A well-dressed man entered a famous jewelry shop. He explained that he wished to buy a pearl for his wife’ s birthday. The price didn’t matter, since business had been very good for him that year. After examining a nice black one that costs $5, 000, he paid for the pearl in cash, shook hands with the jeweler, and left.
A few days later the man returned and said that his wife 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 made. "Can you give me any advice on how to get such a pearl?" said the man. The jeweler regretfully replied, "I would say it’s exactly impossible to find one exactly like that pearl."
The rich man insisted that the jeweler advertise in the newspapers, offering $25,000 for the matching pearl. Many people answered the advertisement but nobody had a pearl that was just right.
Just when the jeweler had given up hope, a little old lady came into his store. To his great surprise, she pulled the perfect pearl from her purse." I don’t like to part with it." she said sadly, I got it from my mother, and ,my mother got it from hers. But I really need the money.
The jeweler was quickly 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.
小題1:The man said he wanted to buy a pearl for _____.
A．his wifeB．his mother-in-lawC．his own motherD．no one
小題2:Many people answer the advertisement because they wanted______.
A．to see the perfect pearlB．to buy some beautiful pearl too
C．to get in touch with the rich manD．to sell their own pearl at a high price
小題3:The jeweler couldn’t find the man anywhere because ______.
A．he died suddenly
B．he happened to be out
C．he got $20,000 by cheating and had run away with the money
D．he wouldn’t show up until the jeweler called him a second time

小題1:A
小題2:D
小題3:C

試題分析：本文講述了一個(gè)衣著講究的男人假裝給妻子購(gòu)買珍珠，伙同老婦人騙取珠寶商$20,000然后逃之夭夭的故事。
小題1:從第一段He explained that he wished to buy a pearl for his wife’ s birthday可得知是買給他妻子。
小題2:從 第三段offering $25,000 for the matching pearl可知他們出高價(jià)購(gòu)買與之相配的耳環(huán)，所以許多人回應(yīng)目的是想高價(jià)出售他們自己的珍珠。
小題3:根據(jù)文章最后一段可知珠寶商上當(dāng)了，那個(gè)男人同老婦人合伙騙了珠寶商。他花了$25,000 買下珍珠，除去原來(lái)那個(gè)男人支付的$5, 000，共花了 $20,000 ，而那個(gè)男人則通過(guò)欺騙得到$20,000，然后逃之夭夭。
點(diǎn)評(píng)：本文講述了一個(gè)衣著講究的男人假裝給妻子購(gòu)買珍珠，伙同老婦人騙取珠寶商$20,000然后逃之夭夭的故事。答題前一定要讀懂全文，一定要注意體會(huì)重要線索。然后帶著問(wèn)題，再讀全文，找出答題所需要的依據(jù)，完成閱讀。
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