Question

【题目】 In New York, on a Friday night, a poor young artist stood at the gate of a train station. He was playing his _______.His music was so great that many People put money into his ______ .

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

After about half an hour, a(n) ______ man ran there in a hurry, "Oh, it's you. You did come here." The young violinist asked calmly, "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 ______ a lottery ticket. George Sang's name was on it. So the violinist gave it to him. The violinist said, " ______ 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 much. But being ______ should always be with us. If we act in a dishonest way, we may ______ in a short period. However, from the long-term view, we will be a loser.

【1】A.pianoB.guitarC.violin

【2】A.bowlB.hatC.pocket

【3】A.similarB.differentC.same

【4】A.itB.itsC.they

【5】A.by thenB.by mistakeC.by the way

【6】A.youngB.oldC.small

【7】A.took outB.took offC.took back

【8】A.AlthoughB.OnceC.If

【9】A.kindB.richC.honest

【10】A.failB.relaxC.succeed

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】C

【4】A

【5】B

【6】B

【7】A

【8】A

【9】C

【10】C

【解析】

这篇短文通过讲述一个在纽约火车站站口拉小提琴赚学费的年轻艺术家，在收到乔治错放的彩票后，还给了主人的故事。告诉我们：我们的一生中得到和失去的会有许多，但诚实总伴随着我们。如果我们用不诚实的方式做事，可能我们会一时成功，但从长久看，我们将是一个失败者。

【1】句意：他在拉小提琴，他的音乐非常棒，很多人都把钱投到他的帽子里。

piano钢琴；guitar吉他；violin小提琴；根据下文“and played the violin as usual.”可知像往常一样拉起了小提琴，可推测出此处是“violin”，故选C。

【2】句意：他在拉小提琴，他的音乐非常棒，很多人都把钱投到他的帽子里。

bowl碗；hat帽子；pocket口袋；根据“a man named George Sang put an important thing into my hat”可知有一个叫乔治桑的人错将一份很重要的东西放在我的礼帽里，可推测出此处是“帽子”，故选B。

【3】句意：第二天，年轻的艺术家又来到了老地方，像往常一样拉起了小提琴。

similar相似；different不同；same相同；根据下文年轻的艺术家想要找的乔治桑，可推测出此处是相同的地方，所以用“same”，故选C。

【4】句意：与前一天不同的是，他拿出一张纸，把它放在地上。

it它；its它的；they他们；根据“he took out a piece of paper”可知他拿出一张纸，可推测出此处是用it代指the paper，故选A。

【5】句意：昨天傍晚，有一个叫乔治桑的人错将一份很重要的东西放在我的礼帽里。

by then到那时；by mistake错误地；by the way顺便问一下；根据“Please come to get it soon”可知请快来取吧，可推测出此处是“by mistake”，故选B。

【6】句意：大约半小时后，一位老人匆忙地跑过去。

young年轻；old老的；small小的；根据下文“It's the most valuable lottery in my 70 years of life”可知这是我70年人生中最有价值的彩票，可推测出此处是“老的”，故选B。

【7】句意：小提琴手拿出一张彩票。

took out拿出；took off起飞；took back拿回；根据“The violinist ___7___ a lottery ticket.”可知小提琴手 一张彩票，可推测出此处是“拿出”，其他不符合题意。故选A。

【8】句意：尽管我没钱，但我活得很快乐。

Although尽管；Once曾经；If如果；根据“__8___ I don't have much money, I live happily”可知我没钱，我活得很快乐，可推测出从句与主句之间是让步关系，所以此处用“Although”，故选A。

【9】句意：但是，诚实却应该始终与我们同在。

kind友好；rich富有；honest诚实；根据上文“but if I lose honesty, I won't be happy forever.”可知如果我失去了诚实，我就不会永远快乐，可推测出此处是“诚实”，故选C。

【10】句意：如果我们行事不诚实，我们可能在短时间内成功。

fail失败；relax放松；succeed成功；根据“we will be a loser.”可知我们将是输家，可推测出此处是“成功”，其他不符合题意。故选C。