Question

【題目】 In New York, on a Friday night, a poor young artist stood at the gate of a train station. He was playing his _______.His music was so great that many People put money into his ______ .

The next day, the young artist came to the ______ place, and played the violin as usual. Different from the day before, he took out a piece of paper and put ______ on the ground. The paper read, "Last night, a man named George Sang put an important thing into my hat ______.Please come to get it soon."

After about half an hour, a(n) ______ man ran there in a hurry, "Oh, it's you. You did come here." The young violinist asked calmly, "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 ______ a lottery ticket. George Sang's name was on it. So the violinist gave it to him. The violinist said, " ______ 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 much. But being ______ should always be with us. If we act in a dishonest way, we may ______ in a short period. However, from the long-term view, we will be a loser.

【1】A.pianoB.guitarC.violin

【2】A.bowlB.hatC.pocket

【3】A.similarB.differentC.same

【4】A.itB.itsC.they

【5】A.by thenB.by mistakeC.by the way

【6】A.youngB.oldC.small

【7】A.took outB.took offC.took back

【8】A.AlthoughB.OnceC.If

【9】A.kindB.richC.honest

【10】A.failB.relaxC.succeed

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】C

【4】A

【5】B

【6】B

【7】A

【8】A

【9】C

【10】C

【解析】

這篇短文通過講述一個(gè)在紐約火車站站口拉小提琴賺學(xué)費(fèi)的年輕藝術(shù)家，在收到喬治錯(cuò)放的彩票后，還給了主人的故事。告訴我們：我們的一生中得到和失去的會(huì)有許多，但誠實(shí)總伴隨著我們。如果我們用不誠實(shí)的方式做事，可能我們會(huì)一時(shí)成功，但從長久看，我們將是一個(gè)失敗者。

【1】句意：他在拉小提琴，他的音樂非常棒，很多人都把錢投到他的帽子里。

piano鋼琴；guitar吉他；violin小提琴；根據(jù)下文“and played the violin as usual.”可知像往常一樣拉起了小提琴，可推測出此處是“violin”，故選C。

【2】句意：他在拉小提琴，他的音樂非常棒，很多人都把錢投到他的帽子里。

bowl碗；hat帽子；pocket口袋；根據(jù)“a man named George Sang put an important thing into my hat”可知有一個(gè)叫喬治桑的人錯(cuò)將一份很重要的東西放在我的禮帽里，可推測出此處是“帽子”，故選B。

【3】句意：第二天，年輕的藝術(shù)家又來到了老地方，像往常一樣拉起了小提琴。

similar相似；different不同；same相同；根據(jù)下文年輕的藝術(shù)家想要找的喬治桑，可推測出此處是相同的地方，所以用“same”，故選C。

【4】句意：與前一天不同的是，他拿出一張紙，把它放在地上。

it它；its它的；they他們；根據(jù)“he took out a piece of paper”可知他拿出一張紙，可推測出此處是用it代指the paper，故選A。

【5】句意：昨天傍晚，有一個(gè)叫喬治桑的人錯(cuò)將一份很重要的東西放在我的禮帽里。

by then到那時(shí)；by mistake錯(cuò)誤地；by the way順便問一下；根據(jù)“Please come to get it soon”可知請快來取吧，可推測出此處是“by mistake”，故選B。

【6】句意：大約半小時(shí)后，一位老人匆忙地跑過去。

young年輕；old老的；small小的；根據(jù)下文“It's the most valuable lottery in my 70 years of life”可知這是我70年人生中最有價(jià)值的彩票，可推測出此處是“老的”，故選B。

【7】句意：小提琴手拿出一張彩票。

took out拿出；took off起飛；took back拿回；根據(jù)“The violinist ___7___ a lottery ticket.”可知小提琴手 一張彩票，可推測出此處是“拿出”，其他不符合題意。故選A。

【8】句意：盡管我沒錢，但我活得很快樂。

Although盡管；Once曾經(jīng)；If如果；根據(jù)“__8___ I don't have much money, I live happily”可知我沒錢，我活得很快樂，可推測出從句與主句之間是讓步關(guān)系，所以此處用“Although”，故選A。

【9】句意：但是，誠實(shí)卻應(yīng)該始終與我們同在。

kind友好；rich富有；honest誠實(shí)；根據(jù)上文“but if I lose honesty, I won't be happy forever.”可知如果我失去了誠實(shí)，我就不會(huì)永遠(yuǎn)快樂，可推測出此處是“誠實(shí)”，故選C。

【10】句意：如果我們行事不誠實(shí)，我們可能在短時(shí)間內(nèi)成功。

fail失��；relax放松；succeed成功；根據(jù)“we will be a loser.”可知我們將是輸家，可推測出此處是“成功”，其他不符合題意。故選C。