One day, there was a blind 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(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 corns in the hat. Without asking for permission, 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(識別)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 corns.
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 is very stupid, so he has 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

小題1:根據(jù)第一段第一句---there was a blind man called John sitting---可知。
小題2:從整個第二段理解可知。
小題3:根據(jù)第三段第二句The blind man recognized(識別)his footsteps---可知。
小題4:根據(jù)短文最后一句"Spring has come, but I can't see anything.可知。
小題5:根據(jù)對文章的理解，因為廣告員的修改，Jhon的收入大大提高了。
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