Question

  In New York,on a Friday night,a poor young artist stood at the gate of a train station. He was playing his 1        His music was so great that many people put money into his 2       

  The next day,the young artist came to the 3        place,and played the violin as usual. Different from the day before,he took out a piece of paper and put 4        on the ground. The paper read, "Last night,a man named George Sang put an important thing into my hat 5        Please come to get it soon."

  6       about half an hour,a(n) 7       man ran there in a hurry. "Oh,it's you. You did come here. " The young violinist asked 8       , "Are you Mr George Sang?" "Yes!Yes!" Then the violinist asked, "Did you lose something?" "Lottery (彩票) .It's the most valuable lottery in my 70 years of life," said the man.

  The violinist 9      a lottery ticket. George Sang's name was on it,so the violinist 10        it to him.

  Later someone asked the violinist, " Since you 11        play the violin every day to make your tuition fee (学费) in the university,why didn't you keep the lottery ticket for yourself?"

  The violinist said , " 12        I don't have much money,I live happily;but if I lose honesty,I won't be happy forever. " Through our lives,we can get a lot and lose so 13        But being 14       should always be with us. If we act in a dishonest way,we may 15        in a short period. However,from the longterm view,we will be a loser.

(   ) 1. A. piano   B. guitar   C. violin   D. sax (萨克斯)

(   ) 2. A. bowl   B. hat   C. pocket   D. hands

(   ) 3. A. similar   B. different   C. strange   D. same

(   ) 4. A. it   B. its   C. they   D. them

(   ) 5. A. by then   B. by mistake   C. by the way   D. by hand

(   ) 6. A. After   B. Before   C. From   D. When

(   ) 7. A. young   B. old   C. small   D. tall

(   ) 8. A. coldly   B. angrily   C. calmly   D. sadly

(   ) 9. A. took out   B. took off   C. took back   D. took away

(   ) 10. A. sold   B. bought   C. gave   D. lent

(   ) 11. A. could   B. had to   C. should   D. must

(   ) 12. A. Although   B. Once   C. If   D. Unless

(   ) 13. A. many   B. much   C. little   D. few

(   ) 14. A. kind   B. rich   C. honest   D. poor

(   ) 15. A. fail   B. relax   C. suffer   D. succeed

Answer 1

1. C 根据下文中的and played the violin as usual可知，这位贫穷的年轻艺术家演奏的是小提琴，故选C.

2. B 根据下文的a man named George Sang put an important thing into my hat可知，人们是把钱放进年轻人的帽子里。 

3. D 根据其前的定冠词the和下文的You did come here可知，年轻人第二天去的是同一个地方。

4. A 指代前面的a piece of paper,应用it ,故选A

5. B by then"到那时"，by mistake"错误地，无意地"，by the way"顺便问一下",by hand"用手工"。根据后一句Please come to get it soon 可知，年轻人说George Sang错误地将重要之物放进了他的帽子。

6. A 表示一段时间后，介词用after。

7. B 根据第3段的in my 70 years of life可知，此处应指一个老年人。

8. C 由上下文可知年轻人应该是表现得很平静。

9. A take out"拿出"，take off"脱掉，摘下(衣袜、鞋帽、眼镜等) "，take back"拿回"，take away"拿走"。根据句意可知，年轻人应是拿出彩票。

10. C "把某物给某人"为give sth to sb ,故选C_c

11. B 表示客观上"不得不，必须"，用have to。

12. A 引导让步状语从句，可用连词although ,意思是：虽然我没有很多钱，但我过得很幸福。

13. B 此处意为"我们得到许多也失去许多"。由句意可知此处表示抽象意义的"多"。

14. C 根据上文的but ifl lose honesty可知，这里应该用形容词honest,故选C.

15. D 根据loser"输家，失败者"可得知，前面指"成功"，故选D.