完形填空(共 15小题,每小题 1 分,满分15分)
阅读下面短文,从每小题A、B、C三个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并将其字母标号填入题前的括号内。
A well-dressed man came into a famous
jewellery (首饰)shop.
He explained that he wished to buy a pearl(珍珠)for his
wife’s birthday and that the 16 did not matter since
business had been very good for him that year. After examin;ing a number of
beautiful and valuable pearls, he chose a nice black one that _17_
$5000. He paid for that pearl , shook hands with the jeweler and left.
A few days later the man returned and said
his wife had liked that pearl _18_ that she wanted another one just like
it. It had to be exactly the _19_ size and quality as she wanted a pair
of earrings made. “Can you give me any advice on _20_ to get such a
pearl?” said the man. The jeweler replied , “I would say it’s _21_ to
find an exact one like that pearl.”
The rich man _22_ the jeweler to advertise in the newspaper, and offered
$25.000 for that matching pearl. Many people answered that ad, _23_
nobody had a pearl that was just right. Just when the jeweler had _24__
hope, an old lady came in. To his _25_ , she took a wonderful pearl from
her handbag. “I don’t like to sell it, ” she said _26_. “I inherited (继承)it from my mother, and
my mother inherited from _27_, but now I really need money.”
The jeweler was quick to pay her _28_
she changed her mind. Then he called the rich man’s hotel to tell the good _29_
to him. The rich man, however, was _30_ to be found. He had fled with
the old woman a few more minutes before.
1. A.
size
B.
shape
C. price
2.A.
spent
B.
cost
C. took
3. A. a
little
B. so much C. at
all
4. A.
same B.
different C. common
5.A.
what
B.
why
C. how
6. A.
possible B.
easy
C. impossible
7. A.
let
B.
make
C. asked
8. A.
so
B. but C.
and
9. A. found
out B. given
up C. come up
with
10. A. disappointment
B.
surprise
C. fear
11.A.
happily
B.
loudly
C. sadly
12.A.
mine
B.his
C. hers
13. A.
when
B.
before
C. after
14. A.
news
B.
advice
C. way
15. A.
somewhere B.
anywhere C. nowhere