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           .

A.see B.walkC.hearD.speak
【小题2】 How did the man help the boy?
A.He gave the boy a lot of money.
B.He brought the boy back to his home.
C.He wrote some new words on the sign.
D.He sent the boy to a special school.
【小题3】The underlined words “held up” in the first paragraph mean          .
A.阻碍B.举着C.承受D.坚持
【小题4】What happened after the man changed the sign?
A.The boy still got a few coins in the hat.
B.The boy got much more money.
C.No one gave the boy coins any more.
D.No one gave the boy coins any more.
【小题5】 What can we learn from the story?
A.Time can we learn from the story?
B.You should be brave even thought you’re blind.
C.Treating a thing differently brings a different result.
D.If we want to be rich, we should be honest.(结果)

Ellen Parker was worried about her health. She could not walk very quickly and it was difficult for her to climb stars. She was soon out of breath (气喘吁吁).

“I suppose I had better go to the doctor,” she thought.

She went to the doctor and told him her problem.

“I’m not surprised at all,” he said. “It’s obvious what your problem is.”

He looked her over then gave her some advice.

“If you don’t do what I say, Mrs. Parker,” he said, “you will have a heart attack. It could kill you.”

Ellen Parker was very worried as she left the doctor’s. She knew that she had to take his advice but it would not be easy and it would take time.

The next day she went shopping. The first shop she went into was a butcher’s shop (肉铺).

“I’d like ten pounds of steak (牛排), please,” she said.

“Certainly, madam,” the butcher replied and went into the cold room and found a large piece of steak. He brought the huge piece of meat back into the shop and put it on the scale (天平).

“That’s just under ten pounds,” he said.

“That big enough,” Mrs. Parker said.

The butcher worked out the price.

“At $4.99 a pound that will be $49.50, please. Would you like me to cut it up into smaller pieces for you?”

“Oh, I don’t want to buy the meat,” Mrs. Parker said.

“If you don’t want to buy it,” the butcher replied angrily, “why did you ask me to get it for you?”

“My doctor told me that I am over-weight and I have to lose ten pounds. I wanted to see what ten pounds of meat looked like.”

1.Why did Ellen Parker visit the doctor?

 A. She had had a heart attack.

B. She had a problem with her health.

 C. She was unhappy about her weight.

D. She could not sleep well.

2.What did the doctor advise her to do?

 A. To lose weight.                   B. To eat more meat.

C. To come and see him again.        D. To look after her heart.

3.Why did Ellen Parker ask for ten pounds of steak?

 A. She wanted to buy some for dinner.

B. She wanted to lose weight.

 C. Her doctor had told her to eat steak.

D. She wanted to see what ten pounds of meat looked like.

4.What was Ellen Parker’s real problem?

 A. She ate too much steak.

B. She weighed too much.

 C. The doctor did not know.    

D. She could not walk very quickly.

 

In New York, on a Friday night, a poor young artist stood at the gate of a train station. He was playing his  16   .His music was so great that many people put money into his   17   .The next day, the young artist came to the   18   place, and played the violin as usual. Different from the day before, he took out a piece of paper and put   19   on the ground. The paper read ,“Last night ,a man named George Sang put an important thing into my hat  20   .Please come to get it soon.”   21   about half an hour, a(an)   22   man there in a hurry, “Oh ,it’s you. You did come here.” The young violinist asked   23   , “Are you Mr. George Sang?” “Yes! Yes!” Then the violinist asked, “Did you lose something?” “Lottery(彩票).It’s the most valuable lottery in my 70 years of life,” said the man.

The violinist   24   a lottery ticket. George Sang’s name was on it, so the violinist   25   it to him. Later someone asked the violinist, “Since you   26   play the violin every day to make your tuition (学费)in the university, why didn’t you keep the lottery ticket for yourself?” The violinist said, “   27    I don’t have much money, I live happily; But if I lose honesty, I won’t be happy forever.” Through our lives, we can get a lot and lose so   28   . But being   29   should always be with us. If we act in a dishonest way, we may   30    in a short period(短期). However, from the long-term view, we will be a loser.

1.

A、piano

B、guitar

C、violin

D、sax(萨克斯)

2.

A、bowl

B、hat 

C、pocket

D、hands

3.

A、similar

B、different

C、strange 

D、same

4.

A、it

B、its

C、they 

D、them

5.

A、by then

B、by mistake

C、by the way

D、by hand

6.

A、After

B、Before 

C、From

D、When

7.

A、young

B、old

C、small

D、tall

8.

A、coldly

B、angrily

C、calmly

D、sadly

9.

A、took out

B、took off

C、took back

D、took away

10.

A、sold 

B、bought

C、gave 

D、lent

11.                  

A、could

B、had to

C、should

D、must

12.

A、Although

B、Once

C、If  

D、Unless

13.

A、many

B、much

C、little

D、few

14.              

A、kind

B、rich

C、honest  

D、poor

15.

A、fail 

B、relax

C、suffer  

D、succeed

 

Michael and Dick are good friends, but they like to play jokes on each other. One holiday, they decided to go to London together. They went to the station and bought their tickets.

Michael got on the train first. He dropped his ticket on the platform when he got into the carriage. Dick, who was close behind, saw the ticket fall and quickly picked it up. He put it in his pocket, but didn’t tell Michael. After they had been in the train for a while, they heard the conductor coming down the corridor, shouting, “Tickets, please!” Michael looked for his ticket and of course couldn’t find it.

“Oh dear, I can’t find my ticket, Dick,” Michael said.

“Look for it carefully, Michael; it must be somewhere.” said Dick.

“No, I can’t find it anywhere. What shall I do?” said Michael.

“Perhaps you’d better hide under the seat; then the conductor won’t know you are here.” So Michael hid under the seat. At this time, the conductor came in. “Tickets, please,” he said. Dick handed him tow tickets and said, “This is mine. The other is my friend’s. But he prefers to stay under the seat.”

1.Michael and Dick would spend their holiday in________.

A. train  B. London   C. Pairs      D. Rome

2. Where did Michael lose his ticket?

A. On the platform   B. In the carriage

C. In the corridor   D. Under the seat

3.What did Dick do after he picked up Michael’s ticket?

A. He gave it to his friend.             B. gave it to the inspector.

C. He put it in his bag.                D. He put it in his pocket.

4.Michael hid under the seat when the conductor came to check the ticket because _______.

A. he didn’t buy the ticket             B. he liked to hide under the seat

C. he couldn’t find his ticket          D. he wanted to lay with the inspector

5.From the last sentence we can know that when Michael heard Dick’s words, he would feel___________.

A. angry        B. happy      C. sad          D. worry

 

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