One morning, a blind* boy sat in front of a building with a hat by his feet .He held a sign* which said,“I am blind. Please help me. There were only a few coins in the hat. A man was walking by. He took out a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat .He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words on it. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by could see the new words.

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 write?”

The man said,“I only wrote the truth. I said what you said, but in a different way.”

What he had written was,“Today is a beautiful day, but I can’t see it.”

Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing?

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 sign 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 sign told people they were so lucky that they were not blind.

There are at least two lessons we can learn from this simple story.

The first is: Treasure*what you have. Someone else has less. Try your best to help those who need your help.

The second is: Be creative. Think differently. There is always a better way.

1.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.

2.The word“recognized”here in Chinese means______.

A.承认                                    B.接受

C.表扬                                    D.认出

3.From the passage we know that _____.

A. the boy always has a hat on his head.

B. the man is one of his friends.

C. the boy is blind and needs help.

D. the boy works for the man.

4.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.

One morning, a blind* boy sat in front of a building with a hat by his feet .He held a sign* which said,“I am blind. Please help me. There were only a few coins in the hat. A man was walking by. He took out a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat .He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words on it. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by could see the new words.
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 write?”
The man said,“I only wrote the truth. I said what you said, but in a different way.”
What he had written was,“Today is a beautiful day, but I can’t see it.”
Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing?

One day I was putting some donated tents into my truck when something sharp got into my left eye．Immediately l fell down and knew it was ___1___．

I was taken to a ___2___ and the doctors there operated on me but couldn't ___3__ my eye．When they told me the news，I really wanted to die．Everything seemed __4___ in front of me．

Even after I got my man-made eye，I still felt very sad．To make things worse，I lost my __5___ as a transportation officer because of worries about my driving ability．

But one morning，I woke up and the __6___ was on，and there was a l6-year-old girl．She had been seriously burned on her legs and was learning to ___7___ again．She wore a big smile，saying，“You can never give up．” It seemed that she said this specially to ___8__．At that moment，I felt ___9___ and thought，“This is just an eye．Get over it．”

Soon I really got over it and ___10___ myself．It’s almost 12 years since my accident，and now I can do anything that I used to do．No one can even ___11___ I have a man-made eye，because the new one is so good．And ___12___ I haven’t got my old job back，I’ve got my driving license（执照）again．

So be cheerful in face of any bad ___13___．You will never truly know yourself until you have been tested by a very difficult situation．No matter how ___14___ your problem is，just keep up．Now I have only one eye，but I see things a lot more ___15__．

1．A．safe                B．bad               C．true             D．late

2．A．store                B．school             C．hotel              D．hospital

3．A．test                B．open              C．save                    D．cover

4．A．dark                B．natural             C．bright              D．meaningful

5．A．truck                B．tent               C．job                D．license

6．A．light                 B．radio              C．recorder           D．TV

7．A．sing                B．walk              C．write            D．read

8．A．doctors              B．drivers            C．me              D．herself

9．A．encouraged           B．frightened        C．tired               D．pleased

10．A．changed            B．hurt             C．taught           D．helped

11．A．describe            B．find             C．explain            D．promise

12．A．because           B．after               C．though                  D．unless

13．A．behavior             B．luck             C．influence           D．habit

14．A．serious             B．simple            C．strange            D．silly

15．A．difficultly           B．carefully           C．differently          D．clearly