Question

  One day,there was a blind man called John sitting on the bench with a hat by his feet and a sign that read, “I am blind. Please help me. ”

   A creative publicist (广告员) named Tom was walking by the blind man and stopped to see that the man only had a few coins in his hat. He put a few of his own coins in the hat. Without asking for permission,took the sign,turned it around and wrote a new message. Then he put the sign by the feet of the blind man,and left.

   Later that afternoon the publicist returned to the blind man and noticed that his hat was almost full of bills and coins. The blind man recognized his footsteps and asked if it was he who had changed his sign. He also wanted to know what the man wrote on it.

   The publicist said,UI just wrote the message a little differently. ”He smiled and went on his way.

   The new sign read, “Spring has come,but I can't see anything. ”

1. What's the blind man's name?

   A. Tom. B. John.

   C. Tony. D. Sorry,I don't know.

2. Who wrote a new message?

   A. The blind man. B. The teacher.

   C. The publicist. D. The farmer.

3. How did the blind man recognize the publicist?

   A. By his sign. B. By his footsteps.

   C. By his voice. D. By his coins.

4. When did the story happen?

   A. In spring. B. In summer.

   C. In autumn. D. In winter.

5. What can we learn from the passage?

   A. Publicists are always friendly and helpful.

   B. We can get more money by changing a sign.

   C. The blind man is very stupid so he has little money.

   D. The power of language is great.

Answer 1

2. C 3. B 4. A 5. D

l. B 细节理解题。由第一段第一句可知。故选B.

2. C 细节理解题。由第二段可知。故选C.

3. B 细节理解题。由第三段“The blind man recognized his footsteps." 可知。故 选B.

4. A 推理判断题。由最后一段“Spring has come,but I can't see anything. ”判断这个故 事发生在春天。故选A.

5. D 推理判断题。综合全文，招牌信息由“I am blind. Please help me. ”改为 “Spring has come,but I can't see anything. ”，给盲人带 来了丰厚的收入，可见是语言的力量。