15.(　 )　 A. first　　 B. second　　 C. last　　 D. next

14.(　 )　 A. flew　　 B. drove　　 C. sailed　 D. bicycled

13.(　 )　 A. real　　　 B. modern　 C.worthy　 D. valuable

12.(　 )　 A. accepted　 B. received　 C. refused　 D. rejected

11.(　 )　 A. only　　　 B. surely　 C. nearly　 D. exactly

30.(　 )　 A. public　　 B. personal　 C. small　 D. important

B

　 Jenkins was a jeweler , 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 　11 　like the first one but was worth only ＄2,000 . This he took to the shop , which 　12 　it without a question .

Jenkins gave the much more 　13 　ring to his wife for the fortieth birthday . Then the husband and his wife 　14 　to Paris for a weekend . As to the 　15 　ring , the shop sold it for ＄60,000 .Six months later ,the buyer 　16 　it back to Silkstone’s office . “It ‘s a faulty diamond ,” he said , “ It isn’t worth the high 　17 　I paid .” Then he told them the 　18 　.His wife’s car had caught fire in an 　19 　.She had escaped , 20 　the ring had fallen off and been damaged in the great 　21 　of the fire .

The shop had to 　22 　. They knew that no fire on earth can 　23 　damage a perfect diamond . Someone had taken the 　24 　diamond and put a faulty one in its place . The question was : Who　 25 　it ?

A picture of the ring appeared in the 　26 　.A reader thought he 　27 　the ring . The next day , another picture appeared in the papers which 　28 　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 .

29.(　 )　 A. appreciate　 B. stop　 C. hate　　　 D. forbid

28.(　 )　 A. so　　　 B. nor　　 C. not only　 D. if

27.(　 )　 A. asked　　 B. heard　　 C. worried　 D. learned

26.(　 )　 A. moved　 B. shown　　 C. faced　　 D. offered