2013高考英语完形填空倒计时冲刺50天十.docVIP

2013高考英语（完形填空）倒计时冲刺50天（10）及答案 (2012·湖南岳阳一中一模) On a Friday night，a poor young artist stood at the gate of the subway station，playing his violin.Attracted by the great music，many of the passers-by __1__ their paces and put some money into his hat. The next day，the artist came again.Different from the day before，he took out a large piece of paper and laid it on the ground.Then he __2__ the violin and began playing.The paper said，“Last night a gentleman named George Sang put an important thing into my hat by mistake.Please come to __3__ it soon.” It caused a great excitement among the __4__ and people wondered what it could be.After about half an hour，a middle-aged man hurriedly ran there.“Yes，its you.You did come here.I knew that youre an honest man and would certainly come here.” The young violinist asked __5__，“Are you Mr.George Sang？” The man nodded.“Did you lose something？” “Lottery (彩票)．Its lottery，” said the man.The violinist took out a lottery ticket on which George Sangs name was seen.“Is it？” he asked.George nodded at once and __6__the lottery ticket and kissed it. The story turned out to be this：George Sang bought a lottery ticket.The awards opened yesterday and he won a __7__ of $500,000.He was so happy，but when he took out 50 dollars to put in the hat，the lottery ticket was also thrown in.The violinist was a student at an Art College and has planned to attend __8__ studies in Vienna.He has booked the ticket and would fly that morning.However he cancelled the __9__ and came back to wait. Later someone asked the violinist：“At that time you were in need to pay the __10__ and you had to play the violin every day to make the money.Then why didnt you __11__ the lottery for yourself？” The violinist said，“Although I dont have much money，I live happily；but if I lose honesty I wont be happy forever.” Through our lives，we can gain a lot and lose so much，But being __12__ should always be with us.If we act in a dishonest way，we may succeed in a short period.However，fro