单选题 Which of the following is NOT TRUE?

A、 Most probably Sotheby's purchased the bowl in the end.
B、 It turned out that Mr. Fox got neither the money nor the bowl.
C、 Mr. Fox preferred country life to city life after his retirement.
D、 Mr. Fox was fond of gardening.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】推断题。该题问哪一个选项与文章内容不符。根据文章最后一段"So the bowl never reached the auction room，and Mr．Fox never received the five-figure sum that had been mentioned．”可以推断[A](很可能Sotheby's最终购买了这件瓷器)为正确答案。