Boston—Thieves dressed as police entered a museum early Sunday and stole 11 paintings, including major works by Rembrandt, Dagas, Manet, and Vermerr, FBI (美國(guó)聯(lián)邦調(diào)查局) and the museum officials said.

The first judgment placed value of at least $100 million on the works stolen from the Isabella Teward Gardener Museum, said Boston police spokesman Jim Tordan.

The judgment was a loose one because the paintings have not been sold in nearly a century, authorities said.

But art experts said such well-known works could not be sold in nearly a century, authorities said.

“It was not discovered until the cleaning people did some cleaning at 3 a.m.,” said Paul Cavangah, special FBI agent (法律顧問(wèn)) in Boston.

“This is one of those thefts (盜竊) where people actually spent some time researching and took specific things,” he said.

He said the investigation (調(diào)查) would not be limited to the U.S.

William Robinson, of Harvard University’s Foggel Museum, called the objects stolen “major works”.

1.The best headline for this newspaper article is 　　  .

A.A Theft Took Place in Boston?　　　　　　　　　　 B.Artworks Stolen by Thieves

C.Major Works?　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    D.Investigation into the Theft

2.The theft was discovered by 　　  .

A. Boston police?　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   B.art experts

C.the cleaning people?　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    D.special FBI agent

3.The last time the paintings were sold was about 　　  .

A. nearly a century ago?　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B.at 8 a.m.

C.early Sunday?　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    D.over a century

4.Investigation into the theft will take place 　　  .

A. in Boston?　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    B.in the United States

C.all over the world?　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  D.in the U.S. and over the world

5.The thieves took paintings by 　　  .

A. Jim Jordan?　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  B.art experts

C.Paul Cavangah?　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  D.Rembrandt, Dagas, Manet, and Vermerr

 

答案：1B2C3A4D5D
解析：

1、該題考查文章主旨大意，縱觀全文，可知文章談?wù)摰闹攸c(diǎn)不是偷竊，卻是被盜的圖畫的價(jià)值，故可知答案。

2、從“It was not discovered until the cleaning people did some cleaning at 3 a.m.,”中可以得出.

3、信息句為The judgment was a loose one because the paintings have not been sold in nearly a century, authorities said

4、該題考查細(xì)節(jié)理解，由文章倒數(shù)第二段可知正確答案。

5、文章的第一段.

 


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