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（an）__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 long-term 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

On a Friday night，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.
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. It said，“A George Sang has put an important thing into my hat by mistake. Welcome to claim(认领)it.”Soon the people were all attracted 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 certainly come here.”The violinist asked，“Did you lose something?”“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 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. The violinist was a college student. That morning，he was going to fly to Vienna for high education. However，when he found the ticket，he cancelled the flight and returned to the entrance.
Later someone asked the violinist why he didn’t take the lottery ticket to pay the tuition fee(学费).He said“Although I don’t have much money，I live happily. If I lose honesty(诚实)，I won’t be happy forever.”
【小题1】The young man played the violin for ________ at the entrance of the subway station.