The old man tried to stop the wind from ________ off his hat.

1. A.
   blowing
2. B.
   blows
3. C.
   blew
4. D.
   blow

---________ hat is that?

---It's his hat.

1. A.
   Who's
2. B.
   Whose
3. C.
   Where
4. D.
   What

With a hat by his feet, a blind boy sat on the steps of a building. He held up a sign which said, “I’m blind, please help.”
Only a few people put   1  in the hat. A man was walking by. He   2  some coins into the hat. He then turned the sign   3 , wrote some words, put the sign back and left.
Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people   4  to give money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man came to see   5  things were. The boy recognized his footsteps （认出他的脚步声）and asked, “Were you the one who   6  my sign this morning? What did you write?”
The man said, “I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a   7  way.” What he had written was, “Today is a beautiful day,   8 I cannot see it.”
Both the   9  told people that the boy was blind. But the first sign simply   10  people to help by throwing some money into the   11 . The second one, however, told people that they were able to enjoy the   12  of the day, but the boy couldn’t   13  he was blind.
There are at least two lessons we can learn   14  this story. First, be thankful for what you have. Someone else has less. Help them if you can.   15  , be creative. Think differently. There is always a better way!

One day Mozart saw an old blind street-performer playing the violin in the street corner  26  a hat in front of him . He found out the old man was  27  one of his compositions . The old man played for  28  but still nobody put any money into his hat . Mozart asked the old man , “Do you often play compositions by Mozart ?” “Yes,  29 _ ,” answered the old man . “now, everybody knows Mozart and likes his music .” “Do you  30  a living by playing the violin ?” The old man said he  31 . Mozart took over the violin from the old man and began to play .

He played so well  32  all the passerby stopped to listen to the wonderful music and soon the old man felt very  33  that the man could play so well . He asked Mozart , “Who are you , sir ?” “Your colleague（同行） , a poor  34  like you .”

Then Mozart gave the  35  back to the old man and went away .

1.A. on             B. by            C. with           D. to

2.A. writing        B. playing       C. reading        D. listening

3.A. sometime       B. sometimes     C. some time      D. some times

4.A. you            B. it is         C. Mr.            D. Sir

5.A. make           B. buy           C. give           D. take

6.A. certainly      B. did           C. yes            D. sorry

7.A. which          B. how           C. that           D. what

8.A. happy          B. worried       C. disappointed   D. surprised

9.A. musician       B. artist        C. scientist      D. writer

10.A. money         B. violin        C. food           D. hat