The price meant its value had risen more than 2，000 percent in six years.The work, Eagle standing on pine tree with four­character couplet(对联), measures about 2.6 metres by 1 metre.It was the second highest price paid for an artwork on the mainland.A Song dynasty work by Huang Tingjian was sold for 436.8 million yuan in 2010.Qi's painting was finished in 1946 when Qi was 86, and was his largest work.With a starting price of 88 million yuan, it attracted nearly 50 bids (出价) in half an hour.Shanghai businessman Liu Yiqian said that the work had belonged to him and had cost less than 20 million yuan in 2005.The auction company said the work was brought back to the mainland after being bought from a private owner in San Francisco six years ago.

　　China ranked first in global art sales last year, ahead of the United States and Britain.Four Chinese artists were among the top 10 in worldwide sales: Qi Baishi, Zhang Daqian, Xu Beihong and Fu Baoshi.Qi's works ranked second in sales to Pablo Picasso's last year.Qi was born into a peasant family in Hunan in 1864.He taught himself to paint and focused on nature including plants, insects, birds and fish.He is mostly well­known for his paintings of shrimps.In 1953，he was elected president of the Association of Chinese Artists.He died in Beijing in 1957.

　　【语篇解读】　齐白石的《松柏高立图·篆书四言联》被一买家以4.255亿元买走，在大陆创下了近现代艺术品拍卖新纪录。

　　1．What's the best title of the text?

　　A．Qi Baishi's Painting Was Discovered

　　B．Qi Baishi's Painting Was Brought Back

　　C．Qi Baishi's Painting Sets an Auction Record

　　D．The Value of Qi Baishi's Painting Is on the Increase

　　C　[标题归纳题。文章第一段点明主题：齐白石的画作创下近现代艺术品拍卖新纪录。]

　　2．Whose artwork sold for the highest price on the mainland?

　　A．Qi Baishi's.　 B．Huang Tingjian's.

C．Xu Beihong's. D．Zhang Daqian's.