In boxes 30-36 on your answer sheet, writeYES if the statement agrees with the claims of the writerNO if the statement contradicts the claims of the writerNOT GIVEN if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this
单选题
Archaeologists have completed their survey of the rock-art in Piaui.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】解析：'Most of the art so far discovered from the ongoing[= not yet complete]excavations comes from the archaeologically-important National Park of the Serra da Capivara in the state of Piaui'.
单选题
The location of the rock-art suggests that the artists had a significant role in their society.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】解析：'In ancient times, this inaccessibility must have heightened the importance of the sites, and indeed of the people who painted on the rocks.'
单选题
The paintings of animals show they were regarded as sacred by the ancient humans.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】解析：Although the text describes drawings of animals: 'The artists depicted the animals ... as though trying to escape from hunting parties', there is no mention of the animals being sacred.
单选题
Some damage to paintings is most likely due to changes in the weather of the region.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】解析：Due to the favourable climatic conditions, the imagery on many panels is in a remarkable state of preservation'[= there is little damage]; any damage is because of the 'chemical and mineral qualities' of the rock rather than the weather.
单选题
The fact that some paintings were buried is useful to archaeologists.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】解析：'this form of natural erosion and subsequent deposition has assisted archaeologists in dating several major rock-art sites'.
单选题
The tools found near some paintings were probably used for hunting animals.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】解析：'Along with the painted fragments, crude stone tools were found.'(It doesn't say what they were used for.)
单选题
The North American researchers have confirmed Niede Guidon's dating of the paintings.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】解析：'Several North American researchers have gone further and suggested that the rock-art from this site dates from no earlier than about 3,730 years ago ...'