Question

On a Friday night, a poor young violinist was playing his violin at the entrance(入口处) of the subway station. The music was so       that people slowed down to listen and put some money into his       .

The next morning, the violinist came to the entrance again. He       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         thing into my hat by mistake. Welcome to claim(认领) it.” Soon the people were all       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       come here.” The violinist asked, “Did you lose       ?” “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       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(维也纳) for high       . However, when he found the ticket, he cancelled(取消) the flight and returned to the entrance.

Later someone asked the violinist why he didn’t take the lottery ticket to pay tuition fee(学费). He said, “       I don’t have much money, I live happily. If I lost honesty(诚实)，I won’t be happy forever.”

1.A. loud    B. terribleC. great

2.A. bowl B. bag C. hat

3.A. put off B. put down C. put away

4.A. important B. interesting C. annoying

5.A. attracted     B. excited C. surprised

6.A. hardlyB. certainlyC. never

7.A. somethingB. nothing C. everything

8.A. borrowed  B. bought  C. sold

9.A. business     B. vacation C. education

10.A. Because B. However  C. Although

Answer

1.C

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.A

6.B

7.A

8.B

9.C

10.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述一位音乐院校的学生，在地铁口卖艺，无意中发现自己装钱的帽子里有一张中了奖的彩票，第二天放弃去学习的机会来到地铁口等待丢失者回来认领。他认为，没有钱可以幸福地活着，但是没有了诚信他一辈子都不会快乐。

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考点：故事类短文。