Mysterious Nazca Drawings

One of the most mysterious archaeological spectacles in the world is the immense complex of geometrical symbols. Giant ground-drawings of birds and animals, and hundreds of long, ruler-straight lines, some right across mountains, which stretch over 1,200 square miles of the Peruvian tablelands, at Nazca.来源：考试大

Nazca was first revealed to modern eyes in 1926 when three explorers looked dwon on the desert from hillside at dusk and briefly saw a Nazca line highlighted by the rays of the sun. but it was not until the Peruvian air force took aerial photographs in the 1940s that the full magnificence of the panorama was apparent. Hundreds of what looked like landing strips for aircraft were revealed. There were eighteen bird-like drawings, up to 400 feet long; four-sided figures with two lines parallel; and long needle-like triangles which ran for miles. Among the many abstract patterns were a giant spider, a monkey, a shark, all drawn on the ground on a huge scale. 来源：考试大

The scale is monumental, but from the ground almost invisible and totally incomprehensible. The amazing fact about Naza, created more than 1,500 years ago, is that is can only be appreciated if seen from the air. Many, therefore, regarded it as a pre-historical landing ground for visitors from outer space, but Jim Woodman, an American explorer, who was long fascinated by the mystery of Nazca, had a different opinion. He believed that Nazca only made sense if the people who had designed and made these vast drawings on the ground could actually see them, and that led him to the theory that the ancient Peruvians had somehow learned to fly, as only from above could they really see the extent of their handiwork. With this theory in mind, he researched into ancient Peruvian legends about flight and came to the conclusion that the only feasible answer was a hot-air balloon.

To prove his theory, Woodman would have to make such a thing using the same fabrics and fibers that would have been available to the men of Nazca at the time. He started by gathering information from ancient paintings, legends, books and archaeological sits. After many attempts, Woodman built a balloon-type airship. It took him into the air, letting him have the sensation he had never had from viewing the same ground he had seen many times. His figure was a modern demonstration of an ancient possibility. 来源：考试大

1. One of the “most mysterious archaeological spectacles in the world” is ___.
A. the size of Nazca
B. the lines over mountains来源：考试大
C. the Peruvian tablelands
D. the huge and complicated ground-drawings来源：考试大

2. Nazca was discovered in 1926 when ___.
A. the light shone on the lines
B. three explorers viewed the lines from above来源：考试大
C. the lines were not hidden by cloud
D. the lines followed the rays of the sun来源：考试大

3. The “landing strips for aircraft (paragraph 2)” were really ___.
A. mysterious archaeological spectacles
B. balloon landing places
C. deserted airports
D. ground-drawings on a vast scale来源：考试大

4. Jim Woodman felt sure that ___.
A. the designs could be seen from the air.
B. the ancient people had learned to fly by accident
C. the ancient people were clever and had learned to fly
D. Nazca had been designed to help people fly来源：考试大

5. Woodman’s flight proved ___.
A. Nazca could be seen from a balloon来源：考试大
B. the ancient Peruvians somehow managed to see the drawings from the above
C. the ancient Peruvians flew in balloons
D. Nazca was a magnificent sight from the air.