Passage 2
Question 6 to 10 are based on the following passage:
A handwritten note from Albert Einstein sold for more than S1.5 million at an auction. (拍卖会) He gave the note to a hotel porter in Japan in 1922. Einstein was not carrying money when the porter came to his room. (78) He was unable to give a cash tip, as a guest normally would. Instead he gave a tip on how to live life.
"A calm and modest life brings more happiness than pursuit of success combined with constant restlessness." Einstein wrote. The note was written in German. It was written on notepaper from the Imperial Hotel in Ginza. Tokyo. where Einstein was delivering a series of lectures.
He was traveling to Asia when news that he had won the Nobel Prize for Physics reached him via telegraph. Einstein was unable to attend the prize-giving ceremony in Stockholm.
Gal Wiener is head of the auction house in Jerusalem. Israel, where the note was sold. He said Einstein told the hotel porter to keep the note since it "will probably be worth more than a regular tip."
Bidding (拍卖中的出价) on the note began at$2000. it was expected to sell for no more than S8000 But 25 minutes later. the auction house made the major sale.
(79) A second Einstein note was sold at the auction. It went for more than $200000."where there a will. there's a way" the note says.
The identity of the person or group that sold the notes has not been made public Nor has that of the buyer or buyers.
The word tip in Line 4, Paragraph 1 probably mean ________.
【内容概要】
本文介绍了拍卖爱因斯坦便条的事件:文中提到.爱因斯坦的两张便条在拍卖会上都以高价出售。但是人们对买家或卖家的了解甚少。
【参考译文】
阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦手写的便条在一次拍卖会上卖出了高达150万的价格。1922年，他把此便条给了日本一个饭馆的行李生。行李生来到爱因斯坦房间的时候，爱因斯坦身上并没有钱。他不能像平常的客人那样给现金做小费。相反的是，他给出了如何生活的建议。
“与追求成功路上无休止的不安相比，安定且谦进的生活可以带来更多的快乐，”爱因斯坦写道。该便条是用德语写的，并且所用的便条纸来自于他发表一系列演讲的位于东京银座的帝国酒店。
当他通过电报得知自己获得诺贝尔物理奖的时候。他正在亚洲旅游。爱因斯坦无法参加斯德哥尔摩的颁奖典礼。
加尔·维纳是一家位于以色列那路撒冷拍卖行的负责人，也就是在这家拍卖行里便条被拍卖二他说爱因斯坦曾叫行李生保存此便条，因为“它的价值肯定高于一般的小费”。
便条在拍卖中的出价是2000美元起步。人们对它的预期成交价格不超过8000美元。但是，25分钟以后，拍卖行进行了一笔很大的交易。
爱因斯坦的第二张便条也在拍卖会上被卖出，其价格超过了20万美元。便条上写着“有志者，事竟成”。
人们不知道关于卖便条的个人或者团体的身份信息。对那些买家们也是一无所知。
【解析】第一段第四行“Instead he gave a tip on how to live life. "
词汇题。题干问的是“第一段第四行的tip是什么意思?” tip意为“建议；小费；末端”。由定位可知，此处tip意为“建议”。A项“建议”;B项“玩笑；恶作剧”；C项“消息；新闻”；D项“趋势”。由于下文便条上的内容是富有哲理性的，能够引人深思，故选A。
The note was written in ________.
第二段第二句‘'The note was written in German.”
细节题。题干问的是“便条是用哪种语言写的?"根据定位句“该便条是用德语 写的”。故选C。
Albert Einstein went to Japan to ________.
第二段第三句话"It was written on notepaper from the Imperial Hotel in Ginza,Tokyo, where Einstein was delivering a series of lectures”
细节题。题干问的是“爱因斯坦去日本________。”根据定位句“所用的便条纸来自于他发表一系列演讲的位于东京银座的帝国酒店”可知，他来日本主要是为了发表一系列的演讲，故选D。
The estimated sale value of the first note is about ________.
第五段第二句话"It was expected to sell for no more than $8,000.”
细节题。题干问的是”第一张便条的预估价是多少?”根据定位句可知，人们认为便条的拍卖价格不超过8000美元，这也表明了便条的估价。故选B。
According to the passage,which of the following statement is NOT TRUE?
最后一段第二句话“Nor has that of the buyer or buyers.”
细节题。题干问的是“根据全文，以下哪项表述不正确?”根据定位句“人们对买家的身份也是不清楚。”可知B项“第二张便条的买家是日本商人”与原文内容不符。故选B。
【高频词汇】
1. handwritten adj.手写的
2. auction n.拍卖会；拍卖
3. normally adv.正常地；普通地
4. deliver v.发表；派送;分娩
5. tip n.建议；小费；末端
6. expect v.期望；期待
7. Where there's a will, there's a way有志者，事竞成
【难句解析】
He was traveling to Asia when news that he had won the Nobel Prize for Physics reached him via telegraph.
本句包含了两个从句。第一个从句是when引导的时间状语从句，解释说明具体的时间点。第二个从句是that引导的同位语从句，补充说明news的内容。同位语从句中又带有via引导的状语。