Usenet

In New York, on a Friday night, a poor young artist stood at the gate of a train station. He was playing his  16  .His music was so great that many people put money into his   17  .The next day, the young artist came to the   18  place, and played the violin as usual. Different from the day before, he took out a piece of paper and put   19  on the ground. The paper read ,“Last night ,a man named George Sang put an important thing into my hat  20  .Please come to get it soon.”   21  about half an hour, a(an)   22  man there in a hurry, “Oh ,it’s you. You did come here.” The young violinist asked   23  , “Are you Mr. George Sang?”“Yes! Yes!” Then the violinist asked, “Did you lose something?”“Lottery( * * ).It’s the most valuable lottery in my 70 years of life,” said the man.
The violinist   24  a lottery ticket. George Sang’s name was on it, so the violinist   25  it to him. Later someone asked the violinist, “Since you   26  play the violin every day to make your tuition (学费)in the university, why didn’t you keep the lottery ticket for yourself?” The violinist said, “  27   I don’t have much money, I live happily; But if I lose honesty, I won’t be happy forever.” Through our lives, we can get a lot and lose so   28  . But being   29  should always be with us. If we act in a dishonest way, we may   30   in a short period(短期). However, from the long-term view, we will be a loser.

小题1:	A．piano B．guitar C．violin D．sax（萨克斯）
小题2:	A．bowl B．hat C．pocket D．hands
小题3:	A．similar B．different C．strange D．same
小题4:	A．it B．its C．they D．them
小题5:	A．by then B．by mistake C．by the way D．by hand
小题6:	A．After B．Before C．From D．When
小题7:	A．young B．old C．small D．tall
小题8:	A．coldly B．angrily C．calmly D．sadly
小题9:	A．took out B．took off C．took back D．took away
小题10:	A．sold B．bought C．gave D．lent
小题11:	A．could B．had to C．should D．must
小题12:	A．Although B．Once C．If D．Unless
小题13:	A．many B．much C．little D．few
小题14:	A．kind B．rich C．honest D．poor
小题15:	A．fail B．relax C．suffer D．succeed