On a Friday night, a poor young violinist was playing his violin at the entrance of the subway station. The
music was so great that people slowed to listen and put some money into his hat.
The next day, the violinist came the entrance again. He put down 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 important thing into may hat by mistake.
Welcome to claim (认领) it." Soon the people were all attracted 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
certainly come here." The vilinist asked, "Did you lose something?" "Lottery (彩票)". 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 bought 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 for high education. However, when he found the ticket, he
cancelled the flight and returned to the entrance.
Later someone asked the violinist why he didn"t take the lottery ticket to pay the tuition fee (学费). He said,
"Although I didn"t have much money, I live happily. If I lose honesty, I won"t be happy forever." |
| Title: The importance of 1. honest | (1) On a Friday night, a poor young man who 2. the vionlin very well was playing at the entrance
of the subway station. He played so 3. that people slowed to give him some money. | (2) On 4. night, the young man did the same thing as usual. Beside the hat there was a piece of
paper, there were some words 5. on it. Soon the paper 6. many people and the people
wnted to know what it could be. After a while, a man rushed to the young man 7. . But when the
man saw the lottery with his 8. on it, he couldn"t help 9. happily. | (3) Sang bought the lottery and won a prize of $500,000, but when he gave money to the young man,
the lottery ticket was thrown in, too. That morning, the young man had planed to go to Vienna by
10. . However, when he found the ticket, he returned to the entrance. |
1. Being 2. played 3. wonderfully 4. Saturday 5. written
6. attracted 7. hurriedly 8. name 9. dancing 10. plane |
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试题【任务型阅读。 On a Friday night, a poor young violinist was playing his violin at th】；主要考察你对 人物故事类等知识点的理解。 [详细]举一反三
| 完形填空。 | Wu Yang gets 1 late. He rides his bike to the school quickly. He doesn"t look 2 the traffic (交通)
lights, so he hits (撞) a 3 . The driver 4 him to hospital right now. The doctor looks over Wu Yang
very carefully (仔细地). Wu Yang wants to go to 5 but the doctor and the driver 6 him to stay in bed.
"Now my boy," says the doctor. "Could you 7 me your name, please?"
"What are you going to do?" asks Wu Yang.
"I"m going to tell your parents and your 8 ." answers the doctor.
"But my parents 9 my name and my teacher knows my name, 10 ." says Wu Yang. | ( )1. A. down
( )2. A. at
( )3. A. light
( )4. A. takes
( )5. A. hospital
( )6. A. say
( )7. A. tell
( )8. A. classmate
( )9. A. listen
( )10. A. too | B. out
B. on
B. bike
B. brings
B. school
B. ask
B. say
B. student
B. hear
B. else | C. up
C. after
C. car
C. carries
C. bed
C. speak
C. speak
C. friend
C. know
C. other | D. away
D. for
D. man
D. puts
D. chair
D. talk
D. talk
D. teacher
D. write
D. also | | 阅读理解。 | Professor Brown was very absent-minded (心不在焉的). He had gone to visit a friend who lived not far
from the college. They had dinner and then talked and talked, for Brown was a great talker. Midnight came,
one o"clock, two o"clock, and still Brown kept on talking, though by this time the friend was feeling very
tired and kept looking at the clock. He didn"t want to be impolite, but at last he said,"Brown, my dear fellow
(伙伴), I hate to put you out, but I have a class at nine o"clock tomorrow, and I must go to bed.
"My God!" said Brown, blushing (脸红) and looking awkward (尴尬), "I thought you were at my house." | | 1. Professor Brown worked in a ______. | | [ ] | A. college
B. village
C. school
D. city | | 2. His friend"s house was ______ his house. | | [ ] | A. near to
B. far from
C. by
D. at the end of | | 3. Mr Brown talked ______ at his friend"s house. | | [ ] | A. immediately
B. a long time
C. not very long
D. a short time | | 4. While keeping on talking, his friend felt ______. | | [ ] | A. happy
B. tiring
C. tired
D. glad | | 5. From the passage, we know that Professor Brown was both and . | | [ ] | A. talkative, quiet
B. helpful, tired
C. talkative, absent-minded
D. careless, absent-minded | | 用方框中所给词语的适当形式填空。 | | when close difference weak for feel lot important hard think | | 完形填空。 | Dick is a milkman in New York. He is near-sighted (近视眼). He has a red car. The car is neither expensive
1 very cheap. Many people have cars like that. Dick likes to go for a ride after supper with his big white dog.
He calls his dog Bobby.
Last Saturday evening Dick went to a circus (去看马戏). He went in his car with Bobby. Hundreds of
people went to circus, and Dick was 2 to see so many cars there.
"Where can I park my car?" he 3 . Bobby was clever. It knew 4 Dick was looking for. It jumped out
of the car and ran 5 . Then it barked. It found a 6 between two red cars.
Good! Dick was happy. He backed his car 7 the space and went with Bobby to see the show.
Dick and Bobby had a good time. Dick laughed 8 and Bobby was 9 to see all the animals. When the
show was 10 Dick went out and got into the car. "Come in, Bobby." he said to the big dog. But to his
surprise, Bobby wouldn"t listen to him. It jumped into the next car!
Dick got out and 11 the dog back. But soon it jumped into the next car again!
What"s wrong with Bobby? Dick just couldn"t understand.
Now can you tell what was wrong with the big dog?
Solution (解答): There was 12 wrong with the dog. It was sitting in its master"s car 13 Dick was in
someone 14 car. Remember: Dick was near-sighted and the three red cars were 15 red ones. | ( ) 1. A. or
( ) 2. A. happy
( ) 3. A. wondered
( ) 4. A. that
( ) 5. A. up
( ) 6. A. place
( ) 7. A. into
( ) 8. A. much
( ) 9. A. excited
( ) 10. A. on
( ) 11. A. pulled
( ) 12. A. nothing
( ) 13. A. when
( ) 14. A. other"s
( ) 15. A. all | B. nor
B. surprised
B. wanted
B. whom
B. about
B. address
B. to
B. many
B. angry
B. over
B. took
B. something
B. while
B. else"s
B. both | C. either
C. exciting
C. knew
C. what
C. down
C. room
C. in
C. lot
C. exciting
C. in
C. caught
C. anything
C. as
C. another"s
C. none | D. but
D. glad
D. asked
D. who
D. on
D. space
D. up to
D. a lot
D. interesting
D. up
D. called
D. no
D. since
D. others"
D. neither | | 阅读理解。 | A man was selling medicines at a fair (集市). At first he sold bottles of a cure (药) for colds for just a dollar
a bottle.
Many people wanted to buy it and the man"s young assistant moved quickly through the crowd collecting
money and handing out bottles of the cold cure.
Then, when he had a big crowd, the man held up a very small bottle.
"And now, ladies and gentlemen," he shouted, "here is the medicine you have been waiting for. The cure for
old age. Drink just one bottle of this and you will live forever."
"And, ladies and gentlemen," the man continued, "I"m not going to charge (收费) you a hundred dollars a
bottle for this wonderful medicine. I"m not going to charge you fifty dollars a bottle. I"m not going to charge you
twenty-five dollars a bottle. No, ladies and gentlemen, I"m going to charge you just ten dollars a bottle. Think,
my friends, for ten dollars you can live forever."
Most of the people in the crowd did not believe this.
One person shouted, "If it will make you live forever, why don"t you drink it?"
Then another person cried, "Yes, you look as if you"re at least sixty years old."
"Thank you, sir, thank you," the man replied. "I"m so glad you said that. My real age is three hundred and
twenty-nine."
The crowd laughed at this, but there were still a few people who wanted to believe the man. One of them
spoke to the man"s assistant as she passed by. "Is it true" he asked, "that he"s three hundred and
twenty-nine?"
"Don"t ask me," the assistant said. "I"ve only worked for him for a hundred and fifty years." | | 1．What did the man sell at first？ | | [ ] | A．A cure for colds.
B．Empty bottles.
C．A cure for old age.
D．A medicine that made people live forever. | | 2．Why didn"t the people believe the man was selling medicine that could cure (治病) old age？ | | [ ] | A．The medicine was too cheap.
B．The medicine was too expensive.
C．He looked quite old himself.
D．He didn"t look honest. | | 3．How old did the man selling medicine say he was？ | | [ ] | A．At least sixty.
B．Over three hundred.
C．A hundred and fifty.
D．He didn"t say. | | 4．How much did the man charge for the cure for old age？ | | [ ] | A．One dollar a bottle.
B．Twenty-five dollars a bottle.
C．Ten dollars a bottle.
D．Fifty dollars a bottle. | | 5．Which of the following is TRUE？ | | [ ] | A．Not very many people wanted to buy the cold cure.
B．He charged twenty-five dollars a bottle for the cure for colds.
C．The man selling medicine had taken his own cure for old age.
D．The assistant was younger than the man. |
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