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It was just after sunrise on a June morning. “Nicolo,” whose real name cannot be (41) to the public because of Italy's privacy laws, (42) working the whole night at a factory in Turin. As he often did, he stopped by the “after work auction（ 拍卖 ）” (43) by the Italian police where things (44) on the trains were sold to the highest bidder. There, among many other things, Nicolo spotted two paintings he thought would look (45) above his dining room table. Nicolo and another bidder (46) until Nicolo finally won the paintings for $32.
When Nicolo retired and went to live in Sicily, he (47) the paintings with him. He hung them above the same table he had (48) from Turin. His son, age 15, who had (49) an art appreciation class, thought that there was something (50) about the one with a young girl sitting on a garden chair. It was signed（ 签名 ）“Bonnato” or so he thought, but when he (51) it, he only found “Bonnard,” a French (52) he had never heard of. He bought a book and was (53) to find a picture of the artist Pierre Bonnard sitting on the same chair in the same (54) as his father's painting.
“That's the garden in our picture,” Nicolo's son told his father. They (55) learned that the painting they (56) was called “The Girl with Two Chairs.” They (57) the other painting and learned that it was (58) Paul Gauguin's “Still Life of Fruit on a Table with a Small Dog.” The (59) called the Italian Culture Ministry; the official confirmed that the paintings were (60) and worth as much as $50 million.
41. A. attached B. allocated C. exposed D. submitted
42. A. finished B. delayed C. considered D. tried
43. A. attended B. reserved C. cancelled D. run
44. A. shown B. found C. kept D. hidden
45. A. nice B. familiar C. useful D. real
46. A. battled B. debated C. discussed D. bargained
47. A. held B. left C. registered D. brought
48. A. chosen B. received C. ordered D. moved
49. A. missed B. failed C. taken D. led
50. A. concrete B. unusual C. unappealing D. natural
51. A. appreciated B. touched C. researched D. witnessed
52. A. painter B. designer C. author D. actor
53. A. expected B. surprised C. anxious D. ready
54. A. room B. kitchen C. hall D. garden
55. A. apparently B. confidently C. eventually D. temporarily
56. A. owned B. borrowed C. sold D. stole
57. A. collected B. cleaned C. framed D. studied
58. A. suitably B. actually C. rightly D. specifically
59. A. girl B. artist C. family D. police
60. A. copies B. originals C. models D. presents
必背单词
1. expose v. （使）暴露
2. privacy n. 隐私
3. run ★ v. 跑； 经营
例： [2019全国1] Summer Company provides students with hands-on business training and awards of up to $3,000 to start and run their own summer businesses. 暑期公司为学生提供实践业务培训以及高达3,000美元的奖励，用于开办和经营自己的暑期业务。
4. spot ★ n. 斑点 v. 发现，注意到
例： [2017浙江] A bit later, they spotted what they, too, assumed was a dog running alongside a man on a bike. 过了一会儿，他们发现他们也认为是一只狗和一个骑自行车的男人在并肩跑。
5. battle ★ v. 搏斗； 争斗
例： [2019全国2] There's tension and anxiety from the beginning as Nick and Amy battle for your trust. 尼克和艾米为你的信任而战，从一开始就充满了紧张和焦虑。
6. retire v. 退休
7. hang v. 悬挂
8. appreciation n. 欣赏
9. unusual adj. 不同寻常的
10. sign v. 签名
11. research v. / n. 研究
12. eventually adv. 最终
13. own v. 拥有 adj. 自己的
14. actually adv. 实际上
15. confirm v. 证实
16. original n. 原作；原稿
词组搭配
1. be attached to ★ 附属于；喜爱
例： The organization is attached to the famous university. 这个机构附属于那所名校。
2. be allocated to 分配给
例： Tickets are limited and will be allocated to those who apply first. 票数有限，先申请者先得。
3. be exposed to 暴露于
例： [2015四川] His study shows that when robins are exposed to light at night in the lab, it leads to some genes being active at the wrong time of day. 他的研究表明，当知更鸟在晚上暴露在实验室的光线下时，会导致一些基因在一天中错误的时间被激活。
4. be submitted to 提交给
例： All important problems must be submitted to the committee for discussion. 一切重要问题都必须提交委员会讨论。
5. because of 因为
例： [2021全国乙] Komodo National Park, officially recognized in 1980, is popular for ecotourism because of its unique biodiversity. 科莫多国家公园于1980年正式成立，因其独特的生物多样性而受到生态旅游的欢迎。
6. stop by 顺便拜访；顺路探望
例： [2017全国1] Don't forget to stop by Pacific Science Center's Store while you are here to pick up a wonderful science activity or souvenir to remember your visit. 当你来到这里，想要挑选一个精彩的科学活动或一件纪念品来纪念你的游览时，别忘了顺便去太平洋科学中心的商店。
7. hear of 听说
例： All of these people gave me a great deal of information I had never heard of . 所有这些人都给我提供了许多闻所未闻的信息。
扫清困惑
As he often did, he stopped by the “after work auction （拍卖）” (43)
run
by the Italian police where things (44)
found
on the trains were sold to the highest bidder.
困惑： 易错题（43题）
分析： 43题的易错选项是A项、B项，属于“词汇知识理解有误”的错误类型。同学们可能认为拍卖会需要警察参加，所以误选A项；误选B项的原因是认为拍卖的东西是由警方保存的，忽略了整个语境，误选B项。但是从语境看，拍卖的东西一般是火车上无人认领的东西，所以一般会交给警方处理，也就是说，这种拍卖会是由意大利警方管理的，所以run“管理；经营”恰当，D项正确。
Nicolo and another bidder (46)
battled
until Nicolo finally won the paintings for $32.
困惑： 易错题（46题）
分析： 46题的易错选项是D项，属于“常识知识有误”的错误类型。同学们可能认为尼科洛要把这幅画弄到手，就需要买，这时就需要讨价还价，因此认为bargained恰当，所以误选D项。由常识可知，在拍卖时，很多人会竞拍同一件物品，他们会一直出价直到一方不再出价，价高者即成功拍得该物品。因此，这里指尼科洛和另外一位出价者一直在竞争，直到尼科洛以32美元的价格拍得这两幅画，由此判断battled“较量；斗争”符合语境，A项正确。
全文翻译
那是六月的一个早晨，太阳刚刚升起。尼科洛（由于意大利的隐私法，真实姓名不能 (41) 暴露 给公众）在都灵的一家工厂 (42) 结束 了夜班工作。像往常一样，他顺便去了“下班后拍卖”，这种拍卖会由意大利警方 (43) 管理 ，将在火车上 (44) 发现 的东西卖给出价最高的竞标人。在那里的很多其他东西中，尼科洛看到了两幅画，他觉得要是把它们挂在自己的餐桌上方会很 (45) 漂亮 。尼科洛和另一位竞拍者 (46) 竞争 ，直到尼科洛最终以32美元的价格赢得了这两幅画。
尼科洛退休后去西西里岛生活，他 (47) 带上 了这两幅画。他把画挂在从都灵 (48) 搬 来的那个桌子上面。他15岁的儿子 (49) 上 过一门艺术欣赏课，他认为那幅有一个年轻女孩坐在花园椅子上的画 (50) 不寻常 。他想画上的签名大概是“博纳尔”，但当他 (51) 研究 这个名字时，他只搜到了“博纳尔”，一个他从未听说过的法国 (52) 画家 。他买了一本书，(53) 惊讶 地 发现里面有一幅艺术家皮埃尔·博纳尔的画，他坐在和父亲画里面一样的 (54) 花园 里一样的椅子上。
“那是我们画中的花园。”尼科洛的儿子告诉他的父亲。他们 (55) 最 终 得知，他们 (56) 拥有 的这幅画名为《有两把椅子的女孩》。他们 (57) 研究 了另一幅画，得知它 (58) 实际上 是保罗·高更的《桌上的水果与小狗静物画》。(59) 全家人 给意大利文化部打电话，官员确认那两幅画是 (60) 原版 ，价值高达5,000万美元。