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, he 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 recognised（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 recognise the publicist?

A. By his sign.    B. By his footsteps.    C. By his voice.    D. By his coins.

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 chang-ing a sign.

C. The blind man was very stupid, so he had little money.

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

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.D

【解析】文章介绍了一个广告员用一句话帮助了一个盲人的故事。

1.根据there was a blind man called John sitting on the bench with a hat by his feet故选B

2.根据The publicist said, “I just wrote the message a little differently.”故选C

3.根据The blind man recognised（识别） his footsteps故选B

4.根据The new sign read: “Spring has come, but I can’t see anything.”故选A

5.根据文章介绍了一个广告员用一句话帮助了一个盲人的故事。故选D