题目内容
Jenkins was a jeweler（珠宝商）, who had made a large diamond (钻石)ring worth ￡57,000 for the Silkstone Jewellery Shop. When it was ready, he made a copy of it which looked ___ like the first one but was worth only￡2,000. This he took to the shop, which _____ it without a question.
Jenkins gave the much more_____ring to his wife for her fortieth birthday. Then, the husband and wife _____to Paris for a weekend. As to the _____ring, the shop sold it for￡60,000.
Six months later the buyer _____ it back to Silkstone's office. "It's a faulty (有瑕疵的) diamond,” he said. "It isn't worth the high _____I paid." Then he told them the _____. His wife's car had caught fire in an_____. She had escaped (幸免) ,______ the ring had fallen off and been damaged (损坏) in the great _____ of the fire.
The shop had to ______. They knew that no fire on earth can ______ damage a perfect diamond. Someone had taken the ______ diamond and put a faulty one in its place. The question was: who ______ it?
A picture of the ring appeared in the ______. A reader thought he _____ the ring. The next day, another picture appeared in the papers which ______ a famous dancer walking out to a plane for Paris. Behind the dancer there was a woman _____ a large diamond ring. “Do You know the ______with the lovely diamond ring?" the papers asked their readers. Several months later, Jenkins was sentenced to seven years in prison.
1.A. only B. surely C. nearly D. exactly
2.A. accepted B. received C. refused D. rejected
3.A. real B. modern C. worthy D. valuable
4.A. flew B. drove C. sailed D. bicycled
5.A. first B. second C. last D. next
6.A. sold B. posted C. brought D. returned
7.A. cost B. money C. price D. value
8.A. facts B. matters C. questions D. results
9.A. affair B. accident C. incident D. experience
10.A. so B. or C. but D. and
11.A. pile B. heat C. power D. pressure
12.A. think B. agree C. permit D. promise
13.A. almost B. even C. just D. ever
14.A. real B. pure C. right D. exact
15.A. copied B. made C. stole D. did
16.A. notices B. magazines C. newspapers D. programmes
17.A. saw B. knew C. found D. recognized
18.A. showed B. drew C. printed D. carried
19.A. carrying B. dressing C. wearing D. holding
20.A. dancer B. woman C. reader D. jeweler
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