A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a box by his feet．He held up a sign which read，“I am blind，please help．” There were only a few coins in the box．The boy felt sad．

A man walked by．He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the box．Then he 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 box was full．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（听出他的脚步声）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 and I can not 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 said the boy was blind．The second sign told people they were so lucky that they were not blind．

Great men say，“In the journey of life，if you want to travel without fear，yon must have the ticket of a good conscience（良心）．”

It's a beautiful thing to see a person smiling! And it's even more beautiful to know that you are the reason of a person's smiling!

1．When did the man pass by and change the blind boy's sign?

A．In the morning      B．At noon            C．In the afternoon     D．At night

2．Why did the second sign have a better effect?

A．It told the truth in a straight way．

B．It told the passing people a lie．

C．It told people to buy some tickets for the boy．

D．It told people to feel lucky for not being blind．

3．What do the first three paragraphs tell us?

A．No pains，no gains．

B．Different ways，different results．

C．The early bird catches the worm．

D．When the cat's away，the mice will play．

4．According to the last paragraph，the most beautiful thing is _________．

A．to know the reason of a person's smiling              B．to see a person smiling

C．to be the reason of a person's smiling            D．to be a person smiling

On a Friday night，a poor young violinist was playing his violin at the entrance of the subway station. The music was so great that people slowed down to listen and put some money into his hat.
The next day，the violinist came to the entrance again. He put down his hat as usual. Beside the hat was a piece of paper with some words on it. It said，“A George Sang has put an important thing into my hat by mistake. Welcome to claim(认领)it.”Soon the people were all attracted by the words and wondered what it could be. After a while a man rushed through the crowd，took the violinist’s shoulders and said，“I knew you would certainly come here.”The violinist asked，“Did you lose something?”“Lottery(彩票).”The violinist took out a lottery ticket with Sang’s name on it. Sang took it and danced happily.
Sang was an office worker. He bought the lottery and won a prize of$500，000.But when he gave$50 to the violinist for his wonderful music，the lottery ticket was thrown in, too. The violinist was a college student. That morning，he was going to fly to Vienna for high education. However，when he found the ticket，he cancelled the flight and returned to the entrance.
Later someone asked the violinist why he didn’t take the lottery ticket to pay the tuition fee(学费).He said“Although I don’t have much money，I live happily. If I lose honesty(诚实)，I won’t be happy forever.”
【小题1】The young man played the violin for ________ at the entrance of the subway station.

—The ticket said that the famous singer would come here this evening．

—Yes．It’s really       to hear that．

A．strange    B．sorry    C．wrong      D．surprised