The longest Gorge among the Three Gorges is:

A . Northwest B . Southeast C . Northeast D . Southwest

A . exhaust and suction process B . suction and compression process C . combustion and exhaust process D . working and exhaust proce

A . the Mackenzie B . the St.Lawrence C . the Severn D . the Yuko

A . runs B . is running C . run D . ra

A . the Clutha River　 B . the Wanganui C . the Rangitata　 D . the Waikato

A．Y B．N C．NG

A、 the length of B、 so long as C、 much longer than D、 as length as

A、Direct tailwind B、Light quartering tailwind C、Light quartering headwind

A．nearly 3 years behind. B．nearly 4 years behind. C．nearly 8 years behind. D．nearly 6 years behind.

A.a B.the

The world art market had already been losing momentum for a while after rising bewilderingly since 2003．At its peak in 2007 it was worth some $ 65 billion, reckons Clare McAndrew, founder of art Economics, a research firm-double the figure five year earlier. Since then it may have come down to $ 50 billion. But the market generates interest far beyond its size because it brings together great wealth, enormous egos, greed, passion and controversy in a way matched by few other industries. In the weeks and months that followed Mr Hirst's sale, spending of any sort became deeply unfashionable. In the art world that meant collectors stayed away from galleries and salerooms. Sales of contemporary art fell by two-thirds, and in the most overheated sector, they were down by nearly 90% in the year to November 2008．Within weeks the world's two biggest auction houses, Sotheby's and Christie's, had to pay out nearly $ 200m in guarantees to clients who had placed works for sale with them. The current downturn in the art market is the worst since the Japanese stopped buying Impressionist at the end of 1989．This time experts reckon that prices are about 40% down on their peak on average, though some have been far more fluctuant. But Edward Dolman, Christie's chief executive, says: "I'm pretty confident we're at the bottom. " What makes this slump different from the last, he says, is that there are still buyers in the market. Almost everyone who was interviewed for this special report said that the biggest problem at the moment is not a lack of demand but a lack of good work to sell. The three Ds--death, debt and divorce-still deliver works of art to the market. But anyone who does not have to sell is keeping away, waiting for confidence to return. In the first paragraph, Damien Hirst's sale was referred to as "a last victory" because______. A．the art marker had witnessed a succession of victories B．the auctioneer finally got the two pieces at the highest bids C．Beautiful inside My Head Forever won over all masterpieces D．it was successfully made just before the world financial crisis

A．Making telescopes. B．Mathematics. C．Agriculture. D．Designing furniture.

A．Thames B．Severn C．Mersey D．Humber

A．Mississippi River B．Hudson River C．Colorado River D．Columbia River

The world art market had already been losing momentum for a while after rising bewilderingly since 2003. At its peak in 2007 it was worth some $65 billion, reckons Clare McAndrew, founder of Arts Economics , a research firm—double the figure five years earlier. Since then it may have come down to $50 billion. But the market generates interest far beyond its size because it brings together great wealth, enormous egos, greed, passion and controversy in a way matched by few other industries. In the weeks and months that followed Mr Hirst's sale, spending of any sort became deeply unfashionable. In the art world that meant collectors stayed away from galleries and salerooms. Sales of contemporary art fell by two-thirds, and in the most overheated sector, they were down by nearly 90% in the year to November 2008. Within weeks the world's two biggest auction houses, Sotheby's and Christie's, had to pay out nearly $200m in guarantees to clients who had placed works for sale with them. The current downturn in the art market is the worst since the Japanese stopped buying Impressionists at the end of 1989. This time experts reckon that prices are about 40% down on their peak on average, though some have been far more fluctuant. But Edward Dolman, Christie's chief executive, says: " I'm pretty confident we're at the bottom. " What makes this slump different from the last, he says, is that there are still buyers in the market. Almost everyone who was interviewed for this special report said that the biggest problem at the moment is not a lack of demand but a lack of good work to sell. The three Ds—death, debt and divorce—still deliver works of art to the market. But anyone who does not have to sell is keeping away, waiting for confidence to return. In the first paragraph, Damien Hirst's sale was referred to as "a last victory" because_________. A．the art market had witnessed a succession of victories B．the auctioneer finally got the two pieces at the highest bids C．Beautiful Inside My Head Forever won over all masterpieces D．it was successfully made just before the world financial crisis

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