One day, there was a blind(瞎的) man called John sitting on the bench with a hat by his feet and a sign that read, “I am blind. Please help me.”

A creative publicist(广告员)named Kim was walking by the blind man and stopped to see that the man only had a few coins in his hat. He put a few of his own corns in the hat. Without asking for permission, he took the sign, turned it around and wrote some new words. Then he put the sign by the feet of the blind man, and left.

Later that afternoon the publicist returned to the blind man and noticed that his hat was almost full of bills(钞票) and coins. The blind man recognized his footsteps and asked if it was he who had changed his sign. He also wanted to know what the man wrote on it.

The publicist said, “I just wrote the sign a little differently.” He smiled and went on his way.

The new sign read, “Spring has come, but I can't see anything.

1.Who wrote a new message?

A.The blind man. B.The publicist. C.The teacher. D.The farmer.

2.How did the blind man recognize the publicist?

A.By his sign. B.By his footsteps. C.By his voice. D.By his corns.

3.The underlined word “recognized” here probably means__________.

A.识别. B.知道. C.猜测. D.理解.

4.What can we learn from the passage?

A.Publicists are always friendly and helpful.

B.The blind man is very stupid, so he has little money.

C.The power(力量) of language is great.

D.We can get more money by changing a sign.

There is a popular belief among parents that schools are no longer interested in spelling. No school I have taught in has ever ignored( 忽视) spelling or considered it unimportant as a basic skill. There are, however, different ideas about how to teach it, or how much priority(优先) it must be given over in general language development and writing ability. The problem is how to encourage a child to express himself freely and confidently in writing without holding him back with the complexities(复杂性) of spelling?

If spelling becomes the only focus of his teacher’s interest, clearly a clever child will be likely to “play safe”. He will tend to write only words that he can spell, choosing to avoid adventurous language. That’s why teachers often encourage the early use of dictionaries and pay attention to content rather than technical(技术上的) ability.

I was once shocked to read on the bottom of a sensitive piece of writing about a personalexperience: “This work is terrible! There are too many spelling mistakes and your writing is terrible”. It may have been a sharp criticism of the pupil’s technical abilities in writing, but it was also a sad reflection on the teacher who had omitted( 省略 ) to read the composition, which contained some beautiful expressions of the child’s deep feelings. The teacher was not wrong to pay attention to the mistakes, but if his priorities had centered on the child’s ideas, an expression of his disappointment with the presentation would have given the pupil more motivation to explore improvement.

1.Teachers are different in their opinions about .

A.the difficulties in teaching spelling

B.the necessity of teaching spelling

C.the complexities of the basic writing skills

D.the role of spelling in general language development

2.The underlined expression “play safe” probably means “ ”.

A.to write carefully

B.to avoid using words he/she is not sure of

C.to do as teachers say

D.to use dictionaries frequently

3.Teachers encourage the use of dictionaries so that .

A.teachers will have less trouble in correcting mistakes

B.students will have more confidence in writing

C.students will be able to express their ideas more freely

D.students will learn to be independent of teachers

4.The main idea discussed in the passage is .

A.the relationship between spelling and the content of a composition

B.the importance of developing writing skills

C.the correct way of marking compositions

D.the complexities of spelling

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