It was a sunny winter day. I walked down the tower(塔) when a blind man came toward me. He kept close to the wall, touching it lightly with his arm. I stood quietly and looked at him walking toward the tower.

“Why does a blind man want to climb up the tower?” I wondered. “Not the view(景色) certainly, maybe he wants to jump.” Thinking of some terrible reasons, I thought I should follow him.

He went up slowly and stopped from time to time. I followed him a few steps behind. When he got to the first corner of the bell tower, I came close to him. “Excuse me,” I said as politely as I could, “but I wonder why you came up.”

He smiled, “Probably climbing up the tower. You have noticed—and yet, not being blind, perhaps you won't—how the sun shines into the tower through the windows here and there, so that one can feel the cool steps suddenly become quite warm, even in winter. But behind the wall there is shadow(阴影). There is no place as good as this for feeling the difference between light(光亮) and darkness. Though I'm blind, I also want to feel the happiness brought by the sunlight. In fact, it isn't my first time to be here.” He said and seemed as glad as a child.

I never thought that even a blind man could have his way to enjoy the beautiful life. But we often pay no attention to its value(价值) because we never notice it. We went down the tower together and I left him. What the blind man said made me think a lot...

1.The underlined word “blind” probably means ________.

A. 瞎的 B. 聋的 C. 瘸的 D. 哑的

2.The writer followed the blind man to ________.

A. see the beautiful view on the top

B. enjoy the sun shines through the windows

C. find out why a blind man climbed

D. look for the shadow behind the wall

3.The blind man climbed the mountain to ________.

A. find the difference between light and darkness

B. enjoy the beauty of sunlight in a special way

C. make his body strong and healthy

D. see the sun shines into the tower through the windows

4.We learn from the passage that we should ________.

A. be friendly to blind men B. be always happy like a child

C. enjoy the beautiful sunlight D. find and love what life gives us

One day, a boy found an eagle's(鹰) egg. He didn't know what to do, so he put it in the nest of chickens. When the eagle was born, he ______. He grew up doing what chickens do, such as scratching at the dirt for food and flying short and low with his wings. It was a boring life.

Day after day, the eagle grew older. One day, he and his chicken friends saw a beautiful bird soaring in the sky, high above the mountains. “Oh, I wish I could fly like that!” said the eagle. The chickens answered, “Don't_give_it_another_thought. That's the strong eagle, and it's the king of all birds. You could never be like him because you are a chicken!” Then the eagle never thought about that again. He went on living like a chicken, digging the holes and feeling unhappy about the life. Even when he died, he thought he was a chicken.

My friends, you too were born an eagle. The God wanted you to be a real eagle, so don't listen to the chickens! Just keep your dream in the mind and try your best to fly in the sky.

1.Which of the following should we put in the ______ in Paragraph 1?

A. could even fly like an eagle

B. wanted to have a different life

C. thought he was a chicken

D. became very different from other chickens

2.What does the underlined word “soaring” mean in English?

A. running B. flying C. dancing D. living

3.The underlined sentence “Don't give it another thought.” means ________.

A. you can have a try B. everything may happen

C. stop thinking like that D. you should know what to do

4.The eagle couldn't fly above the mountains because ________.

A. he wasn't an eagle at all B. he believed chickens' words

C. he wasn't strong enough D. he didn't like flying high

5.What can you learn from the passage?

A. We should always listen to others' ideas.

B. There is something that we can never do.

C. It's important for us to choose good friends.

D. Don't let others' words affect(影响) your life.

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