We all know that the painting, named Racing Horse, is a(n) ______ example of Xu Beihong’s style.

A．traditional         B．artificial           C．typical            D．unique

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 ?

2.Whose artwork sold for the highest price on the mainland ?

3.The auction price of Qi’s painting was        million yuan higher than the starting price in the auction .

4.Which of the following is TRUE ?

5. The text is most probably taken from a        .

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 .
【小题1】What’s the best title of the text ?

根据所给汉语意思完成下列英文句子，每空填写一词。

1.徐悲鸿的作品影响了后世的画家。

The works of Xu Beihong  __________  __________ other artists _________  ________ .

2.你们可以走了，但把那些卷子留在原处。

You may go now , but _________ the papers __________  __________  __________.

3.因“沙漠化”越发严重， 中国近年发生沙尘暴的次数似乎明显增加了。

Sandstorms in China ___________  __________  ___________　____________ in recent years as a result of “desertification.

4.毛泽东写过一首词，在词中, 他想象了“更立西江石壁，再断巫山云雨，高峡初平湖”的壮丽景象。

Mao Zedong wrote a poem in which he _________ __________”walls of stone to__________  ___________clouds and rain till a smooth lake rises in the narrow gorges.

5.古代中国各诸侯国之间经常发生战争。

Ancient China was a place where states ________ often ________  ________  _________ each other.

We all know that the painting, named Racing Horse, is a(n) ______ example of Xu Beihong’s style.