Question

A well-dressed man entered a famous jewellery shop. He explained that he wished to buy a pearl（珍珠） for his wife's birthday. The price didn't matter, since business had been very good for him that year. After examining a number of beautiful and expensive pearls,he chose a nice black one that cost $ 5 000. He paid for the pearl in cash, shook hands with the jeweller, and left.

　　A few days later the man returned and said that his wife had liked the pearl so much that she wanted another one just like it. It had to be exactly the same size and quality, as she wanted a pair of earrings（耳環(huán)） made. “Can you give me any advice on how to get such a pearl?” said the man. The jeweller regretfully replied. “I would say it's nearly impossible to find an exact one like that pearl.”

　　The rich man insisted that the jeweller advertise （登廣告） in the newspapers, offered $ 25 000 for the matching pearl,many people answered the ad（廣告）,but nobody had a pearl that was just right. Just when the jeweller had given up, a little old lady came into his shop. To his great surprise,she pulled the perfect pearl from her purse. “I don't like to part with it,”she said sadly. “I inherited（繼承） it from my mother, and my mother inherited it from hers. But I really need the money.”

　　The jeweller was quick to pay her before she changed her mind. Then he called the rich man's hotel to tell him the good news. The man,however,was nowhere to be found.

（　　） （1）. The man said he wanted to buy a pearl for __________.

A. his wife　　　　B. his mother-in-law　　C. his own mother　　D. no one else

（　�。�（2.） He paid 5 000 for the black pearl without bargaining （討價還價） because __________.

A. he was very rich　　　　　　　　　　 B. he was anxious to get it

C. his business had been so successful　　 D. he wanted to make the jeweller to believe him

（　�。� （3）. He told the jeweller to get him another pearl that must be __________.

A. the same size as the black one　　　　 B. exactly as big and nice as the black one

C. exactly the same quality as the black one D. worth no more than 25 000

（　　） （4）. Many people answered the ad because they wanted to __________.

A. sell their own pearl at a high price　　　　B. see the perfect beautiful pearl

C. buy some beautiful pearls,too　　　　　　D. get in touch with the rich man

（　�。� （5）. The jeweller couldn't find the man anywhere because __________.

A. he died of a heart attack suddenly

B. he happened to be out that day

C. he couldn't show up

D. he got 20 000 by cheating and he had run away with the money

Answer 1

答案：A;D;C;A;D
解析：

（1）A 見第一段第二句。 （2）D 從下文的故事可知選項是D。 （3）C 見文章第二段第二句。 （4）A 文章第三段指出珠寶商登廣告出資2萬5千美元來求購類似的珍珠，很多人回了廣告，目的顯然是為了這個高價格。 （5）D 從故事的結局可知這位前來買珍珠的老婦人與所謂的“the rich man”是一伙的，他們僅付了5000美元就騙走了2萬5千美元逃之天天。