完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
One night, a poor young artist stood at the gate of the subway station, playing his violin. Many people put some money into the 36 of the young man.
The next day, the young artist came again, and put his hat on the ground gracefully. 37 from the day before, he took out a large piece of 38 and laid it on the ground. Then he began 39 .
Before long, the young violinist was 40 with people, who were all attracted by the 41 on that paper, which said, “Last night, a gentleman named George Sang put something important into my hat 42 . Please come to claim (认领) it soon.”
After half an hour, a middle-aged man ran there in a hurry and 43 through the crowd to the violinist and said. “Yes, it’s you. You 44 here. I knew that you’re an honest man and would 45 come here.”
The violinist 46 a lottery ticket on which George Sang’s name was seen. George seized the lottery ticket and 47 in and danced happily.
George bought a lottery ticket which 48 him a prize of $500,000. He was so happy after work and felt the violinist playing so wonderfully that he put 50 dollars in the hat. 49 , the lottery ticket was also thrown in.
When asked why he didn’t keep the lottery ticket 50 himself, the violinist said, “ 51 I don’t have much money, I live happily; but if I lose honesty, I won’t be happy forever.”
We can gain and lose so much in our life. But being honest should 52 be with us. If we bear ourselves in a dishonest way, we 53 succeed temporarily (暂时). However, from the long-term view, we’ll be a loser. Such a person is just like the 54 on the mountain. It’s high above at first, but gradually it falls and loses the 55 of going up.
36. A. boxB. hatC. bowlD. bag
37. A. DifferentB. AwayC. FreeD. Far
38. A. clothB. stoneC. paperD. wood
39. A. beggingB. shoutingC. singingD. playing
40. A. crowdedB. surprisedC. surroundedD. satisfied
41. A. pictureB. moneyC. ticketD. words
42. A. on purposeB. by mistakeC. in advanceD. in a hurry
43. A. rushedB. lookedC.. brokeD. lived
44. A. didn’t comeB. did leaveC. did comeD. did arrive
45. A. probablyB. certainlyC. recentlyD. nearly
46. A. handed outB. gave outC. sent outD. took out
47. A. toreB. threwC. kissedD. hid
48. A. beatB. wonC. tookD. sold
49. HoweverB. FortunatelyC. OtherwiseD. Generally
50. A. byB. withC. fromD. for
51. A. AlthoughB. WheneverC. UnlessD. Until
52. A. oftenB. alwaysC. seldomD. never
53. A. mustB. shouldC. mayD. need
54. A. waterB. airC. grassD. tree
55. A. roadB. chanceC. pathD. method
Key:
36-40BACDC 41-45 DBACB 46-50 DCBAD 51-55ABCAB
