He’s not got another job yet and it’s not ________ he will for some time.

A. likely　　　     B. easily　　 C. nearly　　 D. lonely

完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16－30各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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 ___16__ like the first one but was worth only￡2,000. This he took to the shop, which accepted it without a question.
　　Jenkins gave the much more 17__ ring to his wife for her fortieth birthday. Then, the husband and wife __18__ to Paris for a weekend. As to the __19__ ring, the shop sold it for￡60,000.
　　Six months later the buyer __20__it back to Silkstone's office. "It's a faulty diamond,"he said. "It isn't worth the high __21__ I paid." Then he told them the __22__. His wife's car had caught fire in an __23__. She had escaped  ,__24__ the ring had fallen off and been damaged  in the great __25__ of the fire.
　　The shop had to agree. They knew that no fire on earth can ever damage a perfect diamond. Someone had taken the __26__ diamond and put a faulty one in its place. The question was: who __27__ it?
　　A picture of the ring appeared in the __28__. A reader thought he recognized the ring. The next day, another picture appeared in the papers which showed a famous dancer walking out to a plane for Paris. Behind the dancer there was a woman __29__ a large diamond ring."Do You know the __30__ with the lovely diamond ring?" the papers asked their readers. Several months later, Jenkins was sentenced to seven years in prison.
16. A. surely         B. only　　　C. nearly　　 D. exactly
17. A. real　　　　 B. worthy　　C. modern      D. valuable
18.A. drove　　　  B. flew        C. sailed　　　　D. bicycled
19. A. last          B. first 　　　  C. second　　　D. next
20. A. sold　　　 B. posted　　　 C. brought　　  D. returned
21.A. money　　　B. price　　     C. cost　　   D. value
22. A. facts　　　 B. questions　    C. results       D. matters
23. A. accident      B. affair　　   C. incident　　  D. experience
24. A. so　　　　 B. but　　        C. or　　    D. and
25. A. pile　　　　 B. heat　　　　　C. pressure     D. power
26. A. real　　　　B. pure　　　　C. right　　   D. exact　
27.A. made　　　B. stole　　       C. copied　　 D. did
28.A. magazines   B. notices　    C. newspapers　　 D. programmes
29. A. carrying　　B. holding      C. dressing  　D. wearing　　　 
30. A. dancer　　　B. woman　　　C. jeweler       D. reader

The case of the Moonstone was 　　 unusual.

A.mostly　　　　B.almost　　　　C.nearly　　　　　D.most

第一节：完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16－30各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

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 ___16__ like the first one but was worth only￡2,000. This he took to the shop, which accepted it without a question.

　　Jenkins gave the much more 17__ ring to his wife for her fortieth birthday. Then, the husband and wife __18__ to Paris for a weekend. As to the __19__ ring, the shop sold it for￡60,000.

　　Six months later the buyer __20__it back to Silkstone's office. "It's a faulty diamond,"he said. "It isn't worth the high __21__ I paid." Then he told them the __22__. His wife's car had caught fire in an __23__. She had escaped  ,__24__ the ring had fallen off and been damaged  in the great __25__ of the fire.

　　The shop had to agree. They knew that no fire on earth can ever damage a perfect diamond. Someone had taken the __26__ diamond and put a faulty one in its place. The question was: who __27__ it?

　　A picture of the ring appeared in the __28__. A reader thought he recognized the ring. The next day, another picture appeared in the papers which showed a famous dancer walking out to a plane for Paris. Behind the dancer there was a woman __29__ a large diamond ring."Do You know the __30__ with the lovely diamond ring?" the papers asked their readers. Several months later, Jenkins was sentenced to seven years in prison.

16. A. surely         B. only　　　C. nearly　　 D. exactly

17. A. real　　　　 B. worthy　　 C. modern      D. valuable

18.A. drove　　　  B. flew        C. sailed　　　　D. bicycled

19. A. last          B. first 　　　  C. second　　　D. next

20. A. sold　　　  B. posted　　　  C. brought　　  D. returned

21.A. money　　　 B. price　　     C. cost　 　    D. value

22. A. facts　　　  B. questions　    C. results       D. matters

23. A. accident      B. affair　　    C. incident　　  D. experience

24. A. so　　　 　 B. but　　        C. or　 　     D. and

25. A. pile　　　　 B. heat　　　 　　C. pressure     D. power

26. A. real　　　 　B. pure　　　 　 C. right　　    D. exact　

27.A. made　　　 B. stole　　       C. copied　 　  D. did

28.A. magazines   B. notices　    C. newspapers　　 D. programmes

29. A. carrying　　B. holding      C. dressing   　 D. wearing　　　 

30. A. dancer　　　 B. woman　　　C. jeweler       D. reader

The problem is not ____ so easy as you think. It’s far from being settled.

A. hardly　　　　 B. almost　　　　 C. nearly　　　　 D. scarcely