jenkins was a jeweller, who had made a large diamond ring worth 57 000 for the silk-stone jewellery shop. when it was ready, he made a copy of it which looked 1 like the first one but was worth only 2 000. this he took to the shop, which 2 it without a question.
jenkins gave the much more 3 ring to his wife for her fortieth birthday. then, the husband and wife 4 to
six months later the buyer 6 it back to silkstone’s office. “it’s a faulty dia-mond,” he said. “it isn’t worth the high 7 i paid.’ then he told them the 8 . his wife’s car had caught fire in an 9 . she had escaped, 10 the ring had fallen off and been damaged in the great 11 of the fire.
the shop had to 12 . they knew that no fire on earth can 13 damage a per-fect diamond. someone had taken the 14 diamond and put a faulty one in its place. the question was: who 15 it?
a picture of the ring appeared in the 16 . a reader thought he 17 the ring. the next day, another picture appeared in the papers which 18 a famous dancer walk-ing out to a plane for
1. a. only b. surely c. nearly d. exactly
2. a. accepted b. received
c. refused d. rejected
3. a. real b. modern c. worthy d. valuable
4. a. flew b. drove c. sailed d. bicycled
5. a. first b. second c. last d. next
6. a. sold b. posted
c. brought d. returned
7. a. cost b. money c. price d. value
8. a. facts b. matters
c. questions d. results
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