完形填空（共 15小题，每小题 1 分，满分15分）

完形填空（共 15小题，每小题 1 分，满分15分）
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  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 (继承)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.
小题1: A. size               B. shape             C. price
小题2:A. spent               B. cost              C. took
小题3: A. a little              B. so much           C. at all
小题4: A. same               B. different           C. common
小题5:A. what               B. why              C. how
小题6: A. possible            B. easy               C. impossible
小题7: A. let                 B. make              C. asked
小题8: A. so                 B. but                C. and
小题9: A. found out           B. given up            C. come up with
小题10: A. disappointment      B. surprise             C. fear
小题11:A. happily             B. loudly             C. sadly
小题12:A. mine               B.his                 C. hers
小题13: A. when               B. before             C. after
小题14: A. news               B. advice             C. way
小题15: A. somewhere          B. anywhere           C. nowhere