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 coins in the hat. Without asking for permission(允许), 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.Who wrote a new message?

A. The blind man.   B. The teacher.

C. The publicist.   D. The farmer.

2.How did the blind man recognize the publicist?

A. By his sign.    B. By his footsteps.

C. By his voice.   D. By his coins.

3.When did the story happen?

A. In spring.      B. In summer.

C. In autumn.      D. In winter.

4.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 not clever, so he has little money.

D. The power of language is great.

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文中的广告员仅仅因为给这位盲人写了一句话，就让盲人乞丐的收入获得了巨大的变化，从而也告诉了我们语言力量的伟大。

1.】C细节理解题。根据Without asking for permission, he took the sign, turned it around and wrote a new message. he指的是前文提到的广告员，可知选C。

2.B细节理解题。根据The blind man recognized（认出，识别出）his footsteps 可知选B。

3.A细节理解题。根据The new sign read,“Spring has come, but I can’t see anything.”描述可知，这个故事可能发生在春天。故选A。

4.D细节理解题。仅仅是一句话就让人们对这位盲人增加了许多同情，这告诉了我们语言的力量是伟大的。故选D。

考点：故事类短文阅读。