Question

John, a famous musician, took his priceless antique violin and played it in the crowded subway station. The music from the violin was delicately streaming throughout the whole station．However, during the one-hour play, only six or seven people were truly appreciating the charming music．A three-year-old kid was so fascinated by the music that he forgot everything around．John only got 52 dollars for his work that day．

However, in normal days, when John is about to hold a concert, one ticket can be sold at more than 100

dollars and it is extremely hard to buy a ticket even at such a high price．Therefore, later, many passers-by in the

station that day felt deeply regretful for not recognizing the famous musician and missing such a valuable but

cheap music feast．

I have a very busy friend who had totally changed after knowing that his wife came down with

incurable illness．He cooked by himself for the family and took a walk with his wife every day．Nonetheless, his

wife still did not manage to conquer the illness and passed away. After that, he often sighed. Due to to his past busy life, he had missed a lot of beautiful time with his wife．But now, it is impossible to make up for it．

But It is no use crying over spilt milk．We have missed a lot of precious things without knowing to treasure

them．The reason is less than simple：we had thought that we could still own them tomorrow．

There was a famous Buddhist monk saying that in many people's lives, they have only done two things：

waiting and regretting．The result is that they were always too late to cherish what they had before they lost it．

We would often claim to do something when we grow up, or when we have money or when we become old, etc．However, when we reach the condition we have expected, we could no longer realize our wish, because we

have lost it by then．

1.John played his violin but only a few passers-by appreciated it that day because__________.

A. they hurried to catch their subway    B. they always saw John perform there

C. they couldn’t afford the music John played    D. they didn’t know its performer was so famous

2.The word ”conquer” in Paragraph 3 probably means _______

A. fight against    B. prevent from    C. get over    D. face with

3.We can infer from the passage that _______.

A. the child was good at telling good music from bad one

B. Charles used to be too busy to spend time with his wife

C. It’s never too late for us to make our dreams come true

D. It’s available to make up for what we haven’t done before

4.We can learn from the sentence “ they have only done two things waiting and regretting” in the last

paragraph that many people _______

A. won’t treasure what they have until they lost them

B. can’t achieve anything great until they get older

C. are easy to take pride in what they are doing

D. expect to make progress but want to do something

5.The beat title of this passage is probably __________

A. Tomorrow is a Mystery    B. Don’t Regret for Waiting

C. Never Cry  over Spilt Milk    D. Fight for the Bright Future

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.C

【解析】短文大意：文章通过音乐家约翰的故事和作者朋友的经历，说明了很多美好的事，往往简简单单就被轻易错过了，所以我们要珍惜眼下，不再错过。

1.D细节推理题。根据第二段Therefore, later, many passers-by in the station that day felt deeply regretful for not recognizing the famous musician and missing such a valuable but cheap music feast．可知约翰演奏小提琴却只有几个路人欣赏它， 是因为人们不知道演奏者是这么的著名。

2.C词义猜测题。根据上下文意，可推知本句意思是：尽管如此，他的妻子仍然无法战胜病魔，去世了。conquer 应该是“战胜”之意，而get over战胜、克服，故选择答案C。

3.B细节理解题。根据第三段前两句可知，在得知他的妻子得了不治之症后，他完全改变了，他自己为家人做饭，每天和妻子散步，说明原来他太忙了，而不能陪伴妻子。所以答案为B。

4.A主旨大意题。根据最后一段文意可知，许多人做事总在拖延，直到失去了才珍惜他们拥有的东西。所以答案为A。

5.C总结归纳题。根据本文大意可知，告诫人们要珍惜当下，不要悔恨莫及，而Never Cry over Spilt Milk悔恨莫及，所以答案为C。