One morning, a blind* boy sat in front 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 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*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.On the sign what the man wrote was,“_______.”

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.

2.The word“recognized”here in Chinese means______.

A.承认                                    B.接受

C.表扬                                    D.认出

3.From the passage we know that _____.

A. the boy always has a hat on his head.

B. the man is one of his friends.

C. the boy is blind and needs help.

D. the boy works for the man.

4.According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

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.

Jill and Jenny were the best of friends. They were_     so much of the time that people said that they were like twins. They did _ __ and went everywhere together. One day, however, something that_  __ caused their friendship to break happened.

Jill had already made plans with Jenny to watch a(n) _ _ . At the last minute, Jill’s mother had an errand （差事）to run and Jill__ __  look after her sister. Jenny was disappointed(失望的) but said that she would still_  _  Jill and watch the show together.

The next morning, Jill overheard Jenny telling another friend,“I watched it last night. It was a wonderful show.” Jill got _ _ .She walked past Jenny and gave her a cold look. Jenny __ _why Jill was so angry with her. When Jenny called out to Jill, she ignored(不理) her.

After school, Jenny waited for Jill, __ __, for their walk home together. However, Jill just_ __ on alone. Jenny ran after her and asked,“What’s the matter, Jill? Why are you avoiding __ __ like this?” Jill answered angrily,“You broke your _ _ . A good friend should not do that.”

Jenny realised what the _ _ was and laughed. “I didn’t go to the show. I just watched another show on TV. I will _ _  break my promise to you. You are my best friend.”

Jill said  _  _ to Jenny and they were the best  friends again.

1.A. out                  B. together                   C. in                        D. around

2.A. something           B. anything                  C. everything              D. nothing

3.A. almost                  B. finally                 C. probably                  D. slowly

4.A. play             B. show                        C. match                 D. opera

5.A. could          B. might                  C. should                 D. had to

6.A. look after            B. help out                  C. wait for          D. try out

7.A. angry          B. worried                   C. nervous                  D. tired

8.A. told                 B. explained                 C. knew                       D. wondered

9.A. as well                 B. as usual                   C. in fact                 D. above all

10.A. read                   B. danced              C. walked            D. rode

11.A. me                B. him                            C. her                           D. them

12.A. chance              B. phone                C. secret                  D. Promise

13.A. surprise            B. prize                        C. problem                  D. gift

14.A. never                B. still                           C. already          D. even

15.A. thanks               B. sorry                        C. goodbye                 D.hello                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

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【小题1】All the students can understand the Chinese joke ___________ (除了) the British girl.
【小题2】These leaflets can ___________(鼓励) us to take action actively to wildlife.
【小题3】They were so ___________ (afraid) that they screamed and ran as quickly as possible.
【小题4】A lot of time was spent on the fashion show and it was a big success ___________ (a thing that has got a good result).
【小题5】For ___________, you mustn’t leave the door open while you are away from home.