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Diamond is the hardest naturally occurring substance known. It is the most popular gemstone and because of its extreme 【C1】_____
Diamond is the hardest naturally occurring substance known. It is the most popular gemstone and because of its extreme 【C1】_____
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Diamond is the hardest naturally occurring substance known. It is the most popular gemstone and because of its extreme 【C1】______(hard), it is also used for various industrial purposes. Scientists are still 【C2】______(sure)of the exact process by which diamonds are naturally formed, but it is certain that both extreme heat and enormous pressure are needed. It is, therefore, likely that diamonds were formed far【C3】be______the Earth’s surface where these conditions exist. The first synthetic diamonds were successfully produced in the 1950s, but the best and largest stones are still those created by nature.
The word ’ diamond’ comes from the Greek ’ adamas’ , which means invincible, but the first definite reference to diamonds occurs in Roman literature of the first century A. D. The diamonds known to the Romans came from India, which was the only 【C4】______(supply)of the stones until the eighteenth century. In 1762, diamonds were discovered in Brazil, and then in 1866 in South Africa, the main source of diamonds in the world today.
The idea that men should give diamonds to the women they 【C5】______is quite new. It was invented in the last century by De Beers, the company that owns the South African diamond mines. The idea that ’diamonds are forever’ does not hold water either. Although diamonds are very hard, they can be【C6】dam______.
The largest of all known diamonds was the Cullinan. It was【C7】disc______in South Africa in 1905 and given to Edward VII, king of Great Britain. It was cut into smaller stones, the largest of which—and still the largest cut diamond in 【C8】______(exist)—is called the Star of Africa.
There have been a lot of diamond thefts in recent years, but scientists can now mark stones to show who own them. Usually this mark is 【C9】______(visible), so thieves can’t tell if a diamond is marked. 【C10】O______the people who know how to make the mark appear can tell whether a diamond is marked or not.
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supplier
解析
(该句表述的是“罗马人所知道的钻石来自于印度,18世纪前,印度都是唯一的钻石来源地。”supplier意为“供应国;供应商”。)
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