Question

With a hat by his feet, a blind boy sat on the steps of a building. He held up a sign which said, “I’m blind, please help.”

Only a few people put   36  in the hat. A man was walking by. He   37  some coins into the hat. He then turned the sign   38 , wrote some words, put the sign back and left.

Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people   39  to give money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man came to see   40  things were. The boy recognized his footsteps （认出他的脚步声）and asked, “Were you the one who   41  my sign this morning? What did you write?”

The man said, “I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a   42  way.” What he had written was, “Today is a beautiful day,   43 I cannot see it.”

Both the   44  told people that the boy was blind. But the first sign simply   45  people to help by throwing some money into the   46 . The second one, however, told people that they were able to enjoy the   47  of the day, but the boy couldn’t   48  he was blind.

There are at least two lessons we can learn   49  this story. First, be thankful for what you have. Someone else has less. Help them if you can.   50  , be creative. Think differently. There is always a better way!

1.	A．eggs B．coins C．toys D．pencils

2.	A．got B．lost C．took D．dropped

3.	A．on B．off C．back D．around

4.	A．asked B．began C．hoped D．continued

5.	A．how B．what C．whose D．which

6.	A．put B．found C．changed D．cleaned

7.	A．usual B．simple C．different D．dangerous

8.	A．as B．so C．for D．but

9.	A．signs B．men C．boys D．lessons

10.	A．told B．took C．helped D．ordered

11.	A．bag B．hat C．pocket D．basket

12.	A．food B．songs C．beauty D．pictures

13.	A．because B．unless C．before D．though

14.	A．about B．with C．from D．except

15.	A．First B．Second C．Third D．Fourth

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.D

4.B

5.A

6.C

7.C

8.D

9.A

10.A

11.B

12.C

13.A

14.C

15.B

【解析】略