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2006年北京市中考英语试卷(课标卷)(B) 时间______正确率_______ On a Friday night in New York, a poor young man called Jay stood near thesubway station, playing his violin. The music was so great that many peopleslowed down and put some money into his hat. The next day, Jay came again. He took out a large piece of paper and laid iton the ground. Then he began playing. It seemed more pleasant to listen to.Before long, many people came, looking at the paper. It said, Last night, agentleman named George Sang put an important thing into my hat. Please come toclaim(认领)it soon. Seeing this, people wondered what it could be, After about half an hour, amiddle-aged man rushed through the crowd to the young man and said, Im theGeorge I knew youd surely come here! Then George explained the whole story. He bought a lottery ticket a few daysago. Yesterday he found that he won a prize of $500,000. He was very excited. Onhis way home, he felt the music was so wonderful that he took out $100 and putit in the hat. However, the lottery ticket with his name on was also thrownin. Jay was a student at an arts school in Paris. He had booked the flight andwould fly that morning. However, when he happened to find the ticket holder hadwon the lottery, he cancelled(取消)the flight and came back to the subwaystation. Later someone asked Jay, Why didnt you take the lottery ticket foryourself? He said, Although I dont have much money, I live happily; but if Ilose honesty, I wont be happy forever. | 
