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hour. During that time approximately 2,000 people went through the station, most of them on their way to
work.
After 3 minutes a middle-aged man noticed there was a musician playing. He stopped for a few seconds
and then hurried on. Four minutes later the violinist received his first dollar: a woman threw the money in
the hat without stopping and continued to walk. After 6 minutes, a young man leaned against the wall to
listen to him, then looked at his watch and walked away. After 10 minutes, a 3-year-old boy stopped but his
mother dragged him along hurriedly. This action was repeated by several other children. Every parent,
without exception, forced their children to move on quickly.
Finally only 6 people stopped and listened for a short while. About 20 gave money, but continued to walk
at their normal pace. The man collected a total of $ 32. When he finished playing, no one applauded.
The violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the greatest musicians in the world. He played one of the most
intricate(复杂的) pieces ever written, with a violin worth $ 3.5 million dollars. Two days before, Joshua Bell
sold out a theatre in Boston where the seats averaged $ 100 each.
The program was organized by the Washington Post as part of a social experiment about perception, taste,
and people"s priorities. In a common place environment, at an inappropriate hour, do we perceive beauty? Do
we stop to appreciate it? Do we recognize talent in an unexpected context?
If we do not take a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world, playing some of
the finest music ever written, how many other things are we missing?
B. few people showed interest in music
C. how busy people were that morning
D. what background the story was set in
B. be more easily touched by music
C. be better at playing the violin
D. have more music knowledge
B. beauty can only be enjoyed in particular places
C. Joshua Bell first played the violin in the station
D. in a way, the violinist was mistaken as a beggar
B. try to create beautiful things for others to enjoy
C. show kindness to anyone whether they"re rich or not
D. notice and appreciate what"s going on in their daily life
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stranger to us. It made us feel so good to be able to do it that I thought I should 1 . We were traveling down
to Mexico for Thanksgiving week with our family. 2 we sat in the 3 first two seats in the first row of first
class waiting for the plane to take off. I 4 heard one of the flight attendants (乘务员) telling 5 that there
was a couple sitting in the 6 of the plane who had just been married the previous day and were on their 7 .
They had 8 their flight eight months in 9 but, owing to some schedule changes, had not been able to get
10 together, and no one else on the plane was 11 to move and the bride was in 12 .
I turned to my husband and told him what I heard. We 13 agreed and I called the flight attendant 14 to tell
her that we"d be happy to give up our seats to this couple. The flight attendant seemed amazed and said "Really?
Are you sure?" We said "Absolutely!"
So, we 15 to the back of the plane in separate seats. The flight attendants were extremely 16 and took
good care of us even though we were no longer sitting in first 17 , and we both made friends with the people
sitting around us, who, as it 18 didn"t know why the young woman was crying or that they were newly
married, and had a great flight. I had to go back to the front of the plane to 19 up a forgotten item at one point
during the flight and 20 that the couple were sitting very close together, happily enjoying champagne. It really
made my day and Thanksgiving week get off to such a wonderful start!
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Last night I was driving from Harrisburg to Lewisburg, a 1 of about eighty miles. It was late and I was in a hurry. However, if anyone asked me how fast I was 2 , I"d say I was not over-speeding. Several times I got 3 behind a slow-moving truck on a narrow road, and I was holding my fists tightly with 4 . At one point along an open highway, I 5 a crossroad with a traffic light. I was alone on the road by now, but as I 6 the light, it turned red and I braked to a stop. I looked left, right and behind me. Nothing. No cars, no suggestion of headlights, but there I sat, waiting for the light to 7 , the only human being for at least a mile in any 8 . I started 9 why I refused to run the light. I was not afraid of being 10 , because there was obviously no policeman around, and there certainly would have been no 11 in going through it. Much later that night, after I 12 a group of my friends in Lewisburg and climbed into bed near midnight, the question of why I"d stopped for that light 13 me. I think I stopped because it"s part of a contract (合同) we all have with each other. It"s not only the 14 , but it"s an arrangement we have, and we trust each other to 15 it: we don"t go through red lights. Like most of us, I"m more likely to be 16 from doing something bad by the social convention that 17 it than by any law against it. It"s amazing that we ever 18 each other to do the right thing, isn"t it? And we do, too. Trust is our 19 preference. I was so 20 of myself for stopping for the red light that night. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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