说到托福阅读备考，TPO是必不可少的备考神器，通过TPO练习来更好的适应阅读考试的节奏。本文小编带来的托福阅读笔记是TPO23 Rock Art of the Australia Aborigines的学习笔记，希望能够与正在备考的大家一起进步。
TPO23 Rock Art of the Australia Aborigines
文章题材：艺术学科——澳大利亚土著的岩石艺术
常见词汇：
assumption [ə'sʌmpʃən] n. 假定，设想，担任(职责等), 假装
approach [ə'prəutʃ] n. 接近; 途径，方法v. 靠近，接近
essential [i'senʃəl] n. 要素，要点adj. 必要的，重要的
concentrate ['kɔnsntreit] v. 集中，专心，浓缩n. 浓缩物
indicate ['indikeit] v. 显示，象征，指示v. 指明，表明
puzzling ['pʌzliŋ] adj. 令人迷惑的，茫然不知所措的，莫名其妙的
summary ['sʌməri] n. 摘要adj. 概要的，简略的
revise [ri'vaiz] n. 校订，修正，再校稿v. 校订，修正
indigenous [in'didʒinəs] adj. 本地的，土生土长的，天生的
certain ['sə:tn] adj. 确定的，必然的，特定的
易错题解析：
Paragraph 3: The frequency with which certain simple motifs appear in these oldest sites has led rock-art researchers to adopt a descriptive term—the Panaramitee style—a label which takes its name from the extensive rock pavements at Panaramitee North in desert South Australia, which are covered with motifs pecked into the surface.
6. 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 ways or leave out essential information
○ The oldest rock art sites have simpler motifs than the best known sites of Panaramitee North.
○ Because motifs primarily associated with the Panaramitee region are common in the oldest sites the term Panaramitee style has become the general term for rock art of this type.
○ Because the Panaramitee style is so common in the older sites, researchers have described it most extensively.
○ The motifs carved in the rocky surface of the Panaramitee region make up the oldest form of rock art discovered in Australia.
题型：句子简化题。答案是(B)
解析：句子主干：The frequency has led rock-art researchers to adopt a descriptive term。Lead to说明存在因果关系。with which是介词+关系代词引导的定语从句，用来修饰the frequency; the Panaramitee style同位语解释说明a descriptive term;a label 同位语解释说明 the Panaramitee style;which takes its name from the extensive rock pavements at Panaramitee North in desert South Australia定语从句修饰a label ;which are covered with motifs pecked into the surface.定语从句修饰rock pavements
原句意为：“几个简单图案在这些最古老的遗址上出现的频率使得岩石艺术研究人员采用了一种描述性的术语——Panaramitee风格，一个取名于从澳大利亚南部沙漠广袤的岩石丘的标签，这些岩石丘表面都刻有图案。” B选项正确。
Paragraph 5: In the 1970s when the study of Australian archaeology was in an exciting phase of development, with the great antiquity of rock art becoming clear. Lesley Maynard, the archaeologist who coined the phrase “Panaramitee style,” suggested that a sequence could be determined for Australian rock art, in which a geometric style gave way to a simple figurative style (outlines of figures and animals), followed by a range of complex figurative styles that, unlike the pan-Australian geometric tradition tended to much greater regional diversity. While accepting that this sequence fits the archaeological profile of those sites, which were occupied continuously over many thousands of years a number of writers have warned that the underlying assumption of such a sequence—a development from the simple and the geometric to the complex and naturalistic—obscures the cultural continuities in Aboriginal Australia, in which geometric symbolism remains fundamentally important. In this context the simplicity of a geometric motif may be more apparent than real. Motifs of seeming simplicity can encode complex meanings in Aboriginal Australia. And has not twentieth-century art shown that naturalism does not necessarily follow abstraction in some kind of predetermine sequence?
12. In paragraph 5, the author indicates that twentieth century art has shown that naturalism does not necessarily follow abstraction in some kind of predetermined sequence in order to
○ emphasize that it may not be possible to determine what the figures in ancient rock art represent
○ suggest a reply to those who have questioned Maynard’s interpretation of the sequence of Australian rock art
○ provide a counterexample to Maynard’s interpretation of the sequence of Australian rock art
○ indicate that twentieth century art is more advanced than ancient rock art
题型：修辞目的题。答案是(C)
解析：根据题干信息去原文定位至最后一句话And has not twentieth-century art shown that naturalism does not necessarily follow abstraction in some kind of predetermine sequence?是题干的信息，做题步骤是要往前看，前一句，但是前一句不是它要说明的中心;那么看本段的第一句话，但是这段的第一句话也不是中心。所以只能从中间看，原文第四句话提到sequence，说了一个顺序——从简单图案到几何图案再到复杂和自然主义的图案，使得澳大利亚土著的几何图案象征主义文化的连续性变得模糊，也就是说naturalism不一定跟着abstraction是为了说明这个顺序是不正确的。所以选C
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