—Oh,Mario,it’s you!You     a lot!
—Yeah,it’s been ten years since we last met.

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

根据对话内容及首字母提示冤成对诂。(2．5分)

Sally: Hello, Barry. I n__(1) some things for class this afternoon. Can you b      (2) them to school for me, please?

Barry: OK. Where are they?

Sally: My English book is on the desk. And the ruler is in the d__(3).And my notebook.

Barry: Where's your notebook?

Sally: Uh. it's on the d        (4). Oh, no. It's on the desk. And my CDs, they're on the bookcase.

Barry: Well. I'll meet you a__(5) 12 o'clock.