These days, we can write down a story, or record information, without using pictures. But we still need pictures of all kinds: drawing, 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.

　　1. Pictures of animals were painted on the walls of caves in France and Spain because ___ ___

　　A. the hunters wanted to see the pictures

　　B. the painters were animal lovers

　　C. the painters wanted to show imagination

　　D. the pictures were thought to be helpful

　　2. 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

　　3. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

　　A. The Egyptian signs later became a particular alphabet.

　　B. The Egyptians liked to write comicstrip stories.

　　C. The Roman alphabet was developed from the Egyptian one.

　　D. The Greeks copied their writing system from the Egyptians.

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