In the busy city of New York, such an astonishing thing ever happened.

On a Friday night, a   21  young artist stood at the gate of the subway station, playing his violin. Though the   22  was great, people were quickly going home for the weekend. In this case, many of them   23   their paces and put some money into his hat.

The next day, the young artist came again and put his hat on the ground gracefully   24  from the day before, he took out a large piece of paper and   25  it on the ground. Then he   26  the violin and began playing.

Before long, he was   27  with people, who were all   28  by the words on that paper. It said, “Last night, a gentleman named George Sang put an important thing into my hat   29  . Please come to claim it soon.”

Seeing this, it caused a great   30  and people wondered what it could be. After about half and hour, a middle-aged man ran there   31   and rushed through the crowd to the violinist and grabbed his shoulders and said, “Yes, it’s you. You   32  come here I knew that you’re an honest man and would   33   come here.”

The violinist asked the man some questions and handed a   34   to him. The man seized it, kissed it and then danced with the violinist.

The story   35  to be this: George bought a lottery ticket(彩票) a few days ago and won a prize of $ 500,000. When he passed by the violinist he put $ 50 into the hat. However, the lottery ticket was also   36  in. When the artist was   37  he found the ticket. Thinking that the owner would return to   38  it, he came back to where he was given the ticket.

Later someone asked the violinist, “You’re in badly need of money for your tuition fee (学费), why didn’t you   39  it for yourself?”

The violinist said, “Although I don’t have much money, I live happily; but if I lose   40  I won’t be happy forever.”

21.A.happy

B.proud

C.poor

D.rich

22.A.concert

B.music

C.song

D.sound

23.A.sped up

B.slowed down

C.turned down

D.put down

24.A.Interesting

B.Funny

C.Difficult

D.Different

25.A.laid

B.threw

C.set

D.fixed

26.A.repaired

B.watched

C.struck

D.adjusted

27.A.satisfied

B.surrounded

C.filled

D.crowded

28.A.attracted

B.struck

C.impressed

D.pleased

29.A.by accident

B.in turns

C.by mistake

D.on purpose

30.A.trouble

B.excitement

C.difficulty

D.disturbance

31.A.hurriedly

B.excitedly

C.happily

D.slowly

32.A.must

B.should

C.may

D.did

33.A.naturally

B.quickly

C.certainly

D.willingly

34.A.coin

B.violin

C.paper

D.ticket

35.A.turned up

B.turned out

C.turned down

D.turned off

36.A.thrown

B.given

C.taken

D.brought

37.A.taking up

B.making up

C.cleaning up

D.checking up

38.A.wait for

B.look for

C.beg for

D.hope for

39.A.hide

B.buy

C.take

D.own

40.A.audience

B.friendship

C.honesty

D.money

A "blogger" is a person who writes on an Internet computer Web site called a "blog". The word "blog" is a short way of saying Web log, or personal Web site. Anyone can start a blog, and they can write about anything they like.

There are millions of blogs on the Internet today. They provide news, information and ideas in many people who read them. They contain links to other Web sites. And they provide a place for people to write about their ideas and react to the ideas of others.

A research company called Perscus has studied more than 300 Web logs . It says that blogs are most popular with teenage girls. They use them to let their friends know what is happening in their lives. The study also says that more than 100,000 bloggers stopped taking part in the activity after a year.

However, some people develop serious blogs to present political and other ideas. For example,the Republican and Democratic parties in the southern state of Kentucky recently started their own blogs . And American companies are beginning to use blogs to advertise their products.

At the same time, some long-standing blogs have ended last week, blogging leader Dave Winer closed his free blog service "weblogs. com". He says the site became too costly to continue . He started the blog four years ago. And thousands of people had written on it. They are now upset because they did not know that the site was closing.

One blog that is still going strong is called Rebecca' s Pocket. Rebecca Blood created the Web-site in 1999. She wrote about the history of blogs on the site. That article led to a book called "The Weblog Handbook". It has been translated into four languages so far.

Ms. Blood says Rebecea's Pocket gets about 30,000 visitors a month. She writes about anything and everything--politics, culture and movies. She recently provided medical advice. And she wrote about how to prevent people from stealing money from on -line bank accounts.

 

46. The author wrote this passage mainly to _________.

    A. introduce an Internet computer Web site called "blog"

    B. introduce a short way of saying Weblog

    C. tell readers about blogs     

    D. tell readers how to write blogs

47. From the passage we can learn that blogs cover almost everything EXCEPT ______.

    A. different ideas                        B. medical advice

    C. advertisements                       D. account passwords

48. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

    A. Politicians don' t use blogs at all.

    B. A lot of bloggers no longer write or read blogs.

    C. Among school children, fewer boys like to use blogs.

    D. People have 5 language versions of  "The Weblog Handbook" to read.

49. Dave Winer closed his "weblogs. com" because __________.

    A. more than 100,000 bloggers stopped taking part in the activity

    B. American companies used blogs to advertise their products

    C. people stole money from on -line bank accounts

    D. He couldn’t afford the increasing money needed to run the blogs

50. The reason why Rebecca' s Pocket is still going strong is that ______.

    A. it was created by a woman     

    B. it is about the history of blogs

    C. it provides useful information and advice

    D. it has editions in at least four different languages

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