One morning, a blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up 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 something 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 asked, “Are you the one who changed my sign this morning? May I know what you wrote?” 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 cannot see it.”
Of course both signs told people the boy was blind. But the first sign simply said the boy was a blind. The second sign told people they were so lucky that they were not blind. It reminded you to be thankful for what you have. When life gives you a 100 reasons to cry, show life that you have 1,000 reasons to smile. Face your past without regret. Handle your present with confidence. Prepare for the future without fear. Keep the faith and drop the fear. The most beautiful thing is to see a person smiling.
小題1:We can learn from the text that the man helped the blind boy by __________.
A．sitting together with himB．rewriting the sign
C．teaching him some principlesD．raising money for him
小題2:Why did the man come back that afternoon?
A．To bring some food to the boy.
B．To explain to the boy why he had left.
C．To make sure the boy was still there.
D．To check if there were some changes.
小題3:It can be inferred that the boy was ________ after he found out what the man had written.
A．movedB．a(chǎn)mazedC．excitedD．worried
小題4:What is the main idea of the text?
A．We should help those who are in trouble.
B．We should value what we have in life.
C．We should respect people with disabilities.
D．We should use a wise way when helping others

小題1:B
小題2:D
小題3:A
小題4:B
文章通過(guò)一個(gè)智者幫助一個(gè)盲人男孩的事情故事我們一個(gè)道理我們應(yīng)該對(duì)我們所擁有的東西心存感激。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段第二行He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote something on it.
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段第五行That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were。
小題3:推理題。根據(jù)文章最后一段When life gives you a 100 reasons to cry, show life that you have 1,000 reasons to smile.可知我們要樂(lè)觀的面對(duì)生活。這位盲人男孩應(yīng)該被這樣的話(huà)所感動(dòng)。
小題4:主旨大意題。通讀全文可知尤其是最后一段It reminded you to be thankful for what you have.可知答案為B。
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B．Dad was so hurt that he left home and never came back.
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D．Frank was twelve years old when he lost his Dad.
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A．He would have his Dad kiss him on the cheek.
B．He would tell his Dad he loved him.
C．He would smell the ocean on Dad.
D．He would put his arm around Dad’s neck.
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She moved on slowly and then, quite by chance, stopped where a small crowd of men had gathered round a counter. She found some fine pipes(煙斗) on sale and the __10__were very beautiful. Edith did not hesitate for long, although her father __11__ smoked a pipe once in a while, she believed this was __12__ to please him.
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A．excitementB．a(chǎn)ngerC．sadnessD．disappointment
小題15:
A．gladB．happyC．surprisedD．excited

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