Question

A blind boy sat at a street corner with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said, "I am blind. Please ____31____."

There were only a few coins in the ____32____. A man was walking by. He dropped a few coins into the hat. Then he took the sign and wrote some words on it. He put the sign back ___33___ everyone who walked by would see the new words.

Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving ___34____ to the blind boy. That afternoon the man came to see how things were. The boy recognized his ___35___ and asked, "Were you the one who ___36____ my sign this morning? What did you write?"

The man said, "I only said what you said but in a ____37____ way."

What he had written was: "Today is a beautiful day and I cannot see it."

Both signs told people the boy was ____38___. But the first sign simply told people to help. The second sign told people that they were able to enjoy the ___39___ of the day, but the boy could not enjoy it because he was blind.

There are at least two ____40____ we can learn from this story. First, be thankful for what you have. Someone else has less. Help when you can. Second, be creative. Think differently. There is always a better way!

31. A. help              B. stop              C. escape         D. pass

32. A. corner            B. pocket            C. hat             D. wallet

33. A. as though        B. so that           C. if only         D. in ease

34. A. message          B. promise           C. money         D. suggestion

35. A. eyes              B. face              C. hair            D. footsteps

36. A. borrowed         B. kept              C. changed        D. threw

37. A. different         B. difficult          C. strange        D. traditional

38. A. "poor              B. blind             C. helpful         D. deaf

39. A. schedule         B. beauty            C. secret          D. taste

40. A. symbols          B. reasons           C. subjects        D. lessons

Answer 1

ACBCD  CABBD