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.
小題1:From the article we know that________.
A.the boy always has a hat on his head
B.the man is one of his neighbors
C.the boy is blind and needs help
D.the boy works for the man
小題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.
小題3:According to the article, 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.
小題4:The word “recognized” here in Chinese means _______.
A.承認B.接受 C.表揚D.認出
小題5:_______ is the best title (題目) for this story.
A.Be careful not to be blind.
B.Be creative. There is always a better way!
C.Be kind to the blind!
D.Don’t always get, but offer!

小題1:C
小題2:B
小題3:A
小題4:D
小題5:B  

小題1:理解歸納題,通讀全文語句理解歸納可知。
小題2:細節(jié)理解題,根據(jù)文中語句“What he had written was, “Today is a beautiful day, but I can’t see it.””理解可知。
小題3:細節(jié)理解題,根據(jù)文中語句“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.”理解可知。
小題4:詞義理解推斷題,根據(jù)文中語句理解可知。
小題5:標題理解歸納題,根據(jù)文中語句“The second is: Be creative. Think differently. There is always a better way.”理解可知。
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