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 3, the words pays heed to are closest in meaning to ………………...

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• The word “they” in line 17 refers to ...........

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• The word "discrete" in line 16 is closest in meaning to .....

• According to the passage, we can infer that .........

• All of the following statements are true EXCEPT______________

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• The passage indicates that Harvard is ............

• In the last paragraph, what does the author imply is a major function of hypotheses?

• It can be inferred from the passage that social workers, employers, and politicians concern themselves with the study of learning because they need to ______.

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