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I have just come home after viewing some astonishing works of art that were recently discovered inChurch Hole cave in Nottinghamshire. They are not drawings, as one would expect, but etchings, and they depict a huge range of wild animals. The artists who created them lived around 13,000 years ago, and the images are remarkable on a variety of counts. First of all, their sheer number is staggering. There are ninety all together. Moreover, fifty-eight of them are on the ceiling. This is extremely rare in cave art, according to a leading expert,Dr. Wilbur Samson ofCentral Midlands University. "Wall pictures are the norm," he says. "But more importantly, theChurch Hole etchings are an incredible artistic achievement. They can hold their own in comparison with the best found in continentalEurope." I am not a student of the subject, so I have to take his word for it. However, you do not have to be an expert to appreciate their beauty.
In fact, it is the wider significance of the etchings that is likely to attract most attention in academic circles, since they radically alter our view of life inBritain during this epoch. It had previously been thought that ice-age hunters in this country were isolated from people in more central areas ofEurope, but theChurch Hole images prove that ancientBritons were part of a culture that had spread right across the continent.And they were at least as sophisticated culturally as their counterparts on the mainlanD、
An initial survey of the site last year failed to reveal the presence of the etchings. The reason lies in the expectations of the researchers. They had been looking for the usual type of cave drawing or painting, which shows up best under direct light.Consequently, they used powerful torches, shining them straight onto the rock face. However, theChurch Hole images are modifications of the rock itself, and show up best when seen from a certain angle in the natural light of early morning. Having been fortunate to see them at this hour, I can only say that I was deeply and unexpectedly moveD、While most cave art often seems to have been created in a shadowy past very remote from us, these somehow, convey the impression that they were made yesterday.
Dr. Samson feels that the lighting factor provides important information about the likely function of these works of art. "I think the artists knew very well that the etchings would hardly be visible except early in the morning. We can therefore deduce that the chamber was used for rituals involving animal worship, and that they were conducted just after dawn as a preliminary to the day’s hunting."
To which I can only add that I felt deeply privileged to have been able to viewChurch Hole. It is a site of tremendous importance culturally and is part of the heritage, not only of this country, but the world as a whole.
What is the broader significance of these imagesA、They indicate that people from centralEurope had settled inBritain.

B、
B、They prove that ancientBritons hunted over large areas.
C、They reveal the existence of a single ice-age culture inEurope.
D、They suggest that people in continentalEurope were more sophisticated thanBritons.

网考网参考答案：C
网考网解析：
这是一道细节理解题。根据原文第二段前几句"In fact，it is the wider significance of the etchings that is likely to attract most attention in academic circles…but the Church Hole images prove that ancient Britons were part of a culture that had spread right across the continent．”(事实上，该蚀刻版画具有更广泛的意义，而正是这一点吸引了学术界的目光……之前大家认为冰河时代的这个国家的猎人是欧洲更贴近中心的人区别开来的，但是教堂洞穴图证明了这样一个事实：古代不列颠是欧洲大陆文明的组成部分。)可以知道，欧洲也有这种冰川文化，故选C。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>

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