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

(You may read the questions first.)

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65.   We can learn from the passage that exchanges of tickets purchased ________.

         A. are free of charge

         B. are not available until the last business day

         C. will not be given a big cash discount

         D. need to contact the box office directly

66.   Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

         A. Latecomers will not be permitted to enter the theatre.

         B. There is a special area for children in the theatre.

         C. The audience is not allowed to take photos in the theatre.

         D. Children can talk in a low voice during the performance.

67.   According to the passage, the audience ________.

         A. can receive their tickets by mail

         B. can see the performance online

         C. can’t take cell phones to the theatre

         D. can’t return tickets in any case

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