Question

On a Friday night, a poor young violinist was playing his violin at the entrance(入口)of the subway station. The music was so great that people 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: "A George Sang has put an important thing into my hat by mistake. Welcome to claim（认领）it.”After a while a man named George Sang ran here quickly and got back his important thing.

The important thing was a lottery ticket（彩票）.Sang bought it and won a prize of $500,000. But when he gave$50 to the violinist for his wonderful music, he threw the lottery ticket, too. The violinist was a college student. That morning, he was going to Vienna for his education. However, when he found the ticket, he cancelled the flight and returned to the entrance.

He said, "Although I don't have much money, I live happily. If I lose honesty（诚实）, I won't be happy forever."

1.The young man played the violin for_______ at the entrance the next day.

A. honesty      B. money      C. food      D. happiness

2.George Sang put_______ into the violinist's hat on a Friday night.

A. money                          B. a lottery ticket

C. money and his lottery ticket   D. nothing

3.The underlined word "cancelled" means "_______"

A．取消       B．延误      C．预定      D．结束

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：一个贫穷的年轻小提琴家把彩票还给乔治桑的故事。这个故事告诉人们做人要讲诚信。

1.B细节理解题。根据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 可知第那位年轻人在地铁站入口处拉小提琴是为了赚钱，所以选B。

2.C细节理解题。根据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 误将彩票放到了小提琴手的帽子里，所以选C。

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考点：故事类短文阅读。