Question

A well-dressed man entered a famous jewellery shop. He explained that he wished to buy a pearl（珍珠） for his wife's birthday. The price didn't matter, since business had been very good for him that year. After examining a number of beautiful and expensive pearls,he chose a nice black one that cost $ 5 000. He paid for the pearl in cash, shook hands with the jeweller, and left.

　　A few days later the man returned and said that his wife had liked the pearl so much that she wanted another one just like it. It had to be exactly the same size and quality, as she wanted a pair of earrings（耳环） made. “Can you give me any advice on how to get such a pearl?” said the man. The jeweller regretfully replied. “I would say it's nearly impossible to find an exact one like that pearl.”

　　The rich man insisted that the jeweller advertise （登广告） in the newspapers, offered $ 25 000 for the matching pearl,many people answered the ad（广告）,but nobody had a pearl that was just right. Just when the jeweller had given up, a little old lady came into his shop. To his great surprise,she pulled the perfect pearl from her purse. “I don't like to part with it,”she said sadly. “I inherited（继承） it from my mother, and my mother inherited it from hers. But I really need the money.”

　　The jeweller was quick to pay her before she changed her mind. Then he called the rich man's hotel to tell him the good news. The man,however,was nowhere to be found.

（　　） （1）. The man said he wanted to buy a pearl for __________.

A. his wife　　　　B. his mother-in-law　　C. his own mother　　D. no one else

（　　）（2.） He paid 5 000 for the black pearl without bargaining （讨价还价） because __________.

A. he was very rich　　　　　　　　　　 B. he was anxious to get it

C. his business had been so successful　　 D. he wanted to make the jeweller to believe him

（　　） （3）. He told the jeweller to get him another pearl that must be __________.

A. the same size as the black one　　　　 B. exactly as big and nice as the black one

C. exactly the same quality as the black one D. worth no more than 25 000

（　　） （4）. Many people answered the ad because they wanted to __________.

A. sell their own pearl at a high price　　　　B. see the perfect beautiful pearl

C. buy some beautiful pearls,too　　　　　　D. get in touch with the rich man

（　　） （5）. The jeweller couldn't find the man anywhere because __________.

A. he died of a heart attack suddenly

B. he happened to be out that day

C. he couldn't show up

D. he got 20 000 by cheating and he had run away with the money

Answer 1

答案：A;D;C;A;D
解析：

（1）A 见第一段第二句。 （2）D 从下文的故事可知选项是D。 （3）C 见文章第二段第二句。 （4）A 文章第三段指出珠宝商登广告出资2万5千美元来求购类似的珍珠，很多人回了广告，目的显然是为了这个高价格。 （5）D 从故事的结局可知这位前来买珍珠的老妇人与所谓的“the rich man”是一伙的，他们仅付了5000美元就骗走了2万5千美元逃之天天。