October 09-15, 2006
Thousands of drawings vanish in latest Russian art heist
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1. How many objects were stolen from the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg?
A. 221
B. 274
C. 2,000
D. 12.5 million

2. Who has been accused of the crime?
A. ChristieÕs
B. Mikhail Shvydkoi
C. The family of the curator
D. Descendants of Chernikhov

3. What is the name of the artist whose drawings are missing?
A. St Petersburg
B. Mikhail Shvydkoi
C. Yevgeny Strelchik
D. Yakov Chernikhov

4. Where were 274 of the drawings located?

A. ITAR-TASS

B. Antiques dealers
C. Hermitage Museum
D. National cultural agency

5. Why does theft from Russian museums appear to be so easy?
A. Most policemen are also art dealers.
B. Museums donÕt know what they have.
C. Curators are allowed to give away artefacts.
D. The artefacts in the museums are worthless anyway.


Synonyms: Which of the following words or phrases replace the ones from the passage best?
6. vanish
A. copy
B. improve
C. disappear
D. appreciate

7. revelation
  A. conduct
B. disclosure
C. prevention
D. assistance

8. detain
A. help
B. arrest
C. defend
D. interrogate

9. preliminary
A. initial
B. valuable
C. voluntary
D. unexpected

10. lament
A. fix
B. report
C. grieve
D. point out

 

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