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(允许), he 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(钞票))and coins. The blind man recognized(识别)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, “I 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 curious(好奇)about everything.

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

C .The blind man is not clever, so he has little money.

D. The power of language is great.

The Recycling Center

Students at an elementary school in Chicago studied ecology (生态学).They learned that there was so much rubbish that it was a world-wide problem. They asked their teacher if thce could do something to help solve the problem. “ It is a very big problem.” the teacher said, “but if every community helps,that would really make a difference."

The students decided to set up a program called Saturday Recycling Center. They would collect rubbish and then get it to a place. The students used the Internet to find out more about recycling in Chicago. They found that there are 15 “drop off" places, where people can bring rubbish to get it recycled

The students had to work out how to get the rubbish

to the place. They went to talk with the leader of the church( 教堂) near their school.

They knew that he drove a van. They asked him to help with their plan.

The churchman agreed to help. He said he would pick up the rubbish on the first Saturday of each month. So everything was organized. All the students needed was rubbish to recycle.

The students made posters to put in stores in the neighborhood. The churchman advertised die new recycling program at the church service. The community center put a note about the recycling center in their monthly newsletter. The students went into the other classrooms at their school and asked children to tell their families about the Saturday recycling.

The first Saturday was beyond their expectations.In fact ,they got so many rubbish that the churchman had to make two trips to take it all to the “drop off”place.Now most people in the community know the first Saturday is the time to recycle.

1.The students set up the program to_________ .

A. help the community

B. collect rubbish for recycling

C. find "drop off" places

D. teach children to solve problems

2.Who helped to pick up the rubbish?

A. A student. B. A teacher.

C. A parent. D. A churchman

3.The community center helped with the program by___________ •

A advertising it at the church service

B. asking children to tell their families about it

C. putting o note about it in the monthly newsletter

D. putting posters about it in stores in the neighborhood

4..What does the last paragraph mainly tell us?

A. Recycling is very hard.

B. The program needs more help.

C. The program is successful.

D. People only recycle on Saturday.

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