第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分） 请阅读下面短文，掌握其

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第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

请阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36～55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D中），选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。

On a Friday night, a poor young artist stood at the gate of the subway station, playing his violin. People quickly going home for the weekend  36  their paces and put some  37  into the hat of the young man.　　

The next day, the young artist came again, and put his  38  on the ground gently. Different from the day before, he  39  a large piece of paper on the ground and put some stones on it. Then he  40  the violin and began playing.

　　Before long, the young violinist was  41  by people, who were all attracted by the words on that paper. It said, “ 42 , a gentleman named George Sang put a(n)  43  thing into my hat  44 . Please come to claim it soon.”

　　It caused a great excitement and people  45  what it could be. After about half an hour, a middle-aged man ran there in a hurry and  46  through the crowd to the violinist and grabbed his  47  and said, “Yes, it’s you. I knew that you’re an  48  man and would certainly come here.”

　　The violinist took out a lottery ticket( * * ) on which George Sang’s name was seen and gave it to George, who  49  the lottery ticket and kissed it, then he  50  with the violinist.

The story turned out to be like this: George Sang  51  a lottery ticket a few days ago. The awards opened yesterday and he won a prize of $500, 000. So he felt very  52  after work the night before and felt the music was so wonderful that he put 50 dollars in the hat.  53 , the lottery ticket was also thrown in.

Through our lives, we can gain a lot and lose so much. But being honest  54  always be with us. If we bear ourselves in a dishonest way, we may succeed  55 . However, from the long-term view, we will be losers.

36．A. sped up                    B. slowed down            C. set                                  D. kept

37．A. money                        B. tickets                      C. food                               D. cards

38．A. violin                      B. wallet                      C. hat                                  D. note

39．A. found                      B. noticed                     C. laid                                 D. stuck

40．A. moved                  B. cleaned                    C. admired                          D. adjusted

41．A. surrounded            B. praised                    C. encouraged                   D. questioned

42．A. Last week                 B. Yesterday morning    C. This afternoon                 D. Last night

43．A. useful                      B. important                 C. new                                D. strange

44．A. on purpose               B. at once                            C. by mistake                       D. with care

45．A. knew                       B. wondered                 C. realized                           D. noticed

46．A. walked                     B. forced                      C. passed                             D. rushed

47．A. violin                      B. ticket                       C. shoulders                         D. ears

48．A. honest                  B. interesting                C. important                        D. exciting

49．A. seized                      B. received                   C. dropped                          D. purchased

50．A. argued                        B. danced                            C. left                                 D. stayed

51．A. printed                     B. possessed                C. lost                                 D. bought

52．A. happy                      B. desperate                 C. grateful                           D. hopeful

53．A. Therefore                 B. However                  C. Besides                           D. Fortunately

54．A. can                          B. may                         C. should                             D. would

55．A. finally                            B. completely               C. happily                           D. temporarily