Question

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 corns in the hat. Without asking for permission, 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 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 corns.

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 friendly and helpful.

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

   C. The blind man is very stupid, so he has little money.

   D. The power (力量) of language is great.

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.D

【解析】

1.根据第一段第一句---there was a blind man called John sitting---可知。

2.从整个第二段理解可知。

3.根据第三段第二句The blind man recognized(识别)his footsteps---可知。

4.根据短文最后一句"Spring has come, but I can't see anything.可知。

5.根据对文章的理解，因为广告员的修改，Jhon的收入大大提高了。