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（许可）, 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 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 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 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】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了一个叫约翰的人因为眼睛看不见而乞讨。一个广告员给他改动了一下标语，使他讨到了更多的钱。由此可见语言的魅力。

1.One day, there was a blind man called John sitting on the bench with a hat by his feet and a sign that read,，可知男人的名字叫John，故选B。

2.Without asking for permission（许可）, he took the sign, turned it around and wrote a new message.可知是广告员该写了他的信息，故选C.

3.细节理解题。根据第四段The blind man recognized(识别) his footsteps可知盲人是通过他的脚步声辨别出广告员的，故选B

4.推理判断题。根据第五段The new sign read, “ Spring has come, but I can't see anything. “可知这个季节是春天，故选A

5.短文描述可知因为广告员的语言会使人产生更多的同情，可知语言的魅力巨大的，故选D。

考点：故事类短文阅读。