完形填空阅读下面短文，从每小题A、B、C三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并将其字母标号填入题前的括号...

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完形填空

阅读下面短文，从每小题A、B、C三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并将其字母标号填入题前的括号内。

A well-dressed man came into a famous jewellery （首饰）shop. He explained that he wished to buy a pearl（珍珠）for his wife’s birthday and that the 1 did not matter since business had been very good for him that year. After examin;ing a number of beautiful and valuable pearls, he chose a nice black one that _2_ $5000. He paid for that pearl , shook hands with the jeweler and left.

A few days later the man returned and said his wife had liked that pearl _3_ that she wanted another one just like it. It had to be exactly the _4_ size and quality as she wanted a pair of earrings made. “Can you give me any advice on _5 to get such a pearl?” said the man. The jeweler replied , “I would say it’s _6_ to find an exact one like that pearl.”

The rich man _7_ the jeweler to advertise in the newspaper, and offered $25.000 for that matching pearl. Many people answered that ad, _8_ nobody had a pearl that was just right. Just when the jeweler had _9__ hope, an old lady came in. To his _10 , she took a wonderful pearl from her handbag. “I don’t like to sell it, ” she said _11_. “I inherited (继承)it from my mother, and my mother inherited from _12_, but now I really need money.”

The jeweler was quick to pay her _13_ she changed her mind. Then he called the rich man’s hotel to tell the good _14_ to him. The rich man, however, was _15_ to be found. He had fled with the old woman a few more minutes before.

( ) 1. A. size B. shape C. price

( ) 2. A. spent B. cost C. took

( ) 3. A. a little B. so much C. at all

( ) 4. A. same B. different C. common

( ) 5. A. what B. why C. how

( ) 6. A. possible B. easy C. impossible

( ) 7. A. let B. make C. asked

( ) 8. A. so B. but C. and

( ) 9. A. found out B. given up C. come up with

( ) 10. A. disappointment B. surprise C. fear

( )11. A. happily B. loudly C. sadly

( ) 12. A. mine C. hers