One morning, a blind boy sat on the steps of 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(硬币)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 recognized his footsteps and ask,“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 beauty of the 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．
(1)
From the passage we know that ________．
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A．
the boy is the man's son．
B．
the man is one of his neighbors．
C．
the boy is blind and needs help．
D．
the boy works for the man．
(2)
On the sign what the man wrote was, “________．”
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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．
(3)
According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
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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．
(4)
The word“recognized”here in Chinese means ________．
You will have a lot of reading to do in this grade this year．You can do more of it in less time if you learn to read rapidly．
Perhaps you have been told about some habits (习惯) which keep a person from reading fast and have been strongly asked to break those habits which you might have．
Do you still have any of these bad habits?Check yourself by answering“yes”or“no”to these questions．
(1) Do you move your lips (嘴唇) when reading silently?
(2) Do you point to words with your finger as you read?
(3)Do you move your head from side to side as you read?
(4)Do you read one word at a time?
If you answer“yes”to any of these questions,start at once to break the habit．If you move your tips，hold your fingers over them，or hold a piece of paper be-tween your lips while you are reading．Then if your lips move，your will know it and can stop them．
If you point to words，hold the two sides of your book，one side with your left hand，the other side with your right hand．Then you won't have a free finger to use in pointing while reading．If you move your head，place your chin (下巴) in one hand and hold your head still (静止不动的)．
If you read no more than one or two or three words at a time，you need to work very hard in learning to take in (吸收) more words at each glance (一瞥) as your eyes travel across the lines of words．
Even if you do rather fast now，you can learn to read even faster．As you probably have been told，the secret of fast reading is to take in whole groups of words as each glance．Read in through groups and force (迫使) your eyes along the lines of words as fast as you can to make them go．Anyone who practices doing these things will he able to read faster．
(1)
You may hold your fingers over your lips while reading so as ______．
A．to tell others to be silent
B．to feel whether your lips move or not
C．to hold a piece of paper between them
D．to keep yourself from talking to others
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(2)
When you read，______．
A．don't keep your head still
B．don't hold your books with your hands
C．don't stand up near a desk
D．don't use your finger to point to words
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(3)
If you learn to read fast，______．
A．you can read more in less time
B．you can write faster
C．you can understand better
D．you can read less in more time
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(4)
You must _______ those habits that we are talking about in this reading．
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