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(3-1)German police appealed Friday for information about the possible owners of two 17th-century oil paintings.

(3-2) Police said a 64-year-old man found the paintings in a garbage pile at a highway rest stop last month. He later handed them in to the Cologne police.

(4)An initial assessment by an art expert concluded the two framed paintings were originals, police said.

One is a landscape painted by the Italian artist Pietro Bellotti dating to 1665. The other is a painting of a boy by the 17th-century Dutch artist Samuel van Hoogstraten, date unknown.Their combined worth is estimated to be around one million euros.

Authorities have not yet confirmed what will happen if the rightful owner is not found. Nevertheless, it is speculated that they could either be handed over to the National Art Museum of Cologne or sold to the public by the local government.

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预览两道题各选项,由选项中的lost、missing 以及多次出现的 paintings 推测,新闻内容可能与丢失的画作有关。第3题各选项均以He开头,可能考查某位男士和丢失的画作之间的联系。第4题各选项均以 They开头,根据各选项句意可初步推测此处主语They可能指代的是画作,听音时可重点留意有关画作的具体信息。

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3. What did German police say about a 64-year-old man?

【详解】D)。细节推断题。新闻开头提到,德国警方于周五发出出呼吁,征求有关两幅17 世纪的油画可能的所有者的信息。一名64岁的男子上个月在高速公路休息站站的垃圾堆中发现了这两幅画作。由此推断,这位64 岁的男子发现了两幅 17 世纪的油画。


4. What is the art expert’s conclusion about the two framed paintings?

【详解】B)。事实细节题。新闻中提到,警方称,一名艺术专家经初步评估得出结论,这两幅镶框画是原作。因此,答案为 B)。