广东高考英语语法填空模拟题(十)
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Several men hit the Sao Paulo Museum of Art just before dawn on Thursday, December 20th, 2007. Authorities said that 1 thieves must have been well prepared, as 2 took them just three minutes to steal paintings 3 two world-famous artists, Pablo Picasso 4 Candido Portinari, which are worth millions of dollars. Images from the security camera show that three men began their action at 5:09 am, 5 the guards in the museum were going through their shift change (换岗).
They broke through two glass doors, 6 (run) to the museum’s top floor and grabbed the two paintings from different rooms, somehow 7 (avoid) nearby guards. The alarm never rang, and by 5:12 am, they were making their escape. After that, the police were interviewing the 30 museum 8 (employ). “Everything indicates the thieves were sent to do it by some wealthy art lover for 9 own collection. He was not rich enough to buy the paintings, 10 he was wealthy,” said the lead police officer, Marcos Gomes de Moura.
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6. ran 7. avoiding 8. employees 9. his 10. though/although