Question

On a Friday night, a poor young artist stood at the gate of the subway station, playing his violin.     the music was great, few people slowed down their     and put some money into his     .

The next day, he came again. But this time he     a piece of paper on the ground. It     , “Last night, a gentleman named George Sang put something important into my hat     . Please come to get it back soon.” Then he     the violin and began playing. He was soon     with people. After about half an hour, a middle-aged man     through the crowd to the violinist and said, “Yes, you did come here. I knew you’re true-hearted…”

The violinist asked     , “Are you Mr. George Sang?”

The man nodded.

“Did you lose     ?”

“Lottery(彩票). It’s lottery...”

The violinist then     a lottery ticket, on which George Sang’s name was seen.

George     the lottery ticket and kissed it.

The story     to be this: George bought the ticket several days ago and     $500,000 yesterday. He was     with joy and took out 50 dollars for the violinist.     , the lottery ticket was also thrown in. The violinist would fly to Vienna that morning. But he     the flight and returned where he’s given the lottery.

When asked “Why didn’t you take it for yourself     you are in need of money?” the violinist said: “Although I don’t have much money, I live happily; but if I lose     I won’t be happy forever.”

1.A. SoB. IfC. BecauseD. While

2.A. beatsB. heartsC. pacesD. shoes

3.A. pocketB. boxC. violinD. hat

4.A. laid    B. layC. builtD. bought

5.A. said    B. wroteC. talkedD. betrayed

6.A. on the contraryB. by chanceC. by mistakeD. on principle

7.A. adaptedB. adjustedC. mendedD. mastered

8.A. filledB. coatedC. occupiedD. surrounded

9.A. feltB. pulledC. rushedD. wound

10.A. calmlyB. carelesslyC. coldlyD. proudly

11.A. one    B. somethingC. anything D. it

12.A. signedB. providedC. producedD. marked

13.A. robbedB. seizedC. obtainedD. acquired

14.A. made out  B. turned outC. figured outD. stood out

15.A. wonB. defeatedC. achievedD. completed

16.A. shabbyB. generousC. madD. cautious

17.A. LuckilyB. UnwillinglyC. ProperlyD. Unfortunately

18.A. canceled    B. postponedC. delayedD. stopped

19.A. in thatB. now thatC. for fear thatD. what if

20.A. trust B. beliefC. honestyD. glory

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.D

4.A

5.A

6.C

7.B

8.D

9.C

10.A

11.B

12.C

13.B

14.B

15.A

16.C

17.D

18.A

19.B

20.C

【解析】

试题分析：诚实是什么？我们该如何让人们诚实？文章通过一个小故事告诉了我们究竟该如何保持诚实。

1.D考查连词辨析A. So因此；B. If如果；C. Because因为；D. While虽然；句意：虽然拉得很好，但几乎没有人停下来听，往帽子放钱。根据文中出现few people 可知两个句子之间是转折关系，故选D项。

2.2】C考查名词辨析A. beats敲击；B. hearts心；C. paces步伐；D. shoes鞋；句意：虽然拉得很好，但几乎没有人停下来听，往帽子放钱。根据语境在地铁处拉琴，希望人们能驻足，故选C项。

3.3】D考查名词辨析A. pocket口袋；B. box盒子；C. violin小提琴；D. hat帽子；句意：虽然拉得很好，但几乎没有人停下来听，往帽子放钱。根据下方提到第二段第二行提到Last night, a gentleman named George Sang put something important into my hat，故选D项。

4.4】A考查动词辨析A. laid放；B. lay躺C. built建立；D. bought买；句意：第二天，他又来了，但这次他往地上放一张纸。根据下方提到It , “Last night, a gentleman named George Sang put something important into my hat . Please come to get it back soon.可知放了张纸条，故选A项。

5.5】A考查动词辨析A. said说；B. wrote写；C. talked说；D. betrayed背叛；句意：上面写着，昨晚，一个叫乔治的先生往我的帽子放了一些重要的东西。根据it said 上面写着，固定用法，故选A项。

6.6】C考查短语辨析A. on the contrary相反；B. by chance机会；C. by mistake错误的；D. on principle原则上；句意：上面写着，昨晚，一个叫乔治的先生失误地往我的帽子放了一些重要的东西。根据可知，有人错误的放了重要的东西，故选C项。

7.7】B考查动词辨析A. adapted采纳；B. adjusted调整；C. mended修理；D. mastered掌握；句意：然后，他调整了一下小提琴，继续演奏；根据began playing.可知先调整了一下琴，故选B项。

8.8】D考查动词辨析A. filled充满；B. coated穿衣；C. occupied占据；D. surrounded围绕；句意：他很快被人们围起来。Be surrounded with 被，，围绕，故选D项。

9.9】C考查动词辨析A. felt感觉；B. pulled拖；C. rushed推；D. wound受伤；句意：过了半小时，一个中年男人穿过人群来到小提琴者的面前。根据上文提到He was soon with people可知人很多，故穿过人群，故选C项。

10.0】A考查副词辨析A. calmly平静地；B. carelessly粗心地；C. coldly冷酷地；D. proudly骄傲地；句意：年轻人平静的问，你是乔治先生吗？根据上文提到After about half an hour, a middle-aged man through the crowd to the violinist and said, “Yes, you did come here. I knew you’re true-hearted…”与乔治的焦急相比，年轻人很平静，故选A项。

11.1】B考查代词辨析A. one一个； B. something一些；C. anything任何；D. it它；句意：是你丢了东西吗？根据下方提到“Lottery(彩票). It’s lottery...” 可知在问是不是丢东西，故选B项。

12.2】C考查动词辨析A. signed打手势；B. provided提供；C. take out 生产；D. marked标记；句意：年轻人拿出一张彩票，上面写着乔治。根据语境，当年轻人问清楚后，从口袋拿出一张彩票，故选C项。

13.3】B考查动词辨析A. robbed抢劫；B. seized抓住；C. obtained获得；D. acquired获得；句意：乔治抓住那张彩票，亲了一下彩票。根据语境可知乔治非常急迫的拿回彩票，故选B项。

14.4】B考查动词短语辨析A. made out理解，辨认；B. turned out证明；C. figured out发现；D. stood out 突出；句意：这个故事原来是这样的。根据下方提到George bought the ticket several days ago and $500,000 yesterday在讲述昨天的故事，故选B项。

15.5】A考查动词辨析A. won赢得；B. defeated打败；C. achieved取得；D. completed完成；句意：乔治几天前买了张彩票，赢了50万美元。根据语境可知买了彩票并且中奖了，故选A项。

16.6】C考查形容词辨析A. shabby简陋的；B. generous慷慨的；C. mad发疯的；D. cautious谨慎的；句意：他乐疯了，拿出50美元给了拉小提琴的年轻人。根据上文提到George bought the ticket several days ago and $500,000 yesterday可知乐疯了，故选C项。

17.7】D考查副词辨析A. Luckily幸运地；B. Unwillingly不愿意地；C. Properly正确地；D. Unfortunately不幸地；句意：不幸地是，彩票也扔进去了。根据语境，乔治乐疯了，中奖了，所以一时兴奋把彩票也扔进去了，故选D项。

18.8】A考查动词辨析A. canceled取消；B. postponed延缓；C. delayed耽误；D. stopped停止；句意：但是他取消航班，返回得到彩票的地方。根据上文提到第二段提到The next day, he came again.，可知他取消了航班，故选A项。

19.9】B考查短语辨析A. in that因为；B. now that既然；C. for fear that唯恐；D. what if倘若；句意：当被问到，既然你很需要钱，为什么不拿走呢？两个句子因果关系，故选B项。

20.20】C考查名词辨析A. trust信任；B. belief信念；C. honesty诚实；D. glory光荣；句意：年轻人说，虽然我没有钱，但我很快乐，但如果我失去了诚实，一天也不会快乐。根据语境，没有拿走别人的彩票，表明他很诚实，故选C项。

考点：故事类阅读。