Question

【題目】

In the busy city of New York, such an astonishing thing ever happened.

On a Friday night, a poor young artist stood at the gate of the underground station, playing his violin. Many people slowed down their paces and put some money into the hat of the young man.

The next day, the young artist came to the gate of the underground station, and put his hat on the ground gracefully. Different from the day before, he took out a large piece of paper and laid it on the ground and put some stones on it. Before long, the young violinist was surrounded with people, who were all attracted* by the words on that paper. It said, "Last night, a gentleman named George Sang put an important thing into my hat by mistake. Please come to claim it soon."

After about half an hour, a middle-aged man ran there in a hurry and rushed through the crowd to the violinist and grabbed his shoulders and said, "Yes, it's you. You did come here. I knew that you're an honest* man and would certainly come here."

The young violinist asked calmly, "Are you Mr. George Sang?"

The man nodded. The violinist asked, "Did you lose something?"

"Lottery. It's a lottery," said the man.

The violinist took out a lottery ticket on which George Sang's name was seen. "Is it?" he asked.

George nodded and seized the lottery ticket and kissed it.

The story turned out to be this: George Sang is a manager in a big company. He bought a lottery ticket issued by a bank a few days ago. It opened yesterday and he won a prize of $500,000. So he felt very happy after work and felt the music was so wonderful, that he took out 50 dollars and put it in the hat. However the lottery ticket was also thrown in. The violinist was a student at an Arts College and had planned to study in Vienna. He had booked the ticket and would fly that morning. However when he was cleaning up he found the lottery ticket. Thinking that the owner would return to look for it, he cancelled* the flight and came back to where he was given the lottery ticket.

Later someone asked the violinist: "At that time you were in need of money. Why didn't you take the lottery ticket for yourself?"

The violinist said, "Although I don't have much money, I live happily; but if I lose honesty I won't be happy forever."

【1】Where did the poor young artist play the violin?

A. In a nice hall of a big company. B. On the playground of Arts College.

C. Outside the meeting room of a bank. D. At the gate of the underground station.

【2】George Sang put _____ into the young artist's hat on Friday night.

A. some stones B. a piece of paper

C. 50 dollars and a lottery D. his air ticket and some money

【3】The young artist cancelled the flight to Vienna because he thought ______.

A. the owner would return to look for the lottery

B. he didn’t have enough money to pay for his study

C. Arts College asked him to wait for Mr. George Sang

D. people in the underground station didn’t let him leave

【4】What do you think of what the young violinist said in the last paragraph? ▲ (請用約40詞回答)

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 D

【2】 C

【3】 A

【4】 I agree with the violinist’s idea. From what he said, we can find that he’s an honest but happy person, although he’s not rich. Honesty is important. We cannot truly live happily without it. Having a lot of money doesn't mean happiness.(42W)

【解析】

這篇短文主要講述了一個貧苦的藝術家在地鐵站拉小提琴,來吸引人們給他捐錢，一個人不小心把他的中獎彩票扔到了他的帽子里，他為了等到那個人一直在這里拉小提琴，這篇短文告訴我們一個人失去誠實，就不會永遠幸福。”

【1】根據文中On a Friday night, a poor young artist stood at the gate of the underground station, playing his violin.可知，在地鐵站門口。故選D。

【2】根據文中George Sang is a manager in a big company. He bought a lottery ticket issued by a bank a few days ago. It opened yesterday and he won a prize of $500,000. So he felt very happy after work and felt the music was so wonderful, that he took out 50 dollars and put it in the hat.可知，是一張彩票和50美元。故選C。

【3】根據文中Thinking that the owner would return to look for it, he cancelled* the flight and came back to where he was given the lottery ticket.可知，因為他認為店主會回來找彩票的。

故選A。

【4】根據最后一段The violinist said, "Although I don't have much money, I live happily; but if I lose honesty I won't be happy forever."可知，從他的話中我們可以看出他是一個誠實而快樂的人，盡管他并不富有。誠實是重要的。沒有它我們就不能真正快樂地生活。有很多錢并不意味著幸福。

故答案是I agree with the violinist’s idea. From what he said, we can find that he’s an honest but happy person, although he’s not rich. Honesty is important. We cannot truly live happily without it. Having a lot of money doesn't mean happiness.(42W)