One day, there was a blind man called John sitting on the bench(長條椅)with a hat by his feet and a sign that read,“I am blind. Please help me.”
A creative publicist(廣告員) 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 recognized(認(rèn)出,識別出)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.”
小題1:What’s the blind man’s name?
A.Tom.B.John.
C.Tony.D.Sorry, I don’t know.
小題2:Who wrote a new message?
A.The blind man.B.The teacher.
C.The publicist. D.The farmer.
小題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.
小題4:When did the story happen?
A.In spring.B.In summer.
C.In autumn.D.In winter.
小題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 was very stupid, so he had little money.
D.The power(力量)of language is great.

小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:B
小題4:A
小題5:D

試題分析:這篇短文中的廣告員僅僅因?yàn)榻o這位盲人寫了一句話,就讓盲人乞丐的收入獲得了巨大的變化,從而也告訴了我們語言力量的偉大。
小題1:根據(jù)One day, there was a blind man called John 可知選B。
小題2:根據(jù)Without asking for permission, he took the sign, turned it around and wrote a new message.he指的是前文提到的廣告員,可知選C。
小題3:根據(jù)The blind man recognized(認(rèn)出,識別出)his footsteps 可知選B。
小題4:根據(jù)The new sign read,“Spring has come, but I can’t see anything.”描述可知,這個(gè)故事可能發(fā)生在春天。故選A。
小題5:僅僅是一句話就讓人們對這位盲人增加了許多同情,這告訴了我們語言的力量是偉大的。故選D。
點(diǎn)評:本文淺顯易懂,層次分明,學(xué)生很容易把握文中中心內(nèi)容。答題中注意帶著問題閱讀短文,一般就能順利找出答題依據(jù)。對于不能直接找到根據(jù)的問題注意聯(lián)系上下文,根據(jù)短文中心總結(jié)出正確答案。
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