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Jeremy Fox, a retired businessman in a small city in England, recently bough
Jeremy Fox, a retired businessman in a small city in England, recently bough
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Jeremy Fox, a retired businessman in a small city in England, recently bought an old farmhouse with a yard and a small field, some five miles out of the town. There he planned to lead a simple life with his wife, Amelia.
It was while clearing out the old ham on the far side of the yard that he made an interesting discovery. In a corner, under some old sacks, he found some large fragments (碎片) of an antique bowl. Out of curiosity, he took them into the kitchen and, much to the anger of his wife, washed the mud off them. That evening he spread newspapers over the kitchen table and carefully stuck the fragments together. However, two pieces were found missing.
Two days later, having pulled down the ham, Mr. Fox was digging over the ground in preparation for the installation of a greenhouse, when he discovered the two missing pieces. When he had stuck them in position, the bowl looked so fine that Amelia agreed to its being placed on a table in the living room, in front of the window.
"We might have something a bit special here," he said to his wife. A few days later, Jeremy took several photographs of the bowl, which he sent off to Sotheby’s in London.
Unexpectedly, Sotheby’s was extremely interested in the bowl and sent an expert to inspect it. It. turned out that it was a Chinese Ming fish bowl, dating back to around 1590, and might be expected to get a five-figure sum at an auction (拍卖).
A week later, still more unexpectedly, two police officers called and told the Foxes the bowl was stolen property.
So the bowl never reached the auction room, and Mr. Fox never received the five figure sum that had been mentioned. However, he framed one of the photographs he had taken and hung it on the wall. [br] Which of the following is NOT TRUE?
选项
A、Most probably Sotheby’s purchased the bowl in the end.
B、It turned out that Mr. Fox got neither the money nor the bowl.
C、Mr. Fox preferred country life to city life after his retirement.
D、Mr. Fox was fond of gardening.
答案
A
解析
推断题。该题问哪一个选项与文章内容不符。根据文章最后一段"So the bowl never reached the auction room,and Mr.Fox never received the five-figure sum that had been mentioned.”可以推断[A](很可能Sotheby’s最终购买了这件瓷器)为正确答案。
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