Question

On a Friday night, a poor young artist stood at the gate of the subway station, playing his violin. Many people put some money into the     of the young man.

The next day, the young artist came again, and put his hat on the ground gracefully.    from the day before, he took out a large piece of     and laid it on the ground. Then he began    .

Before long, the young violinist was      with people, who were all attracted by the     on that paper, which said, "Last night, a gentleman named George Sang put something important into my hat   . Please come to claim(认领) it soon."

After half an hour, a middle-aged man ran there in a hurry and     through the crowd to the violinist and said, "Yes, it’s you. You did come here. I knew that you’re an honest man and would     come here."

"Are you Mr. George Sang?"

The man nodded.

"Did you     something?"

"Lottery (彩票). It’s lottery," said the man.

The violinist     a lottery ticket on which George Sang’ s name was seen. "Is it？" he asked.

George nodded, seized the lottery ticket and     it; then he danced with joy.

George bought a lottery ticket which     him a prize of $ 500,000. He was so happy after work and felt the violinist playing so wonderfully that he put 50 dollars in the hat.    , the lottery ticket was also thrown in.

When asked why he didn’t keep the lottery ticket     himself, the violinist said,"    I don’t have much money, I live happily; but if I lose honesty, I won’t be happy forever."

We can gain and lose so much in our life. But being honest should     be with us. If we bear ourselves in a dishonest way, we      succeed temporarily (暂时). However, from the long-term view, we’11 be a loser. Such a person is just like the        on the mountain. It’s high above at first, but gradually it falls and loses the    of going up.

1.A. boxB. hatC. bowlD. bag

2.A. Free        B. AwayC. DifferentD. Far

3.A. paperB. stoneC. cloth    D. wood

4.A. begging    B. shoutingC. playing D. singing

5.A. crowdedB. surrounded    C. surprised    D. satisfied

6.A. words   B. money    C. ticket D. picture

7.A. on purposeB. in time       C. in advance    D. by mistake

8.A. lookedB. lived       C. get D. rushed

9.A. rarely    B. certainlyC. recentlyD. nearly

10.A. loseB. getC. bringD. buy

11.A. handed outB. gave outC. sent out    D. took out

12.A. toreB. threwC. kissed    D. hid

13.A. beatB. sold       C. took    D. won

14.A. FortunatelyB. However   C. Otherwise         D. Generally

15.A. byB. from   C. for    D. with

16.A. Unless   B. Whenever   C. Although    D. Until

17.A. oftenB. never   C. seldom    D. always

18.A. mayB. should    C. must    D. need

19.A. air    B. waterC. grass    D. tree

20.A. roadB. path   C. chance        D. method

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.C

5.B

6.A

7.D

8.D

9.B

10.A

11.D

12.C

13.D

14.B

15.C

16.C

17.D

18.A

19.B

20.C

【解析】

试题分析：讲述一个年轻艺术家在街头卖艺意外收到一张彩票，归还主人。年轻艺术家说，没有了诚实，会永远的不快乐。

1.The next day, the young artist came again, and put his hat on the ground gracefully第二天他又来了，把帽子放在地下。故上文提到的是帽子，所以选B项。

2.he took out a large piece of and laid it on the ground拿出东西放在地方，所以根据明天不同 different from 与。。不同，所以选C项。

3.on that paper, which said, "Last night, a gentleman named George Sang put something important into my hat . Please come to claim(认领) it soon." 纸上写着一些话， 故选A项。

4.On a Friday night, a poor young artist stood at the gate of the subway station, playing his violin这个年轻人是来拉小提琴的，故开始拉琴，所以选C项。

5.who were all attracted by the 41 on that paper,这是people 定语从句，根据语境被人群所围绕故选B项。

6.which said, "Last night, a gentleman named George Sang put something important into my hat . Please come to claim(认领) it soon纸上写着一些话，故选B项。

7.Please come to claim(认领) it soon请来认领，故指扔错了。所以选D项。

8.根据上文的ran there in a hurry可知这个人很匆忙，D符合要求

9.根据上文的you’re an honest man可知这个人认为那个年轻人一定会来的，所以选B项。

10.

11.根据句意可知他拿出了一张彩票。Ticket后面跟着一个定语从句，on which George Sang’ s name was seen，彩票上有他的名字。故D符合题意。

12.根据下文he danced with joy.可知George非常开心，那么应该是亲吻那张彩票，所以选C。

13.Win sb sth帮某人赢得某物；由句意可知这张彩票帮他赢得了$ 500,000。所以选D项。

14.由句意可知他把50美元放进去的，然而这张彩票也被放进去了。D项符合题意。

15.By oneself单独地，独自地;for oneself为自己。句意 当被问到为什么不自己留下那张彩票，故C项符合题意。

16.由句意可知上下文是转折关系，尽管我没有钱，但是我很幸福。如果失去了诚实，我也就不再幸福了。根据句意可知在生活中我们会得到也会失去，但是我们要一直都要诚实。所以选C项。

17.根据句意可知在生活中我们会得到也会失去，但是我们要一直都要诚实。所以选D项

18.如果用一种不诚实的方法，也许我们暂时会成功。表示一种可能性，故A项符合题意 。

19.It’s high above at first, but gradually it falls and loses the 55 of going up.首先是比较高的，推断比喻成山里的水，故选B项。

20.It’s high above at first, but gradually it falls and loses the of going up.山里的水虽然高最终会落下来，失去成长的机会。点明文章主题。

考点 故事类短文。