- 阅读理解A
题干：Thelongestbullruninacenturyofart-markethistoryendedonadramaticnotewithasaleof56worksbyDamienHirst,BeautifulInsideMyHeadForever,atSotheby’sinLondononSeptember15th,2008.Allbuttwopiecessold,fetchingmorethan£70m,arecordforasalebyasingleartist.Itwasalastvictory.Astheauctioneercalledoutbids,inNewYorkoneoftheoldestbanksonWallStreet,LehmanBrothers,filedforbankruptcy.Theworldartmarkethadalreadybeenlosingmomentumforawhileafterrisingbewilderinglysince2003.Atitspeakin2007itwasworthsome$65billion,reckonsClareMcAndrew,founderofArtsEconomics,aresearchfirm—doublethefigurefiveyearsearlier.Sincethenitmayhavecomedownto$50billion.Butthemarketgeneratesinterestfarbeyonditssizebecauseitbringstogethergreatwealth,enormousegos,greed,passionandcontroversyinawaymatchedbyfewotherindustries.IntheweeksandmonthsthatfollowedMrHirst’ssale,spendingofanysortbecamedeeplyunfashionable.Intheartworldthatmeantcollectorsstayedawayfromgalleriesandsalerooms.Salesofcontemporaryartfellbytwo-thirds,andinthemostoverheatedsector,theyweredownbynearly90%intheyeartoNovember2008.Withinweekstheworld’stwobiggestauctionhouses,Sotheby’sandChristie’s,hadtopayoutnearly$200minguaranteestoclientswhohadplacedworksforsalewiththem.ThecurrentdownturnintheartmarketistheworstsincetheJapanesestoppedbuyingImpressionistsattheendof1989.Thistimeexpertsreckonthatpricesareabout40%downontheirpeakonaverage,thoughsomehavebeenfarmorefluctuant.ButEdwardDolman,Christie’schiefexecutive,says:“I’mprettyconfidentwe’reatthebottom.”Whatmakesthisslumpdifferentfromthelast,hesays,isthattherearestillbuyersinthemarket.Almosteveryonewhowasinterviewedforthisspecialreportsaidthatthebiggestproblematthemomentisnotalackofdemandbutalackofgoodworktosell.ThethreeDs—death,debtanddivorce—stilldeliverworksofarttothemarket.Butanyonewhodoesnothavetoselliskeepingaway,waitingforconfidencetoreturn.
题目： By saying “spending of any sort became deeply unfashionable”(Para.3), the author suggests that（）. - A 、collectors were no longer actively involved in art-market auctions
- B 、people stopped every kind of spending and stayed away from galleries
- C 、art collection as a fashion had lost its appeal to a great extent
- D 、works of art in general had gone out of fashion so they were not worth buying
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参考答案【正确答案：A】
A. 收藏家不再活跃于艺术品的拍卖；B. 人们终止所有花费，并不再去画廊；C. 艺术收藏作为一种时尚在很大程度上失去吸引力；D. 艺术品总体已经不再流行，因此不值得购买
后文解释了此句：In the art world that meant collectors stayed away from galleries and salerooms. （在艺术世界意味着收藏家远离了画廊和拍卖场。）表明收藏家不再活跃。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. （现代艺术销售降低了2/3，最热门的领域，当年销售额截止2008年11月下降了90%）可见交易还是存在的。B选项前半部分“停止了所有的花销”与文章不符。C、D两项用原词fashion解释了原词，可以排除。
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