On a cold afternoon in winter, Robert was walking on the bridge. There was hardly any   1   on the river. Near the bridge, however, there was a small canoe(独木舟), with a boy in it. He was not    2   many clothes. He was going to walk when he heard a cry, “Help!” He looked down and saw the boy was in water and his canoe was far away.

Robert was a good   3 . Taking off his clothes, he jumped into the river. The cold water made him tremble(颤抖)all over. Soon he 4  the boy and started to swim towards the river bank. Just then he saw a motor boat under the bridge. There were some people on it, all 5 in his direction. Robert 6  to swim towards the boat.

“Help me,” he shouted   7  he got near the boat. He looked up into a row of faces. “Why?” he thought. “They look so    8 .” Silently they helped the boy into the boat. But they did not move to save Robert.

“Aren’t you going to help me  9  , too?” Robert asked.

“You!” said one of the men, who was standing next to a large camera, “Why, we were making a film and you spoiled (搅乱) the whole afternoon’s work! You can   10  in the water.”

1.                A．sounds         B．boat           C．water    D．fish

2.                A．wearing        B．putting         C．taking    D．dressing

3.                A．sportsman      B．worker         C．soldier   D．swimmer

4.                A．reached        B．swam          C．arrived   D．catch

5.                A．smiling         B．seeing          C．looking   D．shouting

6.                A．hoped         B．thought         C．decided  D．agreed

7.                A．till             B．as             C．for  D．though

8.                A．pleased        B．excited         C．afraid    D．angry

9.                A．out            B．off             C．away D．on

10.               A．stay           B．leave          C．play  D．swimming

Fred,a young man of twenty-five, was an able worker. He worked in this factory since he finished middle school six years ago. (3)At first he spent much time in studying all machines in his workplace and learned to repair them. His boss Mr dick liked the clever young man and paid him more than any other worker.

Four years later the young man got into the habit of (养成……习惯)drinking and was often drink. He couldn’t go to work on time and didn’t work so hard as before. Sometimes he slept when he was on duty. It made Mr Dick angry and told him not to drink. He agreed but soon forgot it. His friend Henry often helped him and tried to stop him drinking, but he failed. And one afternoon something was wrong with an expensive machine. The workplace had to stop working. Fred was found in a bar(酒吧)but he was drunk. He broke the machine when repairing it. Henry had to take him home. The next morning, as soon as he got up, the telephone rang and Henry said,“Two pieces of news for you, Fred. One piece is good and the other is bad.”

“Tell me the good one first, please,”said Fred.

“(4)You’ll be given double pay next month.”

“Oh, wonderful!” called out Fred.

“Mr Dick told me to take your place.”

任务一：根据短文内容回答下面的问题。

1.Why did Mr Dick pay Fred more than any other worker?

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2.Why was Mr Dick angry with Fred later?

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任务二：将文中的划线句子翻译成汉语

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任务三：What’s the main idea of this passage?

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On a Friday night，a poor young violinist was playing his violin at the entrance of the subway station. The music was so great that people slowed down to listen and put some money into his hat.
The next day，the violinist came to the entrance again. He put down his hat as usual. Beside the hat was a piece of paper with some words on it. It said，“A George Sang has put an important thing into my hat by mistake. Welcome to claim(认领)it.”Soon the people were all attracted by the words and wondered what it could be. After a while a man rushed through the crowd，took the violinist’s shoulders and said，“I knew you would certainly come here.”The violinist asked，“Did you lose something?”“Lottery(彩票).”The violinist took out a lottery ticket with Sang’s name on it. Sang took it and danced happily.
Sang was an office worker. He bought the lottery and won a prize of$500，000.But when he gave$50 to the violinist for his wonderful music，the lottery ticket was thrown in, too. The violinist was a college student. That morning，he was going to fly to Vienna for high education. However，when he found the ticket，he cancelled the flight and returned to the entrance.
Later someone asked the violinist why he didn’t take the lottery ticket to pay the tuition fee(学费).He said“Although I don’t have much money，I live happily. If I lose honesty(诚实)，I won’t be happy forever.”
【小题1】The young man played the violin for ________ at the entrance of the subway station.

On a Friday night，a poor young violinist was playing his violin at the entrance of the subway station. The music was so great that people slowed down to listen and put some money into his hat.

The next day，the violinist came to the entrance again. He put down his hat as usual. Beside the hat was a piece of paper with some words on it. It said，“A George Sang has put an important thing into my hat by mistake. Welcome to claim(认领)it.”Soon the people were all attracted by the words and wondered what it could be. After a while a man rushed through the crowd，took the violinist’s shoulders and said，“I knew you would certainly come here.”The violinist asked，“Did you lose something?”“Lottery(彩票).”The violinist took out a lottery ticket with Sang’s name on it. Sang took it and danced happily.

Sang was an office worker. He bought the lottery and won a prize of$500，000.But when he gave$50 to the violinist for his wonderful music，the lottery ticket was thrown in, too. The violinist was a college student. That morning，he was going to fly to Vienna for high education. However，when he found the ticket，he cancelled the flight and returned to the entrance.

Later someone asked the violinist why he didn’t take the lottery ticket to pay the tuition fee(学费).He said“Although I don’t have much money，I live happily. If I lose honesty(诚实)，I won’t be happy forever.”

1.The young man played the violin for ________ at the entrance of the subway station.

A. pleasure    B. money    C.Love   D. friends

2.George Sang put__________ into the violinist’s hat on a Friday night by mistake.

A. money    B.1ottery    C. money and lottery D. nothing

3.George Sang was very__________ to see the young violinist the next day.

A. worried    B. sorry    C. exciting D. happy

4.The underlined word“cancelled”means __________ .

A. 取消    B. 延误    C. 预定    D. 结束

5.What’s the best title(标题)for this passage?

A. The meaning of honesty   

B. An office worker and a lottery ticket

C. The importance of being honest

D.A violinist and an office worker