Awaterlilypainting，WaterLilyPond，byClaudeMonet，theFrenchimpressionistartist，wassoldformorethan﹩80millionTuesday，breakingtheauction（拍卖）recordforhimself．WaterLilyPondwaspartofafour-workcollectionofwate
A water lily painting，Water Lily Pond，by Claude Monet，the French impressionist artist，was sold for more than﹩80million Tuesday，breaking the auction（拍卖）record for himself．Water Lily Pond was part of a four-work collection of water lily paintings that Monet put up for sale during his lifetime．
The four paintings of Monet's water lily garden were signed and dated by the artist in 1919．One of the other paintings is at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York，while another was sold at auction in 1992for﹩12.1million and is in a private collection now．The final painting in the series was cut into two before World War II．
"After a fierce bidding battle between a number of buyers in the room and on the telephone，the painting finally was sold to a collector for﹩80.4million，setting a new world record price for the artist at auction．"said Olivier Camu，a scholar of impressionist art．
The last record for a Monet work was set in May when Le Pont du chemin de fer a Argenteuil sold for﹩41.4million．
The painting sold Tuesday was bought at a 1971New York auction for﹩320，000．It has not been exhibited since．
Monet's later works had unique characteristics，especially Grandes decorations，another good example，which was bedded in Musee de I'Orangerie in Paris five months after Monet's death in 1926．
Monet created his water lily garden in Giverny，France．He selected different water lilies in an effort to get as many different colored flowers as possible，specially creating the garden as a base for his paintings．
28．According to the passage，Water Lily Pond broke the last record for Monet's paintings by___．
A．﹩12million B．﹩39million
C．﹩41.4million D．﹩0.32million
29．What can we learn about Water Lily Pond？___
A．It was once auctioned in America．
B．It was cut into halves before World War II．
C．It had been kept in New York for over 40years．
D．It was