题目内容
Once a group of jewelers who were staying at a hotel in Birmingham were having dinner in the restaurant. Fish was brought and while they were eating 1 , some of them told interesting stories about 2 pearls and other valuable things 3 .
An old gentleman, who 4 had listened quietly to their conversation, at last said, “I've heard all your stories, 5 now I'll tell you 6 . When I was a young man I was employed (雇用) in a large importing house in New York and 7 is usual with young persons, I fell in love with a pretty young girl. Very 8 we were engaged. About two months before our marriage was 9 , I was suddenly sent to Birmingham 10 very important 11 . I left my sweet-heart, 12 to write to her.”
“I was obliged to stay in Birmingham 13 I had expected. 14 my work was done, and I could leave Birmingham. But just before I left for home, I bought a beautiful and very expensive diamond ring, intending to give it to my sweet-heart.”
“On my way 15 New York, I was looking 16 the morning newspaper, which had been brought on board by the pilot. Suddenly I saw 17 of my sweet-heart's marriage with another man. This made me so 18 that I threw the ring overboard. A few days later, when I was eating fish I bit on something hard. What do you think it was?”
“ 19 ” cried his companions.“No.” said the old gentleman sadly, “It was 20 .”
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1．it指代上文提到的“fish”一词． 2．find意为“寻找”；而search意为“搜索、搜查”． 3．文章第一段第二句有提示“Fish was brought”，而下文一位老人讲的也是在吃鱼时的意外发现． 4．up to then意为“到那时为止”，用于过去完成时；sometime意为“某个时间”；now and then意为“不时，时而”． 5．and表并列． 6．one为替代词，指“a story”． 7．as置于句首，引导的是非限制性定语从句，代替下文谈到的内容． 8．very soon意为“很快”，指时间． 9．he to take place意为“将要举行”，take place常指经过安排的、有计划的事情要发生了． 10．on buisiness做生意． 11．与第10题组成固定词组，on business意为“做生意”． 12．promise to do意为“允诺要做某事”． 13．比料想的时间要长一些，所以才有下文女友与其他人结婚． 14．at last（＝in the end）意为“最后，终于”． 15．on one's way to为固定词组，意为“在去往……路上”． 16．look through意为“浏览（报纸）”． 17．an announcement意为“一条通知”．A，D项名词不可数，B项词义不符． 18．如此生气，老人才把钻戒扔进水中． 19．老人设置悬念，必然会引起其他人认为他咬到的硬东西是那枚钻戒． 20．实际上并没有什么钻戒，只不过是个鱼刺罢了． |
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