TPO4-2 Cave Art in Europe

Perhaps, like many contemporary peoples, Upper Paleolithic men and women believed that the drawing of a human image could cause death or injury, and if that were indeed their belief, it might explain why human figures are rarely depicted in cave art.

Perhaps, like many contemporary peoples, Upper Paleolithic men and women believed that： the drawing of a human image could cause death or injury, and if that（代指that： the drawing of a human image could cause death or injury） were indeed their belief, it(代指（the drawing of a human image could cause death or injury） were indeed their belief) might explain why human figures are rarely depicted in cave art.

men and women believed sth,and if that were indeed their belief, it might explain why human figures are rarely depicted in cave art.

depicted 描绘

Upper早期

Paleolithic旧石器时代

也许，像当代人一样，旧石器时代早期的男人和女人都相信（人类图像的绘画会造成死亡和受伤），并且如果相信的这件事确实是他们的信仰，男人女人信任这件事解释了为什么人类轮廓在洞穴艺术中鲜有描绘。

逻辑：旧石器时代因为信仰认为人物画面会来不好的结果，所以不画。

Which of the sentences below best expresses the essential information in the highlighted sentence in the passage? Incorrect choices change the meaning in important ways or leave out essential information.

Upper Paleolithic people, like many contemporary peoples, believed that if they drew a human image in their cave art, it would cause death or injury.

Upper Paleolithic people,like many contemporary peoples, believed that if they drew a human image in their cave art, it would cause death or injury.

旧石器时代早期的人们认为，如果他们在他们的洞穴艺术中画入人类图像这将造成死亡和受伤。

---错，不是drew在文中是drawing

Many contemporary people believe that the drawing of a human image can cause death or injury, so they, like Upper Paleolithic people, rarely depicted human figures in their cave art.

----错，主语不是contemporary ，主语是Upper Paleolithic

If Upper Paleolithic people, like many contemporary peoples, believed that the drawing of a human image could cause death or injury, this belief might explain why human figures are rarely depicted in cave art.

Although many contemporary peoples believe that the drawing of a human image can cause death or injury, researchers cannot explain why Upper Paleolithic people rarely depicted human figures in their cave art.

尽管当代人认为画一个人物形象能够造成死亡和受伤，但是研究者不能证明后旧石器时代的人们在他们洞穴艺术中少有描绘。-----错，研究者不是不能证明，研究者是可以证明。