题目内容
Four Chinese models were ______ the 14 people awarded prizes on Friday at the World Supermodel Competition.
A. among B. between C. along D. beside
A
解析:
among是指在三个或三个以上的…之间，between是在两者之茧。
A painting by Chinese artist Qi Baishi set a record for modern art and calligraphy (书法) on the mainland when it sold for 425.5 million yuan at an auction (拍卖) on May 22. The sale was a milestone (里程碑) in the auction of modern and contemporary artworks.
The price meant its value had risen more than 2,000 per cent in six years . The work , Eagle standing on pine tree with four-character coupleti（对联）, measures about 2.6 metres by 1 metre . It was the second highest price paid for an artwork on the mainland . A Song dynasty work by Huang Tingjian was sold for 436.8 million yuan in 2010 . Qi’s painting was finished in 1946 when Qi was 86 , and was his largest work . With a starting price of 88 million yuan , it attracted nearly 50 bids（出价）in half an hour . Shanghai businessman Liu Yiqian said that the work had belonged to him and had cost less than 20 million yuan in 2005 . The auction company said the work was brought back to the mainland after being bought from a private owner in San Francisco six years ago .
China ranked first in global art sales last year , ahead of the United States and Britain . Four Chinese artists were among the top 10 in worldwide sales : Qi Baishi , Zhang Daqian , Xu Beihong and Fu Baoshi . Qi’s works ranked second in sales to Pablo Picasso’s last year . Qi was born into a peasant family in Hunan in 1864 . He taught himself to paint and focused on nature including plants , insects , birds and fish . He is mostly well-known for his paintings of shrimps . In 1953 , he was elected president of the Association of Chinese Artists . He died in Beijing in 1957 .
1.What’s the best title of the text ?
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A．Qi Baishi’s Painting Was Discovered . |
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B．Qi Baishi’s Painting Was Brought Back . |
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C．Qi Baishi’s Painting Sets an Auction Record . |
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D．The Value of Qi Baishi’s Paintings Is on the Increase . |
2.Whose artwork sold for the highest price on the mainland ?
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A．Qi Baishi’s . |
B．Huang Tingjian’s . |
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C．Xu Beihong’s . |
D．Zhang Daqian’s . |
3.The auction price of Qi’s painting was million yuan higher than the starting price in the auction .
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A．337.5 . |
B．348.8 . |
C．50 . |
D．11.3 . |
4.Which of the following is TRUE ?
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A．Qi finished the painting when he was young . |
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B．The painting was once stolen by an American . |
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C．The owner of this painting Liu Yiqian gained a lot of money . |
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D．Pablo Picasso’s works ranked second in sales to Qi’s last year . |
5. The text is most probably taken from a .
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A．computer book |
B．library guide |
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C．technology magazine |
D．newspaper report |