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When an associate of the Mus6e d’Art Moderne Andr6-Malraux in Normandy flipped through the catalogue for the auction of impressionist art at Sotheby’s in New York on November 2nd, he made a startling discovery. On sale was "Blanchisseuses souffrant des dents", a painting by Edgar Degas, which had been stolen in 1973 from a museum where it had been on loan from the Louvre. After being alerted by the French authorities, Sotheby’s dropped the painting from the sale. Now an investigation is under way. The owner is likely to lose it without compensation when it is returned to France. Like most art collectors, the owner had no art-title insurance, which would have provided compensation for the painting’s value.
"Theft accounts for only a quarter of title disputes," says Judith Pearson, a co-founder of ARIS, a small insurance firm that has been selling title insurance since 2006 and which was taken over by Argo Group, a bigger insurer,
A. this painting had been stolen from the Louvre
B. he didn’t have art-title insurance
C. this painting belonged to the French authorities
D. this painting used to belong to from the Louvre

[单项选择]When an associate of the Mus6e d’Art Moderne Andr6-Malraux in Normandy flipped through the catalogue for the auction of impressionist art at Sotheby’s in New York on November 2nd, he made a startling discovery. On sale was "Blanchisseuses souffrant des dents", a painting by Edgar Degas, which had been stolen in 1973 from a museum where it had been on loan from the Louvre. After being alerted by the French authorities, Sotheby’s dropped the painting from the sale. Now an investigation is under way. The owner is likely to lose it without compensation when it is returned to France. Like most art collectors, the owner had no art-title insurance, which would have provided compensation for the painting’s value.
"Theft accounts for only a quarter of title disputes," says Judith Pearson, a co-founder of ARIS, a small insurance firm that has been selling title insurance since 2006 and which was taken over by Argo Group, a bigger insurer, earlier this month. Three-quarters of squabbles occu
A. this painting had been stolen from the Louvre
B. he didn’t have art-title insurance
C. this painting belonged to the French authorities
D. this painting used to belong to from the Louvre

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When an associate of the Mus6e d’Art Moderne Andr6-Malraux in Normandy flipped through the catalogue for the auction of impressionist art at Sotheby’s in New York on November 2nd, he made a startling discovery. On sale was "Blanchisseuses souffrant des dents", a painting by Edgar Degas, which had been stolen in 1973 from a museum where it had been on loan from the Louvre. After being alerted by the French authorities, Sotheby’s dropped the painting from the sale. Now an investigation is under way. The owner is likely to lose it without compensation when it is returned to France. Like most art collectors, the owner had no art-title insurance, which would have provided compensation for the painting’s value.
"Theft accounts for only a quarter of title disputes," says Judith Pearson, a co-founder of ARIS, a small insurance firm that has been selling title insurance since 2006 and which was taken over by Argo Group, a bigger insurer,
A. squabbles of the collections occurred frequently
B. it was necessary to guarantee title insurance
C. collectors needed to purchase the art-title insurance
D. collecting stolen goods had no ownership

[单项选择]In the early 1970’s, when art reached its current high levels of popularity and value, a rash of thefts of works by great artists occurred in major art museums around the world. But, after 1975, sophisticated new security systems were installed in every major museum. As a consequence, important thefts in major museums declined markedly.
Which of the following, if true, is strongest if offered as part of the evidence to show that improved security systems were responsible for the decline in thefts of important works from major museums
A. The typical art work stolen during both the 1970’s and the 1980’s was a small piece that could be concealed on the person of the thief.
B. Premiums paid by major museums to insure their most important works of art increased considerably between 1975 and 1985.
C. The prices paid to art thieves for stolen works were lower during the 1980’s than the prices paid to art thieves for comparable works during the 1970’s.
D. Thefts from private collections and smaller galleries of works by great artists increased sharply starting in the late 1970’s.
E. (E) Art thefts in Europe, which has the largest number of works by great artists, outnumbered art thefts in the United States during the 1980’s.

[单项选择]When the Art Gallery was being opened for the public, the Prime Minister was the first entering the gallery following other visitors.
A. was open to... entering the gallery followed with
B. was opened for... to enter the gallery following by
C. was opened to... to enter the gallery followed by
D. was to be opened for... entering the gallery followed with

[单项选择]When a new movement in art attains a certain fashion, it is advisable to find out what its advocates are aiming at, for, however farfetched and unreasonable their principles may seem today, it is possible that in years to come they may be regarded as normal. With regard to Futurist poetry, however, the case is rather difficult, for whatever Futurist poetry may be--even admitting that the theory on which it is based may be right--it can hardly be classed as Literature. 　　This, in brief, is what the Futurist says: for a century, past conditions of life have been conditionally speeding up, till now we live in a world of noise and violence and speed. Consequently, our feelings, thoughts and emotions have undergone a corresponding change. This speeding up of life, says the Futurist, requires a new form of expression. We must speed up our literature too, if we want to interpret modern stress. We must pour out a large stream of essential words, unhampered by stops, or qualifying adjectives,
A. determine its purposes
B. ignore its flaws
C. follow the new fashions
D. accept the principles