六、短文填空(10分)
A few years ago, Ed Jones was shopping at a second-hand store. He was looking for something that might be 1. ______(
valuable
). A cardboard map caught his eye.
The map was 2. ______(
covered
) with dust, so Mr Jones wiped it clean. Under the dust was a colour map of Paris. He bought it at the price of 3.
The next day, Mr Jones took the map to 3. ______(
a
) geography expert(专家). After 4. ______(
looking
) at the map for a few minutes, the expert became excited and told Mr Jones what he knew about the map.
In 1671, the King of France, Louis Ⅳ, asked a cartographer(制图者)to make a map of Paris. The cartographer 5. ______(
worked
) on the map for four years. The map was beautiful. The cartographer carefully coloured one of the 6. ______(
copies
), using blue for rivers, green for trees, and brown for buildings.
The expert said that one black and white copy of the map was 7. ______(
in
) the British Museum in London. "I think," the expert said, "you have found the colour copy of the map — in a second-hand store in the US!"
Later, Mr Jones took the map to other experts. He asked 8. ______(
them
)how much the map was worth. "Millions," the experts replied. "It's impossible to say 9. ______(
exactly
)how much the map is worth."
Soon Mr Jones discovered how much people were willing to pay for the map. The most recent offer(报价)even reached 19.5 million dollars. Mr Jones hasn't decided 10. ______(
whether
) he will sell his three-dollar map at that price or wait for a higher offer. He is thinking it over.
