A painting worth ￡ 740,000 was damaged (毀壞)by a guard in Russia.His name was notmentioned but he was believed to be 60-vear-old and worked for a private security company.

　　On his first day on the job,he was so bored that he drew two pairs of eyes with a pen onto the painting—artist Anna Leporskaya's Three Figures（人物）(1932-1934),an artwork with three people who have no faces.

　　At that time, the painting was being shown at the Yeltsin Center in the city of Yekaterinburg,during an exhibition titled“The Birth of a New Art”. Visitors discovered that g were two of the three figures on the painting different. They told the situation to the center, which began to deal with it at once.

　　The painting was borrowed from the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, so the center returned the painting immediately and made it examined by an art restorer, whose job is to repair damaged artworks. Police have now caught the guard and are questioning him. It's said that the guard will be fined with ￡ 395.Besides,he will be in prison(監獄) for about twelve months.

　　The damage,according to the expert at the State Tretyakov Gallery, can be fixed without any long-term damage to the artwork. The damage to the painting and cost of repairing has been said to take at least ￡ 2,470. It has been reported that the company where the guard worked is digging into its pocket.

　　1.Why did the guard draw eyes on the painting?

　　A. He hoped to catch visitors' attention.

　　B. He wanted to raise the painting's price.

　　C. He found nothing more interesting to do.

　　D. He liked painting and showed off his skills.

　　2.Which of the following are TRUE about the painting Three Figures?

　　① It is very valuable.

　　② It was created in the 1930s.

　　③ It belongs to the Yeltsin Center.

　　④ It has been damaged more than once.

　　A.①② B.①③ C.②③ D.②④

　　3.Who discovered the painting was different?

　　A. The workers. B. The guards.C. The visitors. D. The art restorers.

　　4.What did the Yeltsin Center do after knowing the painting was damaged?

　　A. It sold it at a low price.

　　B. It asked visitors to call the police.

　　C. It let the restorer in the center repair it.

　　D. It sent it to Moscow to make it examined by an art restorer.

　　5.What will probably happen to the guard after the police question him?

　　A. He will be sent to the prison.

　　B. He will pay a fine of ￡ 2.470.

　　C. He will pay for the repairing cost.

　　D. He will help the center repair the painting.

 

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