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Jenkins was a jeweller, who had made a large diamond ring worth $ 57,000 for the Silkstone Jewellery Shop. When it was ready, he made a copy of it which looked 1 like the first one but was worth only $ 2,000. This he took to the shop, which 2 it without a question.
Jenkins gave the much more 3 ring to his wife for her fortieth birthday. Then, the husband and wife 4 to Paris for a weekend. As to the 5 ring, the shop sold it for $ 60,000.
Six months later the buyer 6 it back to Silkstone's office. “It's a faulty diamond,” he said,“It isn't worth the high 7 I paid.” Then he told them the 8 . His wife's car had caught fire in an 9 . She had escaped, 10 the ring had fallen off and been damaged in the great 11 of the fire.
The shop had to 12 . They knew that no fire on earth can 13 damage a perfect diamond. Someone had taken the 14 diamond and put a faulty one in its place. The question was: who 15 it?
A picture of the ring appeared in the 16 . A reader thought he 17 the ring. The next day, another picture appeared in the papers which 18 a famous dancer walking out to a plane for Paris. Behind the dancer there was a woman 19 a large diamond ring. “Do you know the 20 with the lovely diamond ring?” the papers asked their readers. Several months later, Jenkins was sentenced to seven years in prison.
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(1) 副词exactly修饰介词短语like the first one,意为“完全像第一枚戒指”。(2) accepted 指“接收”，因商店没看出破绽，所以把它接受下来。(3) more valuable 意为“更有价值的”，其它选项不合语境。(4) fly to a place 相当于go to a place by plane,根据文章最后一段中的信息a plane for Paris可知，是乘飞机到巴黎的。(5) 根据文中信息可知珠宝店的那枚戒指是根据第一枚仿造的，故B项为最佳答案。(6) bring back 意为“拿回来”，return不和back连用。(7) 说价格时常用高低来修饰，而说东西时，常用贵、便宜来修饰。(8) facts 意为“事实”。(9) 从前句中的信息caught fire可推知此处用accident。(10) but 在此表转折。(11) heat 在此作名词，意为“热度，热”。(12) agree 表示同意别人所说的。(13) ever 相当于at any time,意为“在任何时候”。该句的意思是：“他们知道在任何时候火都不能使宝石受损。”(14) real 的反义词是faulty。(15) did 在此是个代动词。它指代上文中的“take the real diamond and put a faulty one in its place”.(16) in the newspapers 指把戒指的照片登在报纸上。(17) recognize 指认出原来就知道的人或物，recognize在此符合语境。(18) show 意为“展示，给……看”，此处指报纸上展示出一个著名的舞蹈爱走向飞往巴黎的飞机的情景。(19) 戴戒指、手表、眼镜、鲜花等常用wear。(20) 根据全文可知戴美丽宝石戒指的人是Jenkins的妻子，故用woman。 |
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