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It is not just Indian software and "business-process outsourcing" firms that are benefiting from the rise of the internet. Indian modern art is also on an upward spiral, driven by the aspirations of newly rich Indians, especially those living abroad, who use the internet to spot paintings and track prices at hundreds of gallery and auction websites. Prices have risen around 20-fold since 2000. particularly for prized names such as Tyeb Mehta and F.N. Souza. There would have been "no chance" of that happening so fast without the internet, says Arun Vadehra, who runs a gallery in Delhi and is an adviser to Christie’s, an international auction house. He expects worldwide sales of Indian art, worth $ 200million last year, to double in 2006. It is still a tiny fraction of the $ 30 billion global art market, but is sizeable for an emerging market. For newly rich--often very rich--non-resident Indians, expensive art is a badge of success in a foreign land." Who you are, and what you have, are on your walls," says Lavesh Jagasia, an art dealer in Mumbai. Indian art may also beat other forms of investment. A painting by Mr. Mehta that fetched $ 1.58 million last September would have gone for little more than $ 100 000 just four years ago. And a $ 22million art-investment fund launched in July by Osian’s, a big Indian auction house, has grown by 4.1% in its first two months. Scant attention was paid to modern Indian art until the end of the 1990s. Then wealthy Indians, particularly those living abroad, began to take an interest. Dinesh Vazirani, who runs Saffronart, a leading Indian auction site, says 60% of his sales go to buyers overseas. The focus now is on six auctions this month. Two took place in India last week; work by younger artists such as Surendran Naif and Shibu Natesan beat estimates by more than 70%. Sotheby’s and Christie’s have auctions in New York next week, each with a Tyeb Mehta that is expected to fetch more than $ 1 million. The real question is the fate of other works, including some by Mr. Souza with estimates of up to $ 600 000. If they do well, it will demonstrate that there is strong demand and will pull up prices across the board. This looks like a market with a long way to run. Which of the following is true according to the text
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According to government statistics, men of all social classes in Britain visit pubs quite regularly, (1) the kind of pub they go to may be different and their reasons for going there (2) , too. Nowadays they often take their wives or girl- friends, which (3) to be the case. The fact is that the typical English pub is changing, partly (4) the licensing laws not being so strict as they (5) , but also because publicans are trying to (6) away with the old Victorian (7) of the pub and (8) provide couples with an atmosphere where they can both enjoy themselves. Pub used not to open (9) at certain times. The result was that they were usually (10) with men who seemed to be drinking as much as possible in the time (11) . But that kind of pub is rapidly becoming a thing of the past. Curiously enough, the old British licensing laws, which foreigners found so objectionable and absurd, were (12) introduced as a (13) measure to stop workers drinking in the First World War. (14) , the strong Puritanical (15) in Parliament took 16 of the law and (17) it. Opening hours are (18) limited to eight hours a day, but the publican can now choose which hours (19) him best. And these days you can even get a cup of coffee if you prefer (20) beer. But in spite of this the Puritans would never dream of admitting that a pub could become a repeatable place.
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The 1990s have been designated the Decade Against Drug Abuse by the United Nations. But, (1) less than three years to go before the end of the decade, governments and health organizations (2) that they have made (3) progress in reducing drug, alcohol and tobacco abuse. Today, consumption of all these substances is increasingly steadily worldwide. (4) every country now has problems with (5) drugs. And the world is producing and consuming more alcohol and tobacco than ever. Between 1970 and 1990 beer production (6) rose by over 80 per cent. And, (7) the number of smokers keeps on (8) ,by the second or third (9) of the next century there could be 10 million deaths each year (10) smoking related illnesses.Drugs are also a huge burden (11) the world economy. In the United States, for example, it’s estimated that alcohol and illegal drug use costs the country tens of billions of dollars each year, mainly (12) health care. When the cost of tobacco related illnesses is added, (13) total more than doubles.Drugs are also closely (14) crime. Many police forces no longer (15) between illegal and legal drugs when fighting crime. In Australia, for example, experts (16) that police in some parts of the country spend between 70 and 80 per cent of their time dealing with alcohol-related incidents.One explanation for the increase in drug (17) is simply that people have more money to spend. Tobacco and alcohol companies are now (18) much more on developing countries to take (19) of greater wealth there. And criminals involved in the illegal drug trade are following (20) ,introducing drugs into countries where they were previously hardly use. （14）（）
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