Question

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 heard 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 but I cannot 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. The second sign told people they were so lucky that they were not blind.

1.A blind boy sat on the steps of a building in order to______.

A. wait for some people B. get money from others

C. make the writer help him D. hold up a sign

2.The man ______when he saw the blind boy.

A. gave the boy a new hat

B. brought the boy a sign

C. took away the blind boy's money and wrote some words on the sign

D. gave the boy some money and wrote some words on the sign

3.What happened to the blind boy after the man wrote the words on the sign?

A. The boy was taken away by the police

B. Nobody gave the blind boy money any more

C. More people dropped money into the boy's hat

D. The blind boy could see the beautiful day

4.What do you think of the sign written by the man?

A. It has the different meaning to the first sign

B. It has the same meaning to the first sign and is expressed (表达) in another better way.

C. The man's sign tells people it is a beautiful day

D. People know the boy is blind after reading the man's sign

5.What can we learn from this passage?

A. It's helpful of us to help people in need

B. There are many poor people in the world like the blind boy

C. It's a good way to make money by holding a sign

D. We should learn to speak to others in a suitable way

Answer 1