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 morning a student was walking with his teacher when they noticed a pair of old shoes by the roadside．They   1   the shoes might belong to a poor man．In fact，the   2   of the shoes was working in a field nearby，and he had nearly   3   his work．

The student said to his teacher，“Let's play a trick on the man：we hide his shoes，and wait to see what he will do   4    he can’t find them．”

“My young friend，we should never have   5   by tricking others like that，”answered the teacher．“  6  ，1et’s put a   7   in each of the shoes．and watch what he will do．”

The student did so，and then they   8   nearby．

The man soon came back to get his   9  ，but when he slipped his foot into one of his shoes，he felt something    10   in it．He bent down and found the coin（硬币）．

___11    appeared on his face．He looked at the coin for a minute，and then   12  ，but nobody could be seen．He then went on to put on the other shoe，  13    he was even more surprised to find the   14    coin．

He then knelt down（跪下），looked up to heaven and said   15   aloud，in which he spoke of his wife，  16    and helpless，and his children without bread．

The student was deeply moved（感动的），and his eyes were filled with tears．“Now，”said the teacher，“you must be much more pleased than if you had played your   17  ．”

The boy replied，“You have taught me a lesson which I'll never   18   ．I feel now the truth of these words，which I didn’t    19    before：‘It is more blessed（神圣的）to   20    than to receive．’”

1．A．believed                 B．found                  C．decided                  D．thought

2．A．owner                   B．maker                  C．seller                     D．repairer

3．A．enjoyed                 B．changed               C．finished                  D．started

4．A．since                     B．when                   C．while                     D．until

5．A．lessons                  B．experience            C．fun                        D．games

6．A．Instead                  B．Generally             C．Afterwards             D．Maybe

7．A．stone                     B．coin                     C．sweet                    D．clip

8．A．hid                        B．stood                   C．worked                  D．rested

9．A．lunch                    B．coat                     C．drink                     D．shoes

10．A．terrible                 B．hot                      C．hard                             D．soft

11．A．Surprise               B．Fear                    C．Pity                       D．Courage

12．A．looked up             B．looked around       C．looked down          D．looked out

13．A．for                      B．so                        C．but                        D．or

14．A．strange                B．second                 C．interesting              D．lost

15．A．goodbye              B．yes                      C．hello                      D．thanks

16．A．homeless             B．lively                   C．careless                 D．sick

17．A．trick                    B．role                     C．game                     D．cards

18．A．learn                    B．take                     C．forget                    D．accept

19．A．hear                    B．understand           C．remember              D．write

20．A．work                   B．refuse                  C．advise                    D．give