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 passersby __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 middleaged man hurriedly ran there.“Yes,it's you.You did come here.I knew that you're 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).It's lottery,” said the man.The violinist took out a lottery ticket on which George Sang's 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