2018年秋高二英语期中试题(学生卷).docxVIP

高二英语期中考试题 一、阅读理解（共5大题；每小题2分，共40分） A On a Friday night, a poor young artist stood at the gate of the New York railway stati on, play ing his violi n. The music was so great that many people stopped to put some money into the hat of the young man. The next day, the young artist came to the same place, and put his hat on the ground gracefully. Differe nt from the day before, he took out a large piece of paper and laid it under his hat. Then he began to play the violin. It sounded more pleasant than ever. Soon he was surrounded with people who were 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 （认领）it soon. After about half an hour, a middle-aged man rushed through the crowd to the violi nist and said, Y es, its you. I knew that you were an hon est man and would certa in ly come here. The young violi nist asked calmly, Are you Mr. George San g? The man nodded. The violinist asked, Did you lose something? Its a lottery ticket （彩票）,said the man. The violinist took out a lottery ticket on which George Sangs name was seen. Is it? he asked. George nodded and took the lottery ticket and kissed it, the n dan ced with the violi ni st. The violi nist was a stude nt at an arts college and had pla nned to atte nd adva need studies in Vienna. Later his classmate asked the violinist, At that time you needed money to pay the tuition （学费）and you had to play the violin in the railway station every day to make mon ey. Why did nt you keep the lottery ticket for yourself? The violi nist said, Although I dont have much mon ey, I live happily. But if I lose hon esty I wont be happy forever. Through our lives, we can gain a lot and lose so much. But being hon est should always be with us. What did the young artist do at the railway station on Friday? He walked around the New York railway stati on. He waited for the train to Vienna. He came to buy a train ticket to Vienna. He played t