12．Years ago，a very rich man and his young son shared an interest in art collecting．They traveled around the world，collecting priceless works of art by famous artists like Picasso，Van Gogh and Monet．
When war broke out，the son left to serve his country．After a few weeks，the old man received a letter saying his son had died while taking another soldier to a hospital．The man became very lonely and sad．
One day，a soldier visited the old man and gave him a painting - it was a portrait（畫像） of his son．The painting became the old man's most valuable item．He told his neighbors it was the greatest gift he had ever received．
The following spring，the old man became ill and died．All of the old man's paintings would be sold at an auction（拍賣）．The auction began with a painting that was not on any of the buyer's lists …it was the painting of the old man's son．
"Who will open the price at 100？"the auctioneer asked．Moments passed and none spoke or raised their hand．Someone said．"Who cares about that painting？Let's get on to the good ones．"More voices followed in agreement．"No，we must sell this one first，"replied the auctioneer．"Now，who will take the portrait of the son？"Finally，a good friend of the old man spoke．"Will you take 10 for the painting？That's all I have．" "Will anyone go higher？" called the auctioneer．After more silence he said． "Going once …going twice …sold!" The auctioneer looked at the crowd and announced that the whole auction was over． "According to the father's will（遺囑），whoever takes the son's portrait gets the whole collection，" the auctioneer said．
In the eyes of a father，nothing is more valuable than his son - not even paintings of the famous artists are as important as his son's．
（1）What were the old and the son both interested in？
A．Collecting artworks
B．Selling paintings
C．Drawing famous artists
D．Reading stories about famous artists
（2）At last，the portrait of the son sold to
．
A．a(chǎn) soldier
B．a(chǎn)n auctioneer
C．a(chǎn) friend of the old man
D．a(chǎn) neighbor
（3）Which of the following is the RIGHT order according to the story？
①Nobody cared about the portrait of his son．
②The old man received a portrait of his son．
③The old man made a will．
④All the collection belonged to one of the old man's friends．
⑤The old man got bad news about his son．
A． ③①⑤②④
B．⑤②③①④
C． ③⑤②①④
D． ⑤②①④③
（4）The story wanted to tell us
．
A．a(chǎn)rtworks is valuable
B．a(chǎn) father's love is priceless（無價的）
C．don't look down at small works of art
D．nobody knows what will happen next
