Question

On a cold morning at a bus station, a man played six famous pieces of music for about an hour. During that time, about two thousand people went through the station, most of them were on their way to work.

3 minutes later: a middle-aged man noticed there was a musician playing. He slowed down, stopped for a few seconds and went away.

4 minutes later: the musician received his first dollar. A woman threw the money in the box and kept on walking without stopping.

6 minutes later: a young man stopped to listen to him. Then he looked at his watch and started to walk again.

10 minutes later: a 3-year-old boy stopped to look at the musician, but his mother took him away. Several other children did the same as the boy. And nearly all the parents took their children away.

45 minutes later: the musician kept on playing. Only 6 people stopped and stayed for a while. About 20 persons gave him money but left quickly.

After 1 hour, the musician finished playing. In the end, he collected $ 32. No one noticed that he had finished playing.

No one knew this, but the musician was Joshua Bell, one of the best musicians in the world. At that time, he played one of the most wonderful pieces ever written, with a very expensive violin.

If we do not have time to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world playing with the most beautiful violin, how many other things are we missing?

1.Joshua Bell played six famous pieces of music for ________ at a bus station.

A．half an hour       B．an hour           C．fifteen minutes     D．a day

2.__________ gave the first dollar to Joshua Bell for his performance.

A．A mid-aged man    B．A Young man       C．A woman          D．A 3-year-old boy

3.Nearly all the parents ________________ while they went past the musician.

A．took their children away                  B．threw the money into the box

C．stayed with their children listening          D．looked at their watch

4.Joshua Bell was in fact ________________.

A．a very famous pianist                     B．a very popular singer

C．a very poor violinist                      D．a very famous violinist

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要描述了著名的小提琴家约翰贝尔伪装成一个在街头卖艺的人，用自己名贵的小提琴演奏了六首著名的歌曲。但是很少有人能够停下来认真的欣赏这些美妙的乐曲。以此告诉我们，也许在我们人生匆忙的脚步中，你可能错过了许多美妙的东西。

1.根据第一段On a cold morning at a bus station, a man played six famous pieces of music for about an hour 描述，可知选B。

2.根据4 minutes later: the musician received his first dollar. A woman threw the money in the box and kept on walking without stopping.描述，可知选C。

3.根据And nearly all the parents took their children away.描述，可知选A。

4.根据No one knew this, but the musician was Joshua Bell, one of the best musicians in the world. 描述，可知选D。

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