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Hard diamond is, _____it is quite easy to drill a hole in it with laser.

A.although

B.though

C.like

D.as

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第1题
"It should be possible to make a precious stone that not only looks like the real thing, b
ut that is the real thing", said a chemist many years ago. "The only difference should be that one crystal would be made by man, the other by nature."

At first this did not seem like a particularly hard task. Scientists began to try making synthetic diamonds towards the end of the eighteenth century. It was at this time that a key scientific fact was discovered: diamonds are a form. of carbon, which is a very common element. Graphite, the black mineral that is used for the lead in your pencil, is made of it, too. The only difference, we know today, is that the carbon atoms have been packed together in a slightly different way. The chemists were fired with enthusiasm: Why not change a cheap and plentiful substance, carbon, into a rare and expensive one, diamond?

You have probably heard about the alchemists who for centuries tried to turn plain lead or iron into gold. They failed because gold is completely different from lead or iron. Transforming carbon into diamonds, however, is not illogical at all. This change takes place in nature, so it should be possible to make it happen in the laboratory.

It should be possible, but for one hundred and fifty years efforts failed. During this period, none the less, several people believed that they had solved the diamond riddle. One of these was a French scientist who produced crystals that seemed to be the real thing. After the man's death, however, a curious rumour began to go the rounds. The story told that one of the scientist's assistants had simply put tiny pieces of genuine diamonds into the carbon mixture. He was bored with the work, and he wanted to make the old chemist happy.

The first real success came more than sixty years later in the laboratories of the General Electric Company. Scientists there had been working for a number of years on a process designed to duplicate nature's work. Far below the earth's surface, carbon is subjected to incredibly heavy pressure and extremely high temperature. Under these conditions the carbon turns into diamonds. For a long time the laboratory attempt failed, simply because no suitable machinery existed. What was needed was some sort of pressure chamber in which the carbon could be subjected to between 800,000 and 1,800,000 pounds of pressure to the square inch, at a temperature of between 200°F and 2,200°F.

Building a pressure chamber that would not break under these conditions was a fantastically difficult feat, but eventually it was done. The scientists eagerly set to work again. Imagine their disappointment when, even with this equipment, they produce all sorts of crystals, but no diamonds. They wondered if the fault lay in the carbon they were using, and so they tried a number of difficult forms. They failed again and again but went on working. The idea was then brought forward that perhaps the carbon needed to be dissolved in a melted metal. The metal might act as a catalyst, which means that it helps a chemical reaction to take place more easily.

This time the carbon was mixed with iron before being placed in the pressure chamber. The pressure was brought up to 1,100,000 pounds to the square inch and the temperature to 900℉. At last the chamber was opened. A number of shiny crystals lay within. These crystals scratched glass, and even diamonds. Light waves passed through them in the same way as they do through diamonds. Carbon dioxide was given off when the crystals were burned. Their density was just 3.5 grams per cubic centimeter, as is true of diamonds. The crystals were analyzed chemically. They were finally studied under X-rays, and there was no longer room for doubt. These jewels of the laboratory were not like diamonds; they were diamonds. They even had the same atomic structure.

The main idea of Paragraph 2 is that______.

A.making artificial diamonds didn't seem very difficult at first sight

B.scientists began to try making synthetic diamond in the late 1700s

C.scientists discovered diamonds are a form. of carbon, a common element

D.the discovery of the diamonds' constitute impelled scientists to make a synthetic one

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第2题
The best title of the passage may be______.A.The Right-hand Diamond RingB.Who Wears the Ri

The best title of the passage may be______.

A.The Right-hand Diamond Ring

B.Who Wears the Right-hand Diamond Ring?

C.The Right-hand Ring's Momentum

D.A Tall Order for Jewelry

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第3题
These diamond were probably carried from where they were formed to India.
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第4题
The author cites Martin Diamond in paragraph 3 because the author ______.A.regards Martin

The author cites Martin Diamond in paragraph 3 because the author ______.

A.regards Martin Diamond as an authority on political philosophy

B.wishes to refute Martin Diamond's views on citizenship

C.needs a definition of the term "citizenship"

D.is unfamiliar with the distinction between libertarian and majoritarian concepts of democracy

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第5题
What's the _______of the diamond necklace? It's about $ 4000.A.moneyB.priceC.valueD.pay

What's the _______of the diamond necklace? It's about $ 4000.

A.money

B.price

C.value

D.pay

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第6题
According to the author, "a diamond is forever" is ______.A.a sort of cultural traditionB.

According to the author, "a diamond is forever" is ______.

A.a sort of cultural tradition

B.a saying handed down from imperial Rome

C.a false symbol for the masses

D.a saying of made-up significance

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第7题
Goods are to be ______ with our initials in a diamond (circle, triangle, etc). A.marked B.made C

A.A.marked

B.B.made

C.C.marking

D.D.making

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第8题
The synthetic crystal of diamond______.A.could not even cut glassB.was made at the tempera

The synthetic crystal of diamond______.

A.could not even cut glass

B.was made at the temperature of 900℉

C.gave off carbon dioxide when it was under X-rays

D.is not like the real diamond in atomic structure

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第9题
Jenkins was a jeweller, who had made a large diamond (钻石) ring worth £57,000 for the Sil

Jenkins was a jeweller, who had made a large diamond (钻石) ring worth £57,000 for the Silkstone Jewellery Shop. When it was ready, he made a copy of it which looked【21】like the first one but was worth only £2,000. This he took to the shop, which【22】it without a question.

Jenkins gave the much more【23】ring to his wife for her fortieth birthday. Then ,the husband and wife【24】to Paris for a weekend. As to the【25】ring, the shop sold it for £60,000.

Six months later the buyer【26】it back to Silkstone's office. "It's a faulty (有瑕疵的)diamond," he said. "It isn't worth the high【27】paid. "Then he told them the【28】. His wife's car had caught fire in an【29】. She had escaped (幸免),【30】the ring had fallen off and been damaged (损坏) in the great【31】of the fire.

The shop had to【32】. They knew that no fire on earth can【33】damage a perfect diamond. Someone had taken the【34】diamond and put a faulty one in its place. The question was: who【35】it?

A picture of the ring appeared in the【36】. A reader thought he【37】the ring. The next day, another picture appeared in the papers which【38】a famous dancer walking out to a plane for Paris. Behind the dancer there was a woman【39】a large diamond ring," Do you know the【40】with the lovely diamond ring?" the papers asked their readers. Several months later ,Jenkins was sentenced to seven years in prison.

(41)

A.only

B.surely

C.nearly

D.exactly

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第10题
Sheraton Grand Shanghai Tai Ping Yang Hotel ______ with the best International Five Star D
iamond Award from the American Academy of Hospitality Sciences in June 2006.

A.presented

B.was presented

C.inspected

D.was inspected

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第11题
—The police think your brother John stole the diamond in the museum yesterday evening. —Oh
? But he stayed with me at home the whole evening; he______the museum.

A.must have been to

B.needn't have been to

C.should have been to

D.couldn't have been to

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