That is not surprising given that the original owner, a Virginian man who bought the book for only 10 cents in 1938, had carefully tucked it away (藏起来) in a wooden box for four decades. Fortunately, when he passed away, the book was bought by a string of collectors who all realized it was a rare treasure that needed to be looked after.

　　Before this, the highest price paid for an Action Comics No. 1 had been $2 million for a copy sold by Hollywood actor Nicholas Cage in 2011. Ironically, the two teenagers responsible for creating Superman received just 130 dollars when they sold the rights to the superhero to comic book publisher Detective Comics in 1938.

　　1. When the Superman comic book was placed on eBay on July 14th, 　.

　　A. it attracted no attention at all

　　B. things started to heat up immediately

　　C. the bid price didn’t go up very quickly at first

　　D. people thought it was worth millions of dollars

　　2. What is Paragraph 3 mainly about?

　　A. Why the comic book is well-preserved.

　　B. Why the comic book is well worth reading.

　　C. Why the comic book is worth so much money.

　　D. Why the comic book has drawn so much attention.

　　3. When the other collectors got the comic book after the Virginian man, they 　.

　　A. all took very good care of it

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