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.A

2.C

3.A

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：一个星期五的晚上，一个贫穷的年轻小提琴家在地铁站门口拉小提琴。音乐是如此之美妙以致人们放慢脚步倾听并放一些钱在他的帽子。但是第二天他又来到这里因为他想找到丢在他帽子里的彩票的人，后来有人问他为什么不把彩票当学费。他说：“虽然我没钱，但我活得很快乐。如果我没了诚信，我永远不会快乐。”

1.A细节理解题。通读全文可知这个年轻人第二天又来到地铁站口拉小提琴是为了找到丢在他帽子里的彩票的人，这样他才能感到快乐，他是为了诚实。故选A。

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。

3.词义猜测题。根据However，when he found the ticket，he cancelled the flight and returned to the entrance.（然而，当他发现了票，他取消了航班返回入口）可知cancelled的意思为“取消”，所以选A。

考点：人生百味类短文阅读。