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More than 10 million Chinese cultural relics have been lost overseas，most of which were stolen and illegally shipped out of China during the times of war before 1949.About 1.67 million pieces are housed in more than 200 museums in 47 countries，which accounts for 10 percent of all lost Chinese cultural relics，and the rest are in the hands of private collectors.
Most of these treasures are owned by museums or private collectors in the United States，Europe，Japan and Southeast Asian countries.There are more than 23，000 pieces in the British Museum，most of which were stolen or bought for pennies more than 100 years ago.
The major method to recover these national treasures was to buy them back.In some cases，private collectors donated the relics to the government.Also the government can turn to official channels to demand the return of relics.
In 2003，a priceless bronze pig's head dating from the Qing Dynasty was returned to its home in Beijing after it was removed by the AngloFrench Allied Army over 140 years ago.Macao entrepreneur (企业家)Stanley Ho donated 6 million yuan to buy it back from a US art collector and then donated it to the Poly Art Museum in Beijing.
Although buyingback is the most feasible way to recover the lost treasures，limited funding is always a big headache.
In recent years，the Chinese government has improved efforts to recover the precious cultural relics lost overseas.It has started a national project on the recovery of the treasures and has set up a database collecting relevant information.It has signed several international agreements with many countries on this matter，and is also looking for international cooperation to recover the relics by working closely with several international organizations.
【语篇解读】 本文讲述了中国人民及政府为收回流失海外的文物所做的努力。
1．What is the passage mainly about?
A．How to recover cultural relics.
B．The efforts to recover Chinese cultural relics.
C．Stanley Ho donated a bronze pig's head to Beijing.
D．Chinese cultural relics were stolen by the AngloFrench Allied Army.
B [主旨大意题。本文用大量篇幅讲述了中国人民及政府为收回流失海外的文物所做的努力，可见B项是文章的主旨。]
2．Most of the lost Chinese cultural relics ．
A．have been recovered by the Chinese government
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。]
