BEIJING—Nine pieces of art relics from a temporary exhibition in the Palace Museum were stolen at midnight on May 8, 2011. It was the first theft in 20 years at the heavily guarded former home of emperors(皇帝), also known as the Forbidden City. The nine pieces—all small Western-style gold purses and cosmetics containers(化妝盒)covered with jewels and made between 1920 and 1945—were on loan(出借)from Hong Kong-based Liang Yi Museum and being on show in the Chengsu Hall of the Palace Museum.

    Police have recovered six stolen relics and returned them to the museum, but three pieces remain missing, according to the spokesman for the Beijing municipal police. The six stolen pieces were got from a man named Shi Baikui from Eastern China’s Shandong Province, who admitted stealing the pieces. Shi entered the museum as a visitor on May 8 and then hid himself inside and waited until closing time, according to police. He then broke a window on the northern side of the exhibition hall to gain entry and proceeded to steal relics.

    Police say Shi said he wanted to sell the relics to a store in Beijing but was turned away because the store owner said the pieces were fake(贗品). He then threw away the relics.

    The Beijing police are offering rewards to anyone who can provide them with any information or tips on the other three lost relics from the Palace Museum. The amount of the reward has not been determined yet, since authorities are evaluating the value of the stolen pieces. It is hoped that with all citizens’ help the other three can be recovered as soon as possible.

60. What’s the passage mainly about?

A. Many rewards were offered for Palace Museum stolen relics

B. Six stolen relics were returned to the Palace Museum

C. Shi Baikui, the first thief in the Forbidden City

D. Nine stolen relics were all recovered by police

61. According to Paragraph 1, the nine stolen relics _______.

A. were bought from Hong Kong-based Liang Yi Museum

B. don’t belong to the Palace Museum of China

C. were small daily items used by Chinese women in the 20s~40s

D. were being on show in the Chengsu Hall of the Summer Palace

62. How did the thief go into the Palace Museum?

A. He entered the museum by acting as a visitor.

B. He broke a door and climbed into the museum.

C. He worked there and had the key to the museum.

D. The passage doesn’t mention how the thief entered the museum.

63. The underlined phrase “turned away” (in Paragraph 3)possibly means _______.

A. criticized                  B. invited               C. accepted                  D. refused

60.解析:選B。主旨大意題。本篇新聞主要告訴大家故宮博物館九件失竊文物中已被警察追回六件,尚有三件下落不明。警方向廣大市民懸賞征求線索。文章圍繞第二段第一句“Police have recovered six stolen relics and returned them to the museum, but three pieces remain missing, . . . ”展開。

61.解析:選B。細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段最后一句“The nine pieces—all small Western-style gold purses and cosmetics containers covered with jewels and made between 1920 and 1945—were on loan from Hong Kong-based Liang Yi Museum and being on show in the Chengsu Hall of the Palace Museum. ”可知:被盜文物是從香港借用展覽的,他們不屬于故宮博物館。故選B。

62.解析:選A。細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段第三句“Shi entered the museum as a visitor on May 8 and then hid himself inside and waited until closing time, . . . ”便知A項正確。

63.解析:選D。詞義猜測題。根據(jù)第三段可知:一店主說文物是贗品而將他拒之門外。refuse“拒絕(進入)”。此處正合文意。其他三項意義不妥。

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