阅读理解。
One morning, a blind (瞎的) boy sat on the steps of building with a hat by his feet. He held a sign which
said, "I am blind, please help me."
There were only a few coins in the hat. A man was walking by. He took out a few coins from his pocket
and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words on it. He put
the sign back so that everyone who walked by could see the new words.
Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy. That afternoon the
man who had changed the sign came to see how things were. The boy recognized his footsteps and asked,
"Are you the one who changed my sign in the morning? What did you write?"
The man said, "I only wrote the truth. I said what you said, but in a different way."
What he had written was, "Today is a beautiful day, but I cannot see it."
Do you think the first sign and second sign were saying the same thing?
Of course both signs told people the boy was blind. But the first sign simply told people to help by putting
some money in the hat. The second sign told people that they were able to enjoy the beauty of the day, but
the boy could not enjoy it because he was blind.
The first sign simply said the boy was blind, while the second sign told people they were so lucky that
they were not blind.
There are at least two lessons we can learn from this simple story.
The first is: Treasure (珍惜) what you have. Someone else has less. Try your best to help those who
need your help.
The second is: Be creative. Think differently. There is always a better way.
1. From the passage we know that _____.
A. the boy always has hat on his head.
B. the man is one of his friends.
C. the boy is blind and needs help.
D. the boy works for the man.
2. On the sign the man wrote some words which said, "_____."
A. He is blind. Please help him.
B. Today is a beautiful day, but I cannot see it.
C. We are so lucky that we are not blind.
D. Treasure what we have.
3. According to the passage, which of the following is true?
A. The hat began to fill up after the man wrote some words on the sigh.
B. The man took away the few coins from the hat.
C. The boy pretended to be blind, for he didn't want to go to school.
D. Nobody wanted to give coins to the boy.
4. The underlined word "recognized" in the passage means _____.
A. 知道
B. 懂得
C. 理解
D. 辨认出
5. According to the writer, from this simple story we can learn: _____.
A. Be careful not to be blind.
B. Be creative. There is a better way!
C. Be kind to the blind!
D. Don't always get, but offer (付出)!
