JeremyFoxrecentlyboughtanoldfarmhousewithayard.Oneday,w...

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Jeremy Fox recently bought an old farmhouse with a yard. One day, while clearing out the old barn (谷仓) on the far side of the yard, he found some large pieces of an antique bowl. Out of    71    (curious), he took them into the kitchen and washed them. That evening he    72    (spread) newspapers over the kitchen table and carefully stuck the pieces together. However, two pieces were found    73    (miss). 

    Two days later, Mr. Fox prepared to build a greenhouse.    74    (pull) down the barn, he was digging over the ground    75   he discovered the two missing pieces. When he had stuck    76    in position, the bowl looked so fine that Jeremy took several photos of the bowl and then sent them to Sotheby’s in London.

    Extremely interested, Sotheby’s sent an expert to inspect the antique,    77    turned out to be    78   Chinese Ming fish bowl, dating back to around 1500, and    79    be expected to get a five-figure sum at an auction (拍卖会).

    A week later, two police officers called and told Fox the bowl was stolen property. So the bowl never reached the auction room, and Mr. Fox never received the five-figure sum that     80      (mention). However, he framed one of the photos he had taken and hung it on the wall.

71. ___________  72. ___________  73. ___________  74. ___________  75.  ___________

76. ___________  77. ___________  78. ___________  79. ___________  80.  ___________

【回答】

 71. curiosity    72. spread    73. missing    74. Having pulled    75. when   

76. them    77. which  78. a   79. could    80. had been mentioned

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