A photographer takes a picture of the Chinese bronze rat head and rabbit head sculptures display on the preview of the auction（拍賣） of Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Berge’s art collection at the Grand Palais in Paris, France, Feb, 21, 2009. Chinese lawyers have asked the French court to stop auction house Christie’s putting two bronze relics（文物）looted (掠奪)from China
under the hammer, lawyers said Friday.
A Paris court on Monday ruled against stopping the sale of two
looted Chinese bronze sculptures which come up for auction at
Christie’s on Wednesday. Under the ruling of the Tribunal de Grande
Instance in Paris, the plaintiff（起訴人）, the Association for the
Protection of Chinese Art in Europe（APCAE）,was ordered to
pay compensation（賠償）to the defendant.
Ren Xiaohong, a lawyer for APCAE, told Xinhua that it was “of great significance” to file the lawsuit. “We hope to arouse public attention in Europe on the fate of numerous Chinese works stolen in the past, to help keep those relics well protected and collected,” Ren said.
The Qing Dynasty（1644—1911）relics, the heads of a bronze rabbit and a rat, were among an original set of 12 bronze animal heads that were once decorated at the imperial summer resort Yuanmingyuan. They were looted when the palace was burnt down by Anglo-French allied forces during the Second Opium War in 1860.
The pair became part of a collection of the late fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent. They have been put up for auction by his partner, Pierre Berge. The two items are expected to fetch between 16 million and 20 million euros.
So far, five of the 12 bronze animal heads have been returned to China, while the whereabouts of five others are unknown.
小題1:The two bronze animal heads were displayed at the Grand Palais in Paris so that      .
A．they could be collected and well preserved
B．the photographers could take pictures
C．the public could see them in advance
D．they couldn’t be sold at auction
小題2:The significance to stop the sale of two bronze animal heads is to     .
A．fetch between 16 million and 20 million euros
B．draw public attention to the Chinese works stolen in the past
C．make the world know more about history of the Qing Dynasty
D．find the other five bronze animal heads and return them to China
小題3:Which of the following is NOT true?
A．The 12 bronze animal heads have been put up for auction.
B．The 2 bronze animal heads haven’t been returned to China.
C．The 12 bronze animal heads were used as imperial decoration.
D．Yuanmingyuan was once burnt down by Anglo-French allied forces.
小題4:The passage is most probably taken from             .
A．a(chǎn) newspaperB．a(chǎn)n advertisement
C．a(chǎn) history textbookD．a(chǎn)n introduction of auction

小題1:C
小題2:B
小題3:A
小題4:A

試題分析：本文敘述了中國在鴉片戰(zhàn)爭期間由于英法聯(lián)盟把圓明園燒毀，造成了12尊動物銅像的丟失，出現(xiàn)在了法國的想要拍賣的市場上，中國律師積極活動阻止這一事件的發(fā)生。到目前為止，12尊銅像中的5尊已經(jīng)回到了中國，其他的5尊還不知其下落。
小題1:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)A photographer takes a picture of the Chinese bronze rat head and rabbit head sculptures display on the preview of the auction（拍賣） of Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Berge’s art collection at the Grand Palais in Paris, France, Feb, 21, 2009. 以便讓公眾提前知道，故選C。
小題2:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)We hope to arouse public attention in Europe on the fate of numerous Chinese works stolen in the past, to help keep those relics well protected and collected,引起人們對于在過去被偷的中國文物的注意，故選B。
小題3:推理判斷題。根據(jù)So far, five of the 12 bronze animal heads have been returned to China, while the whereabouts of five others are unknown.12尊銅像中的5尊已經(jīng)回到了中國，而選項A敘述了12尊動物銅像已經(jīng)被拍賣。顯然與短文不符，故選A。
小題4:文章出處題。根據(jù)短文的內(nèi)容是介紹有關(guān)中國鴉片戰(zhàn)爭期間丟失的文物的消息應(yīng)該登在報紙上，故選A。
點評：文章出處題應(yīng)從文章的內(nèi)容或結(jié)構(gòu)來判斷其出處：如 (1)報紙：前面會出現(xiàn)日期、地點或通訊社名稱。 (2)廣告：因其格式特殊，容易辨認。 (3)產(chǎn)品說明：器皿、設(shè)備的使用說明會有產(chǎn)品名稱或操作方式，而藥品的服用說明會告知服用時間、次數(shù)、藥量等。
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