On a Friday night, a poor young violinist was playing his violin at the entrance(入口处) of the subway station. The music was so that people slowed down to listen and put some money into his .
The next morning, the violinist came to the entrance again. He his hat as usual. Beside the hat was a piece of paper with some words on it. It said, “A George Sang has put an thing into my hat by mistake. Welcome to claim(认领) it.” Soon the people were all by the words and wondered what it could be. After a while, a man rushed through the crowd, took the violinist’s shoulders and said, “I knew you would come here.” The violinist asked, “Did you lose ?” “Lottery( * * ).” The violinist took out a lottery ticket with Sang’s name on it. Sang took it and danced happily.
Sang was an office worker. He the lottery and won a prize of $500,000. But when he gave $50 to the violinist for his wonderful music, the lottery ticket was thrown in, too. The violinist was a college student. That morning, he was going to fly to Vienna(维也纳) for high . However, when he found the ticket, he cancelled(取消) the flight and returned to the entrance.
Later someone asked the violinist why he didn’t take the lottery ticket to pay tuition fee(学费). He said, “ I don’t have much money, I live happily. If I lost honesty(诚实)，I won’t be happy forever.”
小题1:A. loud B. terrible C. great
小题2:A. bowl B. bag C. hat
小题3:A. put off B. put down C. put away
小题4:A. important B. interesting C. annoying
小题5:A. attracted B. excited C. surprised
小题6:A. hardly B. certainly C. never
小题7:A. something B. nothing C. everything
小题8:A. borrowed B. bought C. sold
小题9:A. business B. vacation C. education
小题10:A. Because B. However C. Although