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.” There were only a few coins in the hat.
A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by would 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(听出)his footsteps and asked, “Were you the one who changed my sign this 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; I can not see it.”
Of course both signs told people the boy was blind. But the first sign simply sign the boy was blind. The second sign told people they were so lucky that they were not blind. Should we be surprised that the second sign was more effective (有效的)?
【小题1】The boy in the passage can not           .
A.see B.walkC.hearD.speak
【小题2】 How did the man help the boy?
A.He gave the boy a lot of money.
B.He brought the boy back to his home.
C.He wrote some new words on the sign.
D.He sent the boy to a special school.
【小题3】The underlined words “held up” in the first paragraph mean          .
A.阻碍B.举着C.承受D.坚持
【小题4】What happened after the man changed the sign?
A.The boy still got a few coins in the hat.
B.The boy got much more money.
C.No one gave the boy coins any more.
D.No one gave the boy coins any more.
【小题5】 What can we learn from the story?
A.Time can we learn from the story?
B.You should be brave even thought you’re blind.
C.Treating a thing differently brings a different result.
D.If we want to be rich, we should be honest.(结果)

I was shopping in the supermarket when I heard a young voice.“Mom,come here!There's this lady here my size!”
The mother rushed to her son;then she turned to me to say sorry to me.
I smiled and told her,“It's OK.”Then I talked to the boy,“Hi,I'm Dory Kramer. How are you?”
He studied me from head to toe,and asked,“Are you a little mommy?”
“Yes,I have a son,” I answered.
“Why are you so little?”he asked.
“It's the way I was born,” I said.“Some people are little. Some are tall. I'm just not going to grow any bigger.”After I answered his other questions,I shook the boy's hand and left.
My life as a little person is filled with stories like that. I enjoy talking to children and explaining why I look different from their parents.
It takes only one glance( 一瞥) to see I’m different. I stand three feet nine inches tall(="1.14" metres).I was born a dwarf.In spite of this,I did all the things other kids did when I was growing up.
I didn't realize how short I was until I started school. Some kids called me names (辱骂).Then I knew. I began to hate the first day of school each year.
But I learned to smile and face the fact that I was going to be noticed my whole life. What I lacked in height,I made up for in personality. When people are rude,I remind myself,“Look what else I have-a great family,nice friends.”
【小题1】Why did the mother say sorry to Dory Kramer?

A.Because the boy ran into the author.
B.Because the boy hit the author.
C.Because the boy said the author was fatter than him.
D.Because the mother thought the boy's words had hurt the author.
【小题2】What does a dwarf look like?
A.Of medium height.B.Very tall.
C.Very short.D.Very thin.
【小题3】When did the author realize that she was too short?
A.When she grew up.
B.When she was 47 years old.
C.When she began to go to school.
D.When she met the boy in the supermarket.
【小题4】What does the sentence “What I lacked in height,I made up for in personality”mean?
A.Although I am not tall, I often dress up to make myself different.
B.Although I am not tall, I can make myself tall by dressing up.
C.Although I am not tall, I try to keep it as my personal secrets.
D.Although I am not tall, I can make myself good with good personal qualities.

A friend of mine named Paul received an expensive car from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office, a street urchin was walking around the shining car. “Is this your car, Paul?” he asked.

Paul answered, “Yes, my brother gave it to me for Christmas.” The boy was surprised. “You mean your brother gave it to you and it didn’t cost you nothing? Boy, I wish…”He hesitated.

Of course Paul knew what he was going to wish for. He was going to wish he had a brother like that. But what the boy said surprised Paul greatly.

“I wish,” the boy went on, “that I could be a brother like that.” Paul looked at the boy in surprise, then he said again, “Would you like to take a ride in my car?”

“Oh yes, I’d love that.”

After a short ride, the boy turned and with his eyes shining, said, “Paul, would you mind driving in front of my house?”

Paul smiled a little. He thought he knew what the boy wanted. He wanted to show his neighbors that he could ride home in a big car. But Paul was wrong again. “Will you stop where those two steps are?” the boy asked.

He ran up to the steps. Then in a short while Paul heard him coming back, but he was not coming fast. He was carrying his little crippled brother. He sat him down on the step and pointed to the car.

“There she is, Buddy, just like I told you upstairs. His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn’t cost him a cent. And some day I’m going to give you one just like it …then you can see for yourself all the nice things in the Christmas window that I’ve been trying to tell you about.”

Paul got out and lifted the boy to the front seat of his car. The shining-eyed older brother climbed in beside him and the three of them began an unforgettable holiday ride.

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crippled残疾       cent 美分

1.The street urchin was very surprised when _______________

A.Paul received an expensive car

B.Paul told him about the car

C.he saw the shining car

D.he was walking around the car

2.From the story we can see the urchin _______________

A.wished to give his brother a car

B.wanted Paul’s brother to give him a car

C.wished he could have a brother like Paul’s

D.wished Paul could be a brother like that

3.The urchin asked Paul to stop his car in front of his house ___________

A.to show his neighbours the big car

B.to show he had a rich friend

C.to let his brother ride in the car

D.to tell his brother about his wish

4.We can infer(推断) from the story that___________

A.Paul couldn’t understand the urchin

B.the urchin had a deep love for his brother

C.the urchin wished to have a rich brother

D.the urchin’s wish came true in the end

5.The best name of the story is____________

A.A Christmas Present

B.A Street Urchin

C.A Brother Like That    

D.An Unforgettable Holiday Ride

 

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