—How did you manage to get such a nice old painting? —Quite _______. A．by accid

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—How did you manage to get such a nice old painting?
—Quite _______.

A．by accidents

B．by a chance

C．by accident

D．by incident

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解析

考查固定短语：偶然地，无意地by accident =" by" chance，句意：你是怎么成功的得到了如此好的古老的一幅油画。非常偶然。所以选C。

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