资料:A man looking for art for his new home has won a $1 million Picasso painting with a $138 raffle ticket. Jeffrey Gonano told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review he's not sure he'll ever hang the masterpiece in his home in Wexford, in western Pennsylvania, given its value. The 25-year-old Gonano, who works for his family's fire sprinkler business, learned Wednesday that his ticket had won the Paris raffle. Organizers say nearly 50,000 tickets were sold worldwide, for 100 euros apiece, to benefit a Lebanese charity.
The 1914 work, "Man in the Opera Hat," dates from Spanish master Pablo Picasso's cubist period. Picasso died in 1973.
Gonano said he wants to keep the artwork, which features vivid shapes in opaque gouache paint.
"Maybe I'll lend it to a museum and let them put it on display rather than putting it in a vault, so other people can enjoy it," he told the newspaper. "It all depends. I don't know what the taxes are or anything."
Gonano's girlfriend, Gloria Spataro, said he liked the odds in the contest and felt optimistic. Nonetheless, she presumed he was joking when he said he'd won.
"He thought the odds were actually pretty good compared to something like a lottery," said Spataro, of Pittsburgh. "He said, 'This will be my only chance to actually own something like this.'"
The raffle raised about $3.5 million for the International Association for the Safeguard of Tyr, a UNESCO heritage site, said Reem Chalabi, an education coordinator with the group.
Gonano and Spataro had recently begun to explore art galleries, and she had bought him a photograph by a Buddhist artist for Christmas.
"I'm glad I actually gave it to him before," she said, "because if I gave it to him afterward, that would look pretty insignificant compared to a Picasso."
How did the man get the Picasso painting?
- A.He bought it for his new home
- B.He received it from Picasso's family
- C.He won the French lottery
- D.He got it from a charity organization
正确答案及解析
正确答案
解析
本题考查的是细节理解。
【关键词】how;the man;get; Picasso painting
【主题句】第1自然段A man looking for art for his new home has won a $1 million Picasso painting with a $138 raffle ticket. 一名正在为新家寻找艺术品的男子以一张价值138美元的彩票赢得了价值100万美元的毕加索画作。
【解析】本题的问题是“这个男人是如何得到毕加索的画的?”。选项A意为“他为了他的新家买了它”;选项B意为“他从毕加索的家人那里得到”;选项C意为“他赢得了法国彩票”;选项D意为“他从慈善组织那里得到了它”。
根据主题句可知,他是买彩票中奖赢得的毕加索画作,故选C。
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