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  3. On the anniversary of the artist’s birth, Van Gogh’s Sunflowers was【C1】________for just under £25 million at the fine art auctio

On the anniversary of the artist’s birth, Van Gogh’s Sunflowers was【C1】________for just under £25 million at the fine art auctio

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问题     On the anniversary of the artist’s birth, Van Gogh’s Sunflowers was【C1】________for just under £25 million at the fine art auctioneers(拍卖商), Christie’s, in London. The【C2】________was triple the previous record of £ 8 million paid in 1985 for Mantegna’s Adoration of the Magi. At least ten bidders【C3】________for the painting, half【C4】________telephone, anonymously battling it out in leaps of £500,000. Van Gogh wrote in a letter of 1889 that one of these Scots or Americans【C5】________to pay 500 francs—about £25 at that time — for【C6】________a painting.
    Christie’s chairman【C7】________reporters after the sale, "it’s a rare picture." A spokesman for the firm added, "It’s fantastic." Not【C8】________who was at the auction agreed. One commented, "More money【C9】________sense."
    Many people do【C10】________uneasy that a picture could be auctioned for such an unbelievable sum.
    They find distasteful the contrast【C11】________this sort of money and the impoverished life of the painter【C12】________. Van Gogh , once a lay preacher among the miners of Belgium, was more【C13】________in producing work that dignified labor than he was in selling for a profit. Depressive, poor, unrecognized  and【C14】________suicidal, he remains a romantic figure in the public【C15】________
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选项 A、price
B、money
C、sum
D、collection
答案A
解析 这个空的后面提到以前付过的价钱，这里应指这个价格是以前的多少倍。选项A是正确的。
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