories from his life were painted and carved on the walls of the place where he was buried．Some of these pictures are like modern comic-strip （连环漫画） stories．It has been said that Egypt is the home of the comic strip．But，for the Egyptians，pictures still had magic power．So they did not try to make their way of writing simple．The ordinary people could not understand it．
By the year 1，000BC，people who lived in the area around the Mediterranean Sea had developed a simpler system of writing．The signs they used were very easy to write，and there were fewer of them than in the Egyptian system．This was because each sign，or letter，represented only one sound in their language．The Greeks developed this system and formed the letter of the Greek alphabet．The Romans copied the idea，and Roman alphabet is now used all over the world．
These days，we can write down a story，or record information，without using pictures．But we still need pictures of all kinds：drawings，photographs，signs and diagrams．We find them everywhere：in books and newspapers，in the street，and on the walls of the places where we live and work．Pictures help us to understand and remember things more easily，and they can make a story much more interesting．
25．Ancient people in France and Spain painted pictures on walls of caves probably because___．
A．they loved animals           
B．they enjoyed seeing pictures
C．they preferred painting pictures to telling stories    
D．they thought pictures helpful
26．The Greek alphabet was simpler than the Egyptian system for all the following reasons EXCEPT that___．
A．the former was easy to write
B．there were fewer signs in the former
C．the former was easy to pronounce
D．each sign stood for only one sound
27．In the last paragaph，the author thinks that pictures___．
A．should be made easy to understand      
B．are of much use in our life
C．should be made interesting          
D．are disappearing from our life
28．The possible title of this article may be___．
A．Pictures and Writing                
B．The Best Way of Writing
C．Home of the Comic-Strip Stories      
D．The Earliest Language in the World．

Answer 1

25：D细节理解题．由第一段中的"Perhaps the painter thought that their pictures would help them to catch these animals．"可知，画家认为，他们的照片会帮助他们抓住这些动物．D项正确．
26：C细节题．由文中第四段的句子：The signs they used were very easy to write，and there were fewer of them than in the Egyptian system．This was because each sign，or letter，represented only one sound in their language．The Greeks developed this system and formed the letters of the Greek alphabet．的分析我们知道，希腊的文字更容易写，符号更少，每个符号只代表一个读音．没有提到希腊字母容易发音，选C
27：B细节题．从短文的最后一句Pictures help us to understand and remember things more easily，and they can make a story much more interesting．我们可以得出结论：作者认为现在绘画还是很有用的，答案为B
28：A标题归纳题．文章主要介绍了图画和文字对我们生活的影响，故A项作为标题最佳．故选A．