In New York, on a Friday night, a poor young artist stood at the gate of a train station. He was playing his  16   .His music was so great that many people put money into his   17   .The next day, the young artist came to the   18   place, and played the violin as usual. Different from the day before, he took out a piece of paper and put   19   on the ground. The paper read ,“Last night ,a man named George Sang put an important thing into my hat  20   .Please come to get it soon.”   21   about half an hour, a(an)   22   man there in a hurry, “Oh ,it’s you. You did come here.” The young violinist asked   23   , “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   24   a lottery ticket. George Sang’s name was on it, so the violinist   25   it to him. Later someone asked the violinist, “Since you   26   play the violin every day to make your tuition (学费)in the university, why didn’t you keep the lottery ticket for yourself?” The violinist said, “   27    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   28   . But being   29   should always be with us. If we act in a dishonest way, we may   30    in a short period(短期). However, from the long-term view, we will be a loser.

A man went out with the wrong boots, one with a thick sole（后跟）and the other with a thin one. As he began to walk, he felt uncomfortable, for one foot was higher than the other. He felt very strange and said, “ Is there anything wrong with my legs today? Why is one of my legs long, and the other short? ”

A passer-by told him that he was wearing the wrong boots. He look down and found that it was really so. At once he asked his servant(仆人) to go back home and get another pair.

After a while the servant ran back to him. There was nothing in his hand. So he was angry and shouted at him, "Why didn't you get me the right boots?" “There's no need to change them," the servant said. "The pair at home is the same, one with a thick sole and the other with a thin one."

1. Why did the man feel uncomfortable when he began to walk?

A．Because the road was too bad.

B．Because he didn’t know the way

C．Because he wore the wrong boots.

D．Because he had no boots.

2.The man's legs themselves _____.

A．were shorter than before

B．were longer than before

C．were broken on his way

D．were right as usual

3.What does the word “passer-by" mean in Chinese?

A．路人             B．智者             C．皮匠             D．老者

4.What did the servant get him back?

A．He got the right boots quickly.

B．He got nothing when he came back

C．He got the same boots back.

D．He got the different boots back. :

5.From the short passage, we know the servant was_______.

A．right             B．careful            C．foolish            D．clever

You invited all your friends     Tom.But why didn’t you invite him?

A、except                   B、besides              C、and