A blind boy sat there with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said, “I am blind, please help.”
There were only a few coins in the hat. A man was walking by. He took out a few coins and dropped them into the hat .He then turned the sign around and wrote something on it. He put the sign back and walked away.
　　Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were. The boy recognized his footsteps and ask, “Are you the one who changed my sign in the morning? What did you do?”
　　The man said, “I only wrote the truth in a different way.”
　　What he had written was, “Today is a beautiful day, but I can’t see it.”
　　Of course both signs told people the boy was blind. But the first sign simply told people to help by putting some money in the hat. The second one told people that they were able to enjoy the beauty of the day, but the boy could not enjoy it because he was blind.
　　The first sign simply said the boy was blind, while the second one told people they were so lucky that they were not blind.
　　There are at least two lessons we can learn from this simple story.
　　Treasure (珍惜) what you have. Someone else has less. Try your best to help those who need your help.
　  Be creative. Think differently. There is always a better way.
【小题1】From the passage we know that________.

A．the boy is the man’s son.

B．the man is one of the boy’s neighbors.

C．the boy is blind and needs help.

D．the boy works for the man.

【小题2】On the sign what the man wrote was, “________”

A．Treasure what we have already had.

B．Today is a beautiful day, but I can’t see it.

C．We are so lucky that we are not blind.

D．Try your best to help those who need your help.

【小题3】According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

A．The hat began to fill up after the man wrote some words on the sign.

B．The man took away all the few coins from the hat.

C．The boy wanted to get enough money to go to school.

D．Nobody wanted to give any coins to the blind boy.

【小题4】The word “recognized” here in Chinese means________.

A．承认	B．接受
C．表扬	D．辨认出

【小题5】 The best title for this story is _________.

A．Giving makes receiving!	B．Be kind and creative!
C．Be kind to the blind!	D．Do not always get, but offer!

What’s your 2022?

Thomas I’m not very sure what I will be in ten years. Maybe a cook or a film director(导演). But I can tell you what I’ll be doing next week—having a birthday party with my friends.

Emma There is one thing I really want to do and that is to travel around the world. Hope I will be living somewhere different in ten years, like Australia or maybe Japan—who knows? I’d like to be a teacher and I think it must be great fun to teach English.

Ken When I was young I always said I wanted to be a doctor and that hasn’t changed. I will study medicine (医学) after I finish school. It will be hard work, but it’s my dream. So in ten years I hope I will either be working in a hospital or as a doctor with my own surgery (诊疗室).

Mary I’m not really sure about the future. I’m interested in the environment (环境), so I’ll probably be working as a scientist and helping make a greener world or something like that.

【小题1】The teenagers are talking about their 　　　.

A．favourite hobbies	B．after-school activities
C．future plans	D．wonderful stories

【小题2】Who will have a birthday party with friends next week?

A．Emma.

B．Ken.

C．Thomas.

D．Mary.

【小题3】What would Emma like to be when she grows up?

A．A teacher.

B．A cook.

C．A doctor.

D．A scientist.

【小题4】What’s Ken’s dream?

A．To live somewhere different.	B．To travel around the world.
C．To help improve the environment.	D．To be a doctor.

【小题5】Which is NOT true about the four teenagers?

A．Mary wants to do something for a greener world.

B．Ken thinks it is not easy to study medicine.

C．Emma is fond of travelling.

D．Thomas has a careful plan for his future.