One morning, a blind boy sat on the steps of a 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 ask, “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 can’t see it.”

　　Do you think the first sign and the 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 is the man’s son.                    B. the man is one of the boy’s neighbors.

   C. the boy is blind and needs help.               D. the boy works for the man.

2  On the sign what the man wrote was, “________”

   A. Treasure what we have already had.

   B. Today is a beautiful day, but I can’t see it.

   C. We are so lucky that we are not blind.

   D. Try your best to help those who need your help.

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 sign.

   B. The man took away all the few coins from the hat.

   C. The boy wanted to get enough money to go to school.

   D. Nobody wanted to give any coins to the blind boy.

4  The word “recognized” here in Chinese means________.

   A.承认                  B.接受                         C.表扬               D.认出

5  The best title for this story is _________.

   A. Giving makes receiving!                  B. Be kind and creative!

   C. Be kind to the blind!                     D. Do not always get, but offer!

根据对话内容，从方框内选择合适的句子补全对话。（ 有两项多余）

A. Who’s that?

B. I’d like to, but I’m afraid I can’t.

C. I’m buying something for my aunt.

D. Have a good trip!

E. I was shopping at that time.

F. Who are you?

G. What did you call me for?

A: Hello! May I speak to Tom, please?

B: Hello! This is Tom speaking. (61)　　　  

A: This is Bill. I called you yesterday, but you were not at home.

B: (62) 　　　   I need to prepare (准备) something for my trip to Shanghai.

A: Shanghai? That’s a beautiful city that I’m looking forward to visiting. How lucky you are!

B: So I am. (63) 　　　  

A: I’ll have a birthday party next Friday. Would you like to come?

B: (64) 　　　   My plane will take off next Wednesday, and I will stay there for a week.

A: What a pity that you can’t come! (65) 　　　  

B: Thank you very much. Bye!

A: Bye!

A terrible earthquake happened in Wenchuan on May 12th, 2008    1 ．During those days, a lot of stories about love could be heard．   2 ．After the earthquake, under a fallen building, some soldiers found that a woman died in a very strange way．  3   , they were surprised to find that baby in her arms was still alive．4   Between the dead mother and the living baby, there was a mobile phone with a short message on the screen．

     "My dear baby, if you can survive（幸存）, remember that I love you．"Everybody cried when they read these words．

     Besides this story,  5  , from these stories, we know more about love．

     You're lucky if you're loved by others． You're great　if you love others when you　are in danger．

________ lucky you were to see Yao Ming at the airport!

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   What
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   How
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 My mum only had one eye. She cooked for students and teachers to    16    the family when I was young.

   One day my mum came to 　17  hello to me in primary school. I was so embarrassed（尴尬的） that I threw her a hateful  18  and ran out.

   The next day at school, one of my classmates said, “Your mum only has one eye!” and   19     at me.

   I hated my mum and decided to leave her, so I studied very hard. Later I got a chance to go abroad to study and I left my mother.　20　graduation I worked, bought a house and got    21  there. Then I had kids of my own. I was happy with my wife and my kids. But one day someone knocked at my door. It was my  22   !When she stood by the door, my children laughed at her, and I   23   at her, “How dare you come to my house and scare my children! GET OUT OF HERE NOW!” And to this, my mum 　24   answered, “Oh, I’m so sorry. I may have got the wrong   25   ,”and she disappeared.

   One day, a letter regarding a school reunion（聚会） came to my house. So I 　26   to my wife that I was going on a business trip. After the reunion, I went to the old house.

   My neighbors said that she    27    . I did not have a single tear. They handed me a letter that she had wanted me to have.

   My dearest son,

    I am thinking 　28　 you all the time. I’m sorry that I came to your house and scared your 　29　 .

     I was so glad when I heard you were coming for the reunion. But I may not be able to even get out of bed to see you. I’m sorry that I was still an embarrassment to you when you were growing up.

   You see…when you were very little, you got into an accident, and lost your eye. As a mother, I couldn’t stand watching you grow up with one eye. So I gave you    30    .

   …  With all my love to you!

                                                                Your mother

1.A. support     B. provide       C. offer          D. prefer

2.A. speak              B. talk             C. say              D. tell

3.A. cry                B. look       C. laugh              D. smell

4.A. smiled         B. shouted          C. knocked          D. laughed

5.A. After    B. Since     C. Before           D. Until

6.A. worried   B. excited      C. married      D. satisfied

7.A. Dad                B. friend               C. son              D. Mum

8.A. said               B. screamed         C. talked           D. added

9.A. quietly    B. happily      C. loudly               D. angrily

10.A. name              B. address     C. number               D. city

11.A. laid    B. told           C. lied                 D. lay

12.A. returned   B. moved       C. hurt                 D. died

13.A. over                  B. of       C. out             D. about

14.A. wife              B. son    C. family             D. daughter

15.A. his               B. yours        C. hers                 D. mine