23、One Friday night，a poor young man stood at a gate of the railway station，playing his violin．Many people put money into the hat lying in front of him．

The next day，the young man came to the gate of the railway station again，and put his hat on the ground．But different from what he always did in the past days，he took out a large piece of paper and laid it on the ground．It said，“Last night，a gentleman named George Sang put an important thing into my hat by mistake．Please come soon，Mr. Sang．”

After about half an hour，a middle--aged man ran to the young man in a hurry and said，“It’s you! You do come here．I know that you’re an honest man and will certainly come here．” The young man asked，“Are you Mr. George Sang? Did you lose anything?” “A lottery（獎(jiǎng)券）ticket，” answered the middle--aged man．The young man took out of a lottery ticket and gave it to the man．

The prize of the lottery ticket was $500,000．Yesterday when the middle--aged man knew he won，he was very happy．He took out 50 dollars and put it in the hat．However，the lottery ticket was also thrown in．

Later，someone asked the young man，“You play the violin in the railway station every day to make money．Why didn't you just take the prize of the lottery ticket for yourself?” The young man said，“Although I don't have much money，I live happily．But if I lose honesty．I won't be happy forever．”

1．One Friday night，_________．

A．a(chǎn) poor young man was playing his violin at a gate of the railway station

B．someone took away some money from the hat lying in front of the young man

C．people didn't want to put money into the hat because they didn't like his music

D．people saw a poor young man standing at the railway station

2．Why did a middle-aged man run to the young man in a hurry?

A．Because he was an honest man and would certainly come．

B．Because he wanted to look for his lost lottery ticket．

C．Because he was too sad to find his lottery ticket．

D．Because he got 50 dollars ready to put into the hat．

3．The middle-aged man _________．

A．won the prize of the lottery ticket

B．won $5,000,000 with the lottery ticket

C．had a lot of money to help the poor young man

D．gave 50 dollars to the young man because of his honesty

4．Which of the following is NOT TRUE?

A．Though the young man didn't have much money，he lived happily．

B．The young man thought that if he lost honesty，he wouldn't be happy forever．

C．People thought the young man sold the man's lottery ticket．

D．Someone asked the young marl why he didn't take the prize of the lottery ticket．