Question

    One day, there was a blind(瞎的) 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 Kim 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 corns in the hat. Without asking for permission, he took the sign, turned it around and wrote some new words. 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(钞票) and coins. The blind man recognized 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 sign a little differently.” He smiled and went on his way.

The new sign read,  “Spring has come, but I can't see anything.

1.Who wrote a new message？

A.The blind man. B.The publicist. C.The teacher.              D.The farmer.

2.How did the blind man recognize the publicist？

A.By his sign. B.By his footsteps. C.By his voice.              D.By his corns.

3.The underlined word “recognized” here probably means__________.

A.识别. B.知道. C.猜测. D.理解.

4.What can we learn from the passage？

A.Publicists are always friendly and helpful.

B.The blind man is very stupid, so he has little money.

C.The power（力量） of language is great.

D.We can get more money by changing a sign.

Answer

1.B

2.B

3.A

4.C

【解析】

本文讲述了一个名叫Kim的有创意的广告员把一个盲人的招牌上的语言“我是一个盲人，请帮帮我”，改成了“春天已经来了，但是我却看不见”。结果，这引起了人们的同情，给他更多的钱。

1.推理判断题。根据“A creative publicist（广告员）named Kim was walking by the blind man …… Then he put the sign by the feet of the blind man, and left.”可知，这位广告员写了一条新的招牌语，故选B。

2.细节理解题。根据“The blind man recognized his footsteps and asked if it was he who had changed his sign.”可知，这个盲人通过他的脚步声辨认出这个广告员的，故选B。

3.词义猜测题。recognize“识别”，know“知道”，guess“猜测”，understand“理解”。根据“asked if it was he who had changed his sign.”可知，这个盲人知道是他改变了自己的招牌语，因此识别出了他。故选A。

4.推理判断题。根据文中内容可知，这个广告员改变了盲人招牌上的语言，导致收到的钱更多了，因此从中我们可知知识就是力量，故选C。