One morning, a blind boy sat beside 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 recognizedhis footsteps and asked, “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 beautiful 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 (珍惜) 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.From the article we know that________.

2.On the sign what the man wrote was, “                .”

3.According to the article, which of the following is TRUE?

4.The word “recognized” here in Chinese means _______.

5._______ is the best title (题目) for this story.

— Will you please write your note on “Red Apple” and _____ it to me tomorrow morning?

— What about the day after tomorrow? My computer doesn’t work well now.

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.

情景交际

选择方框中的句子完成对话，其中有两项多余

A：Good morning. What’s the matter?

B：  1 

A：Do you have a headache?

B：Yes, I do.

A：Open your mouth and say “Ah”.

B：Ah.

A：  2 

B：No, I felt terrible last night.

A：Oh, I see. You had a bad cold.

B：Do I have to stay in bed?

A：Yes.   3 

B：Is it serious?

A：No.   4  But you really need a good rest and take this medicine.

B：  5 

A：Three times a day.

B：OK. Thank you.

After Mom died， I began visiting Dad every morning before I went to work. He was weak. He always put a glass of  1     on the kitchen table for me， with a note reading， “Drink your juice.”
As a kid， I once    2   Mom， “Why doesn’t Dad love me？”Mom asked me， “   3  ？ Why do you think so？”“Well， he never tells me，” I said.“But    4  ， how hard he works to take care of us. That’s how he    5   his love.”
Many years later， after drinking the juice， I hugged（拥抱） my father and said， “I love you， Dad.” From then on， I did that every   6  . My father never told me how he felt about my hugs.
Then one day， I didn’t hug him and just   7   towards the door. Dad said， “Well？”
“Well， what？” I asked. “Well…” he said again， holding out his   8  . Then I hugged him， and told him， “I’m fifty years old， Dad. You’ve   9   told me you love me.” A minute later， Dad said， “All right! I    10   you.” Although he spoke in a very low voice， I heard it clearly.
【小题1】 A. water              B. juice                C. wine
【小题2】 A. asked              B. surprised            C. told
【小题3】 A. When               B. What                 C. How
【小题4】 A. watch              B. look                 C. see
【小题5】 A. kisses             B. does                 C. shows
【小题6】 A. morning            B. afternoon            C. evening
【小题7】 A. arrived            B. came                 C. moved
【小题8】 A. arms               B. head                 C. neck
【小题9】 A. always             B. never                C. usually
【小题10】 A. hate              B. miss                 C. love