外研社高一英语必修二M4 阅读提升作业(十三) Module 4 Period 1.docVIP

温馨提示： 此套题为Word版，请按住Ctrl,滑动鼠标滚轴，调节合适的观看比例，答案解析附后。关闭Word文档返回原板块。 阅读提升作业(十三) Module 4　Period 1 阅读理解 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 couplet(对联), measures about 2. 6 meters by 1 meter. 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. 【语篇概述】本文介绍了中国著名艺术家齐白石的作品在中国拍卖会上卖出425 500 000元, 并介绍了齐白石的生平情况。 1. What’s the best title of the text? A. Qi Baishi’s Painting Was Discovered. B. Qi Baishi’s Painting Was Brought Back. C. Qi Baishi’s Painting Sets an Auction Record. D. The Value of Qi Baishi’s Paintings Is on the Increase. 【解析】选C。主旨大意题。根据文章第一段可知文章是关于齐