One day Mozart saw an old blind street-performer playing the violin in the street corner  26  a hat in front of him . He found out the old man was  27  one of his compositions . The old man played for  28  but still nobody put any money into his hat . Mozart asked the old man , “Do you often play compositions by Mozart ?” “Yes,  29 _ ,” answered the old man . “now, everybody knows Mozart and likes his music .” “Do you  30  a living by playing the violin ?” The old man said he  31 . Mozart took over the violin from the old man and began to play .
He played so well  32  all the passerby stopped to listen to the wonderful music and soon the old man felt very  33  that the man could play so well . He asked Mozart , “Who are you , sir ?” “Your colleague（同行） , a poor  34  like you .”
Then Mozart gave the  35  back to the old man and went away .

One day Mozart saw an old blind street-performer playing the violin in the street corner  26  a hat in front of him . He found out the old man was  27  one of his compositions . The old man played for  28  but still nobody put any money into his hat . Mozart asked the old man , “Do you often play compositions by Mozart ?” “Yes,  29 _ ,” answered the old man . “now, everybody knows Mozart and likes his music .” “Do you  30  a living by playing the violin ?” The old man said he  31 . Mozart took over the violin from the old man and began to play .

He played so well  32  all the passerby stopped to listen to the wonderful music and soon the old man felt very  33  that the man could play so well . He asked Mozart , “Who are you , sir ?” “Your colleague（同行） , a poor  34  like you .”

Then Mozart gave the  35  back to the old man and went away .

1.A. on             B. by            C. with           D. to

2.A. writing        B. playing       C. reading        D. listening

3.A. sometime       B. sometimes     C. some time      D. some times

4.A. you            B. it is         C. Mr.            D. Sir

5.A. make           B. buy           C. give           D. take

6.A. certainly      B. did           C. yes            D. sorry

7.A. which          B. how           C. that           D. what

8.A. happy          B. worried       C. disappointed   D. surprised

9.A. musician       B. artist        C. scientist      D. writer

10.A. money         B. violin        C. food           D. hat

John likes chocolates very much, but his mother never gives him 26._____, because they are 27.____for his teeth. But John 28._____ a very nice grandpa. The old man loves John very much, and 29._____ he brings John chocolates when he comes to see him. Then his mother let him eat them, because she wants 30.____ the old man happy.
One evening, a few days 31._____ John’s 8th birthday, he was saying his prayers(祈禱)in his bedroom before he went to bed,” Please, God. Make them give me a big 32._____ of chocolates for my birthday next week.” he shouted. His mother heard the boy’s shouting and went into his bedroom quickly.”33._____ are you shouting, John?” she asked.” God can hear you when you talk quietly(安靜地).” “I know,34._____ grandpa is in the next door, and he can’t.” The 35._____ answered with a smile(微笑).

An old farmer lived with his grandson. Each morning, the   16   got up early and read his Bhagavad Gita(薄迦梵歌).

    One day the grandson asked, “Grandpa! I try to read the book like you   17   I can’t understand it, and I forget it easily. What’s the   18   of reading it?”

   The grandfather said, “Take this coal(煤炭) basket down to the   19   and bring me back a basket of water.”

   The boy did as his grandfather   20   ,but all the water ran   21   he got home. The grandfather laughed, “You’ll have to move faster next time.”

   This time the boy   22   faster, but again the basket was empty. He told his grandfather that is was   23   to carry water in a basket. He wanted to use a bottle instead, but the old man said, “I just want a basket of water. You’re not   24   hard enough.”

   The boy wanted to show his grandfather that the water would surely run. He again put the   25   into the river and ran hard. But there wasn’t anything in it again. He said   26   ,“Look, grandpa, it’s useless!”

   “Watch the basket.” said the grandfather.

   For the first time the boy   27   the basket was different. It had changed from a dirty old coal basket into a   28   one, inside and out.

   “Boy, you might not understand or remember   29   when you read the book, but when you read it, you will be   30   ,inside and out. That’s what you got from it.”

1.A. son            B. father            C. grandfather             D. grandmother

2.A. so             B. but              C. or                     D. and

3.A. time           B. place             C. use                   D. habit

4.A. house          B. beach            C. lake                   D. river

5.A. said           B. saw              C. liked                  D. did

6.A. as             B. after             C. until                  D. before

7.A. ran            B. rode             C. drove                 D. flew

8.A. difficult        B. interesting        C. impossible             D. unimportant

9. A. hitting          B. trying            C. holding               D. studying

10.A. hand           B. bottle            C. basket                 D. coal

11.A. sadly           B. hopefully       C. excitedly                D. happily

12. A. forgot          B. realized        C. believed                 D. remembered

13. A. white           B. clean          C. new                    D. black

14.A. nothing         B. something      C. anything                 D. everything

15.A. different        B. relaxed         C. curious                  D. worried

Adults usually do not remember most of the things that are taught by their teachers at school. But this story is one such    16    that I will never forget. Every time I drift off course, I think of this story.
It was a normal Monday morning, and my teacher was teaching us on  17  things in life and about devoting ourselves to 18  is important to us. This is how the story went:
An old man lived in a certain part of London, and he would wake up every morning and go to the sub-way. He would    19   the train right to Central London, and then sit at the street corner and   20  . He would do this every single day of his life. He sat at 21  street corner and begged for almost 20 years.
His 22   was dirty, and a stench came out and it smelled terrible. The neighbors could not stand the smell any more, so they called for the police officers to clear the place. The officers knocked down the door and cleaned the house. There were small bags of 23   all over the house  24   he had collected over the years.
The police counted the money, and they soon   25 that the old man was a millionaire. They waited outside his house expecting to ___26__ the good news with him. When the old man arrived home that evening, one of the officers told him that there was no need for him to beg any more as he was a   27   man now, a millionaire.
But the old man said  28  ; he went into his house and locked the door. The next morning he woke up  29, went to the subway, sat at the street corner and continued to beg.
Clearly, this old man had no great plans, 30  or anything significant for his life. We learn nothing from this story other than staying focused on the things we enjoy doing.