B　[细节理解题。根据第二段中第三、四句可知：黄庭坚的一幅作品在大陆获得最高价。]

　　3．The auction price of Qi's painting was million yuan higher than the starting price in the auction.

　　A．337.5 B．348.8

　　C．50 D．11.3

　　A　[细节理解题。第一段指出，在拍卖会上齐白石的这幅画最终的拍卖价是425.5 million yuan，第二段第六句指出，拍卖会上它的起拍价是88 million yuan，故正确答案为425.5－88＝337.5，答案为A。]

　　4．Which of the following is TRUE?

　　A．Qi finished the painting when he was young.

　　B．The painting was once stolen by an American.

　　C．The owner of this painting Liu Yiqian gained a lot of money.

　　D．Pablo Picasso's works ranked second in sales to Qi's last year.

　　C　[推理判断题。根据第二段中"Shanghai businessman Liu Yiqian...cost less than 20 million yuan in 2005."可知，这幅画的主人在2005年以不到2千万的价格购买了齐白石的这幅画，现在卖得如此高的价格，由此可知：齐白石的这幅画作的拍卖使他赚了许多钱。]

　　Ⅱ.阅读七选五

　　How to Fight Laziness?

　　Lazy people will never gain anything in life.However, laziness can be defeated once a few changes have been made in your mind.

　　 1 Many people lack sleep constantly，since they stay up too late and get up too early to prepare for work.These people have little motivation once they arrive home.Laziness works hand in hand with a lack of motivation and a tendency to put off things.By adjusting your sleep schedule to provide a few more hours of meaningful rest, you can fight laziness throughout the day.

Another way to fight laziness is to change your mind from passive to