On a Friday ________, a poor young artist stood at the gate of the subway station, playing his violin. The music was ________, and many people ________ and put some money into the ________ of the young man.
The next night, the young artist took out a large piece of ________ and laid it on the ground.
Then he began ________. The music sounded more pleasant. Some people gathered and they found the ________ on that paper. “Last night, a gentleman put a(n) ________ thing into my hat. Please come to get it back.” When the people saw that, they felt very curious and began to ________ what it could be. After about half an hour, a man ________ there in a hurry and said, “It can’t be true!You ...you ...”
The young violinist asked, “Did you ________ something?”
“Lottery (彩票).”the man answered ________.
The violinist took out a lottery ticket. “Is it?” he asked.
The man was too ________ to say a word ...George Sang ________ a lottery ticket a few days ago. The awards(奖)opened yesterday and he won $500,000. So lucky and excited did he feel that he ________ 50 dollars and put it in the hat when hearing the music. However, the lottery ticket was also thrown into the hat without being noticed. The violinist found the lottery ticket.
Thinking that the owner would ________ to look for it, he came back to where he was given the lottery ticket.
Someone asked the violinist ________ he returned the lottery ticket to the man. He said, “________ I don’t have much ________, I live happily; but if I lose ________,I won’t be happy forever.”
【小题1】A.morning | B.afternoon | C.noon | D.night |
【小题2】A.quiet | B.beautiful | C.familiar | D.exciting |
【小题3】A.slowed down | B.speeded up | C.passed by | D.went away |
【小题4】【小题5】A.paper | B.glass | C.plastic | D.cloth |
【小题6】A.working | B.waiting | C.singing | D.playing |
【小题7】A.poems | B.articles | C.words | D.texts |
【小题8】A.important | B.fantastic | C.dangerous | D.interesting |
【小题9】A.argue | B.care | C.expect | D.guess |
【小题10】A.came | B.rushed | C.walked | D.left |
【小题11】A.get | B.find | C.forget | D.lose |
【小题12】A.quickly | B.anxiously | C.seriously | D.carefully |
【小题13】A.confused | B.anxious | C.excited | D.surprised |
【小题14】A.bought | B.made | C.found | D.sold |
【小题15】A.handed out | B.took out | C.hunted for | D.picked up |
【小题16】A.forget | B.remember | C.return | D.pick |
【小题17】【小题18】A.If | B.While | C.Because | D.Although |
【小题19】A.money | B.food | C.time | D.luck |
【小题20】A.friendship | B.hope | C.love | D.honesty |