B．were bought for little money by foreigners

　　C．are owned by private collectors

　　D．are housed in foreign museums

　　C　[细节理解题。根据第一段的最后一句可知，中国丢失的大部分文物都在私人收藏家的手中。]

　　3．Which of the following statements about the bronze pig's head is NOT true?

　　A．It was made in the Qing Dynasty.

　　B．It is now in the Poly Art Museum in Beijing.

　　C．It was donated by the French government to China.

　　D．It was removed by the Anglo­French Allied Army over 140 years ago.

　　C　[细节理解题。根据文章第四段内容可知，猪首是澳门企业家Stanley Ho从美国收藏家手中买回来再捐赠给北京保利艺术博物馆的，而不是法国政府赠送的，所以C项不对。]

　　4．The underlined word "feasible" in Paragraph 5 can be replaced by" "．

　　A．possible　　　　　 B．difficult

　　C．popular D．careful

　　A　[词义猜测题。根据文章第三段内容可知，收回文物的主要办法是将它们买回来，由此可推断买文物是较为"可行的"方法。故选A。]

　　B

　　The opera house in Santa Fe, New Mexico, is one of the most beautiful opera houses in the United States.It is small and open, with one roof over the stage where singers perform and another roof over part of the audience.This opera house in the mountain is one of the best opera houses in the country，which may seem surprising because performances are only given during seven weeks in the summer, and because Santa Fe is a very small city.

One reason why the Santa Fe Opera is so good is that it attracts many excellent young singers.They all hope to sing in famous opera houses like Metropolitan in New