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A painting of a famous artist could cost several million dollars in the market. This is why many artworks—even those that are housed inside highly guarded museums—go missing. Here is a list of some of the most famous paintings that were lost, stolen or destroyed.
Vincent Van Gogh's Poppy Flowers
This artwork was housed at the Mohammed Mahmoud Khalil Museum in Cairo. It was first lost in 1977, but was recovered 10 years after. The second time this same Vincent Van Gogh painting was stolen was in August of 2010. The painting is estimated (估价) to be worth something between $50 and $55 million.
Pablo Picasso's Le Pigeon Aux Petits
Stolen on May 20, 2010, this painting by Spanish painter Pablo Picasso is worth $28 million. It was stolen at the Museed’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, along with five other artworks. However, the thieves threw the painting away in a trashcan when they were caught. But that container was emptied
before the authorities got there. It was feared that the painting was already destroyed.
Paul Cezanne's View of Auvers Sur Oise
Lost on December 31, 1990, this artwork that used to be on exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford was stolen the night before the city's Millennium celebration. The thieves planned the robbery in time with the fireworks exhibition during peak of the celebrations. This artwork is estimated to be worth $5 million.
Covert Flinck's Landscape with an Obelisk
Stolen on March 18, 1990, this artwork was at the Isabella Steward Gardner Museum in Boston. This painting by Covert Flinck was previously believed to be a Rembrandt creation. A huge cash reward of $5 million will be given to the person who can provide information leading to the recovery of the painting.
1.In which of the following cities was Le Pigeon Aux Petits stolen?
天使情人A. Cairo.
B. Paris.
C. Oxford.
D. Boston.
2.Who was mistakenly thought to create Landscape with an Obelisk?
A. Pablo Picasso.
B. Paul Cezanne.
C. Covert Flinck.
goodbye my friendD. Rembrandt.
3.What can we infer about the four artworks mentioned in the text?
A. They are given an approximate price.
B. They are stolen when on exhibition.
C. Some of them are lost nearly 30 years.
D. Some of them have been found so far.
B
In 1943, when I was 4, my parents moved from Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, to Fairbanks, Alaska, where adventure was never far away.
We arrived in the summer, just in time to enjoy the midnight sun. All that sunlight was fantastic for Mom's vegetable garden. Working in the garden at midnight tended to throw her timing off, so she didn't care much about my bedtime.
Dad was a Railway Express agent and Mom was his clerk. That left me in a mess. I usually managed to find some trouble to get into. Once I had a little fire going in the dirt basement of a hotel. I had tried to light a barrel(桶) of paint but couldn't really get a good fire going. The smoke got pretty bad, though, and when I came out, a crowd and the police were there to greet me. The policemen took my matches and drove me home.
Mom and Dad were busy in the garden and Dad told the police to keep me, and they did! I had a tour of the prison before Mom rescued me. I hadn't turned 5 yet.
As I entered kindergarten, the serious cold began to set in. Would it surprise you to know that I soon left part of my tongue on a metal handrail (栏杆) at school?
As for Leonhard Seppala, famous as a dog sledder (驾雪橇者), I think I knew him well because I was taken for a ride with his white dog team one Sunday. At the time I didn't realize what a superstar he was, but I do remember the ride well. I wrapped (包裹) heavily and well sheltered from the freezing and blowing weather.
In 1950, we moved back to Coeur d'Alene, but we got one more Alaskan adventure when Leonhard invited us eight years later by paying a visit to Idaho to attend a gathering of former neighbors of Alaska.
4. What can be inferred about the author's family?
A. His father was a cruel man.
B. His parents didn't love him.
C. His parents used to be very busy.
D. His mother didn't have any jobs.
5. What happened when the author was 4?
A. He learned to smoke.
B. He was locked in a basement.
C. He was arrested by the police.
D. He nearly caused a fire accident.
6.Which of the following is true?
A. Leonhard was good at driving dog sleds.
B. The author spent his whole childhood in Alaska.
C. Leonhard often visited the author's family after 1950.
白百何旧照曝光D. The author suffered a lot while taking the dog sled in Alaska.
7.What is the author's purpose of writing the text?
A. To look back on his childhood with adventure.
B. To describe the extreme weather of Alaska.
C. To express how much he missed Leonhard.
D. To show off his pride in making trouble.
C
Just picture your favorite Disney cartoon characters: Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy, Bugs Bunny, Pinocchio, etc. There’s an extremely high chance that a whole host of Disney’s most popular cartoon characters share a common fashion choice—they all wear a pair of white gloves. Although there are many surprising facts about Disney’s most famous characters, putting gloves on animation（动画片）characters is actually a pretty reasonable move.
The creation of hand-drawn cartoons is a difficult and tiring process. It takes time and precision （精确度）to create the characters you know and love. At that time, animators wanted to make their job a touch faster with a few techniques. One of these techniques was using round edges（边）instead of angles（角）. So this also meant simplifying features, such as hands, to make the animation proc
ess quicker.
Still, in the age of black and white cartoons, separating characters’ round-edged hands from their
black bodies was hard. Gloves were an easy way to make their hands stand out. In fact, Walt Disney might have been the first to put gloves on his characters in The Opry House, starring Mickey Mouse. When animation moved away from black and white, Mickey and all of his friends still kept their signature white gloves.
Besides keeping the animation simple, Walt Disney told his biographer, Bob Thomas, that the gloves were also designed to anthropomorphize the mouse. “We didn’t want him to have mouse hands because he was supposed to be more connected with people,” Disney told Thomas in 1957, according to The New York Times. “So we gave him gloves. Five fingers seemed like too much on such a little figure, so we took away one.” All this nostalgic Disney talk makes us want to go back and look at these 18 classic photos of Mickey Mouse.
8.Why did animators prefer round edges rather than angles?
A. Round edges look better.
B. Round edges are easier to draw.
C. Round edges can be more popular.
D. Round edges seem more reasonable.
9.What does the underlined word “anthropomorphize” mean?
A. Humanize.
B. Beautify.
C. Modernize.
D. Simplify.
10.What do we know about Mickey Mouse?
A. It first appeared in The Opry House.
一天到晚游泳的鱼歌词B. It has only four fingers on each hand.
C. Its white gloves have its own signatures.
D. Its popularity was due to the black body.
11.What is the text mainly about?
A. Why Disney characters have little in common.
B. Why most Disney characters are so popular.
C. Why most Disney characters wear gloves.
D. Why Disney created its cartoon characters.
D
To stop the spread of COVID-19, many countries are practicing social distancing (社交隔离). This means people should stay at home as much as possible, as well as stay at least 2 meters away
from other people when in public, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Social distancing also refers to other ways of preventing the spread of the virus. These include studying online instead of going to school and canceling (取消) public activities.
Many countries have set strict rules for social distancing. In Australia, for example, people who meet indoors must follow the “one person per four square meters” rule. This means that if a room has an area of 40 square meters, there should be no more than ten people in the room. In Singapore, people who don’t keep a distance of 1 meter in public areas may need to pay a fine of up to $10,000 (50,000 yuan) or up to six months in prison .
There are also some more creative rules. In Panama, for example, men and women must leave their homes on different days, two hours at a time. In some Colombian towns, people can only go outside at certain times based on (基于) the last number of their national ID number. For example, people with an ID number ending in 0, 7 or 4 can leave the house on Monday, while those with an ID number ending 1, 8 or 5 can go outside on Tuesday.
12. In Australia, only _____ people should be allowed in a 100-square-meter room.
A. 4姜潮女朋友
B. 10
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C. 20
D. 25
13. In Singapore, people will be punished with _____ if they come within 1 meter of another person.
A. six months in jail
B. a fine of $50,000
C. ten months in jail
D. a fine of $100,000
14. What do we know about social distancing?
A. It is a way of being polite.
B. It means that people must stay at home.
C. It can stop people from getting infected.
D. It refers to the same rules all over the world.
15. The story is mainly about _____.
A. why people should follow social distancing rules
B. social distancing rules in different places
C. which countries are using social distancing
D. how to stop COVID-19 infections
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