Question

Five paintings worth 500 million euros, including works by modern masters Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso, have been stolen from a Paris museum, officials said Thursday.

The paintings __________ missing just before the Musee d'Art Moderne was to open.

A __________ window and lock suggested that it took place overnight Wednesday. Video cameras recorded one person entering the museum __________ a window. But it was unclear __________ more thieves took part in stealing the art.

Besides the Matisse and the Picasso, works by Georges Braque, Ferdinand Leger and Amedeo Modigliani were also __________ from the walls of the museum, one of the most-visited in the French capital.

It is said that the stolen paintings __________ 500 million euros (635 million dollars).

France has seen a growing __________ of art thefts in recent months.

In January, about 30 paintings—__________ some by Picasso and Henri Rousseau—were stolen from a building in the Cote d'Azur, with a total value of around one million euros.

On New Year's Eve, a painting by Edgar Degas __________ from the Cantini Museum in Marseille, also in the south of France. The 1877 painting worth 800,000 euros had been lent for __________ by the Musee d'Orsay in Paris.

In June last year, the Picasso Museum in Paris was robbed during the day, the art stolen was worth three million euros.

1.

A.discovered B.were discovered

C.have discovered D.is discovered

2.A.moved B.pulled C.lost D.broken

3.A.across B.through C.on D.over

4.A.why B.when C.if D.where

5.A.taken away B.given away C.thrown away D.put away

6.A.sold B.cost C.took D.afford

7.A.group B.part C.lot D.number

8.A.including B.except C.with D.against

9.A.bought B.borrowed C.disappeared D.appeared

10.A.a meeting B.an exhibition C.a play D.a concert

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