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           .

短文填词（共10分）

A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign saying, “ I’m blind, please help.” There were only a few coins in the hat.

A man was   1   by. He took a few coins from his pockets and put them   2   the hat. Then the man took the sign, turned it around, and   3   some words. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by   4   see the new words.

Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot   5   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   6  ?”

The man said, “ I just wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a   7   way.”

What he had written was, “Today is a beautiful day; I can not see it.” Of course,   8  the signs told people the boy was blind.  9  the first sign simply said 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   10  was more effective(有效的)?

Mr. Black, Ann’s father works in a hospital. He’s friendly to the patients. So he’s very busy all the time. Ann is seven and began to be at school. She often watches TV at home. Some of her friends often go traveling abroad（国外）, but her father doesn’t have time. He and his wife can only take their daughter to some cities in England.

This summer Mr. Black has got some time. He’s going to take his family to Iceland（冰岛）. Ann is very excited and tells her friends about it.

“Why are you going to travel to Iceland, Ann?” asks a girl.

The little girl does not know how to answer. She thinks for a few minutes and says, “We’re going to see it before it melts（融化）.”

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1.Mr. Black ____.

2.Mr. Black can’t take his family to travel abroad because ____.

3.Ann often ____.

4.The word “excited” may mean ____.

5.Ann thinks ____.

根据句意和首字母提示，完成短文。(每小题1分，满分10分)
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