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One Friday night, a poor young man stood
at the gate (大门) of the bus
station, playing his violin. Many people put some money into a 36 lying in front of him.
The next day, the young man came to the gate of the bus
station again, and put the hat on the ground
in front of him again. But 37 from what he always did in the past days,
he took
38 a large piece of paper and put
it on the ground. It said, “Last night, a gentleman called George Brown
put an important thing into my hat by mistake. Please come soon, Mr. Brown.”
About
an hour later, a middle-aged man ran to the young man and said, “It’s you! You
do come. I know you are an 39 man and will certainly come here.” The
young man asked, “Are you Mr. Brown? Did you lose 40 ?” “A lottery ticket (彩票),” answered the middle-aged man.
The young man then returned it to the man.
Yesterday 41 the man knew the fact that his lottery
ticket was worth (值…钱) $500,000,
he was so 42 that he threw the ticket
together with the money into the young man’s hat！
Someone asked the young man, “You play the violin 43 money. Why didn’t you keep the ticket and
take the prize for 44 ” The young man said, “Even
though I don’t have much money, I live happily. But if I 45 honesty, I won’t be happy anymore.”
36. A. hat
B. paper
C. bag
D. bowl
37. A. near B.
far
C. same
D. different
38. A. after B.
out C.
off D. away
39. A. interesting B.
honest C. unfriendly D.
energetic
40. A. something B. nothing C. anything D. everything
41. A. when B. while
C. what D. why
42. A. annoyed
B. excited C. surprised D. embarrassed
43. A. make B. made C. making
D. to make
44. A. myself B. yourself C. herself D. himself
45. A. have
B. get
C. lose D.
own