On a Friday night,a poor young violinist was playing his violin at the entrance of the subway station. The music was so great that people slowed down to listen and put some money into his hat.
The next day,the violinist came to the entrance again. He put down his hat as usual. Beside the hat was a piece of paper with some words on it. It said,“A George Sang has put an important thing into my hat by mistake. Welcome to claim(認領)it.”Soon the people were all attracted by the words and wondered what it could be. After a while a man rushed through the crowd,took the violinist’s shoulders and said,“I knew you would certainly come here.”The violinist asked,“Did you lose something?”“Lottery(彩票).”The violinist took out a lottery ticket with Sang’s name on it. Sang took it and danced happily.
Sang was an office worker. He bought the lottery and won a prize of$500,000.But when he gave$50 to the violinist for his wonderful music,the lottery ticket was thrown in, too. The violinist was a college student. That morning,he was going to fly to Vienna for high education. However,when he found the ticket,he cancelled the flight and returned to the entrance.
Later someone asked the violinist why he didn’t take the lottery ticket to pay the tuition fee(學費).He said“Although I don’t have much money,I live happily. If I lose honesty(誠實),I won’t be happy forever.”
小題1:The young man played the violin for ________ at the entrance of the subway station.
A.pleasureB.moneyC.LoveD.friends
小題2:George Sang put__________ into the violinist’s hat on a Friday night by mistake.
A.moneyB.1otteryC.money and lotteryD.nothing
小題3:George Sang was very__________ to see the young violinist the next day.
A.worriedB.sorryC.excitingD.happy
小題4:The underlined word“cancelled”means __________ .
A.取消B.延誤C.預定D.結(jié)束
小題5:What’s the best title(標題)for this passage?
A.The meaning of honesty
B.An office worker and a lottery ticket
C.The importance of being honest
D.A violinist and an office worker

小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:D
小題4:A
小題5:C

試題分析:短文大意:一個星期五的晚上,一個貧窮的年輕小提琴家在地鐵站門口拉小提琴。音樂是如此之美妙以致人們放慢腳步傾聽并放一些錢在他的帽子。第二天,小提琴手又來到這里。他像往常一樣放下帽子。在帽子上有一張紙寫道:“喬治桑錯將一份很重要的東西放在我的禮帽。歡迎索認領它。一段時間后,一個男人沖進人群,把小提琴手的肩膀說,“我就知道你一定會來”。喬治桑是一個辦公室工作人員。他買了彩票,中獎50萬美元。,由于美妙的音樂,他拿50美元給小提琴家,把彩票也拋了出去。小提琴手是一個大學生。那天早上,他將飛往維也納接受高等教育。然而,當他發(fā)現(xiàn)了票,他取消了航班返回入口。后來有人問他為什么不把彩票當學費。他說:“雖然我沒錢,但我活得很快樂。如果我沒了誠信,我永遠不會快樂!
小題1:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)a poor young violinist was playing his violin at the entrance of the subway station. The music was so great that people slowed down to listen and put some money into his hat 可知那位年輕人拉小提琴是為了賺錢,所以選B。
小題2:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)He bought the lottery and won a prize of$500,000.But when he gave$50 to the violinist for his wonderful music,the lottery ticket was thrown in, too.可知George Sang 誤將彩票放到了小提琴手的帽子里,所以選C。
小題3:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)The violinist took out a lottery ticket with Sang’s name on it. Sang took it and danced happily可知第二天George Sang見到那位拉提琴人非常高興,所以選.D。
小題4:詞義猜測題。根據(jù)However,when he found the ticket,he cancelled the flight and returned to the entrance.(然而,當他發(fā)現(xiàn)了票,他取消了航班返回入口)可知cancelled的意思為“取消”,所以選A。
小題5:標題歸納題。根據(jù)這篇短文最后一句If I lose honesty,I won’t be happy forever.可知短文的主題在于說明誠實的重要性,所以選C。
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