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One Friday night, a poor art student Joseph was playing the violin at New York subway station. In front of him was a _______ with a few dollars. He needed some more money for his tuition(学费).

The next _______, Joseph came to the same place as usual. _______ from the night before, he took out a large piece of paper and laid it on the ground. The paper said, “Last night, a gentleman put something unexpected into my hat _______. Please come to get it.”

Interested, many passers-by stopped, wondering what the unexpected thing could be. Just then, a man _______ through the crowd to Joseph and shouted excitedly, “Thank God you’re here. I knew you are a(n) _______ man.”

“Did you lose something, sir?” asked Joseph.

The man nodded, “Yes, a lottery ticket.” 

Joseph took out a ticket, “Is this one _______?”

The gentleman ________ the ticket and then hugged Joseph tightly, saying “Thank you, thank you, young man.”

It turned out that the middle-aged man ________ the ticket the other day and was excited to find that he was the lucky ________ of $100,000. Overjoyed, he took out a ________ banknote and put it in Joseph’s hat on his way home. ________, the lottery ticket was also thrown in. When Joseph found it was a winning lottery ticket, he decided to return it to the owner. To thank Joseph, the owner ________ him $500 as a gift.

Joseph’s honesty paid off.