Question

完形填空（共 15小題，每小題 1 分，滿分15分）
閱讀下面短文，從每小題A、B、C三個選項中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并將其字母標號填入題前的括號內。
A well-dressed man came into a famous jewellery （首飾）shop. He explained that he wished to buy a pearl（珍珠）for his wife’s birthday and that the  16  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 _17_ $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 _18_ that she wanted another one just like it. It had to be exactly the _19_ size and quality as she wanted a pair of earrings made. “Can you give me any advice on _20_ to get such a pearl?” said the man. The jeweler replied , “I would say it’s _21_ to find an exact one like that pearl.”
The rich man _22_ the jeweler to advertise in the newspaper, and offered $25.000 for that matching pearl. Many people answered that ad, _23_ nobody had a pearl that was just right. Just when the jeweler had _24__  hope, an old lady came in. To his _25_ , she took a wonderful pearl from her handbag. “I don’t like to sell it, ” she said _26_. “I inherited (繼承)it from my mother, and my mother inherited from _27_, but now I really need money.”
The jeweler was quick to pay her _28_ she changed her mind. Then he called the rich man’s hotel to tell the good _29_ to him. The rich man, however, was _30_ to be found. He had fled with the old woman a few more minutes before.
【小題1】 A. size               B. shape             C. price
【小題2】A. spent               B. cost              C. took
【小題3】 A. a little              B. so much           C. at all
【小題4】 A. same               B. different           C. common
【小題5】A. what               B. why              C. how
【小題6】 A. possible            B. easy               C. impossible
【小題7】 A. let                 B. make              C. asked
【小題8】 A. so                 B. but                C. and
【小題9】 A. found out           B. given up            C. come up with
【小題10】 A. disappointment      B. surprise             C. fear
【小題11】A. happily             B. loudly             C. sadly
【小題12】A. mine               B.his                 C. hers
【小題13】 A. when               B. before             C. after
【小題14】 A. news               B. advice             C. way
【小題15】 A. somewhere          B. anywhere           C. nowhere

Answer 1

【小題1】C【小題1】B【小題1】B【小題1】A【小題1】C  
【小題1】C【小題1】C【小題1】B【小題1】B【小題1】B  
【小題1】C【小題1】C【小題1】B【小題1】A【小題1】C

解析【小題1】C從文章中這些年他的生意一直很好得知價錢不是問題。price 價錢。
【小題1】B主語是物品，花費用cost，全文用過去式，cost的過去式還是cost。
【小題1】B so much 如此 ，表示程度。這句話的意思是商人的太太如此的喜歡這個珍珠以致于還想要相同的另一個。
【小題1】A必須是相同大小相同材質，因為她想做耳環。same 相同的。
【小題1】C how怎樣，你能給我一些建議怎樣得到這樣一個珍珠嗎？
【小題1】C impossible 不可能的
【小題1】C ask sb.to do sth.讓某人做某事，富人讓珠寶商登廣告。
【小題1】B許多人都回應了這個廣告，但是沒有合適的。表示轉折。
【小題1】B give up 放棄。
【小題1】B 令他驚訝的是 surprise 驚訝的
【小題1】C sadly 悲傷地，因為她不想賣又不得不賣，所以很悲傷。
【小題1】C hers在這等于 her mother。
【小題1】B珠寶商快速的付了錢在老太太反悔之前。Before 在...之前。
【小題1】A news 消息，珠寶商趕快給富人公寓打電話告知他這個好消息。
【小題1】C然而，這個富人到處也找不到了。nowhere 沒地方。