Ⅲ. Cloze (30 points)

　　Directions: For each blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked A, B, Cand D. Choose the one that is most suitable and mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

　　On the anniversary of the artist's birth, Van Gogh's Sunflowers was 21 for just under ￡25million at the fine art auctioneers (拍卖商), Christie's, in London. The 22 was triple the previous record of ￡8 million paid in 1985 for Mantegna's Adoration of the Magi. At least ten bidders 23 for the painting, half 24 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 25 to pay 500 francs--about ￡25 at that time -- for 26 a painting.

　　Christie's chairman 27 reporters after the sale, "it's a rare picture. " A spokesman for the firm added, "It's fantastic. " Not 28 who was at the auction agreed. One commented, " More money 29 sense. "

　　Many people do 30 uneasy that a picture could be auctioned for such an unbelievable sum. They find distasteful the contrast 31 this sort of money and the impoverished life of the painter 32 Van Gogh, once a lay preacher among the miners of Belgium, was more 33 in producing work that dignified labor than he was in selling for a profit. Depressive, poor, unrecognized and 34 suicidal, he remains a romantic figure in the public 35

　　21. A. bought B. sold C. displayed D. shown

　　22. A. price B. money C. sum D. collection

　　23. A. competed B. shouted C. fought D. argued

　　24. A. on B. under C. off D. by

　　25. A. must B. might C. ought D. could

　　26. A. so B. this C. very D. such

　　27. A. said B. spoke C. told D. agreed

　　28. A. all B. everyone C. none D. anyone

　　29. A. to B. than C. better D. over

　　30. A. felt B. think C. feel D. thought

　　31. A. between B. among C. of D. like

　　32. A. his own B. him C. own D. himself

　　33. A. upset B. interested C. happy D. gloomy

　　34. A. eventually B. finally C. last D. at end

　　35. A. mind B. brain C. thought D. imagination