A blind boy sat there with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said, “I am blind, please help.”
There were only a few coins in the hat. A man was walking by. He took out a few coins and dropped them into the hat. He then turned the sign around and wrote something on it. He put the sign back and walked away.
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 do?”
The man said, “I only wrote the truth in a different way.”
What he had written was, “Today is a beautiful day, but I can’t see it.”
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 one 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 one told people they were so lucky that they were not blind.
There are at least two lessons we can learn from this simple story.
Treasure (珍惜) what you have. Someone else has less. Try your best to help those who need your help.
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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| A．承认 | B．接受 | C．表扬 | D．辨认出 |
| A．Giving makes receiving! | B．Be kind and creative! |
| C．Be kind to the blind! | D．Do not always get, but offer! |
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I joined a band （乐队）as a drummer in my middle school. I thought it would be fun playing the drum and meeting new friends. At first it was easy, but a month later, it got difficult. I was the only one who couldn’t keep pace （节奏）with the other players.
Our teacher, Angie, singled me out to keep practicing while everyone else got to relax. I felt ashamed （羞愧的）as my teammates watched me fail so many times. Finally I got so tired of practicing that I didn’t care about doing it right.
“Are you giving up on me. Steve?” Angie asked.
“Yes, I am,” I shouted. Angie sent me inside the music room where I cried out. Then she came in and said. “Don’t be sad. I believe you can make it!” She told me never to give up. She left me alone and I realized Angie was right—by giving up, I was also giving up on the team and myself.
With her comfort, I decided to go on practicing. However, I still couldn’t play well. Knowing my difficulties, my teammates gave me a hand. They spent about three more hours practicing with me every week. Thanks to their support and help, I began to keep pace with them. Later, we performed wonderfully in an important show.
In the whole process, I was taught that although we each had our own job to do in a show, it would take all of us working together to make the show great. I felt accepted and made great progress. I love everyone in the band. I can’t imagine what my school life would be like without them.
1. One month after he joined the band, Steve felt playing the drum was _________.| A．funny | B．helpful | C．noisy | D．difficult |
| A．have a good rest | B．go on practicing |
| C．give others a hand | D．start another band |
| A．the value of teamwork | B．the effect of shows |
| C．the importance of hobbies | D．the power of music |
【推荐2】From an early age, the teacher taught us if we wanted to be successful, we had to work hard and get good results. In fact, good students may just end up doing jobs they don’t like, and some even lead an unhappy life. Why is it like that?
In many parents’ eyes, school grades are the most important for their children. In reality (现实), there are many things to consider besides the school subjects. For example, how to be a happy person, what to do to keep healthy, and how to get along well with others. That is to say, school is not just enough if you want to have a great life.
Doing well in school is different from doing well in life. Studies show that people who failed at school may be successful in life. You may have already known that some celebrated people, like Thomas Edison and Steve Jobs, didn’t do very well at school or even failed to finish school. In fact, there are a lot more than just the big shots who are successful in life without finishing school. They seize (抓住) every chance to learn and finally make it to the top.
Life is really a long lesson, so long that you can’t define (界定) a person’s success by just one section (部分) of it. If you have already finished school, keep learning because what you have learned at school will never be enough to live a satisfying (令人满意的) life. If you are still studying, whether you are good or bad at school, don’t take your school results too seriously as long as you have put your heart into it. Keep learning to make the most of your talents. That’s how you can live a happy and successful life.
1. What did the teacher teach us from an early age?| A．To work hard and get good results. | B．To play freely. |
| C．To do housework for parents. | D．To take part in activities. |
| A．School grades. | B．Health. | C．Time. | D．Money. |
| A．Friendly. | B．Famous. | C．Humorous. | D．Relaxed. |
| A．Good students end up doing jobs they like. |
| B．School is enough if you want to have a great life. |
| C．Doing well in school is different from doing well in life. |
| D．You needn’t keep learning. |
| A．Old Habits Die Hard | B．Learning Is a Lifelong Journey |
| C．A Good Beginning Is Half Done | D．Never Give Up |
【推荐3】A beggar (乞丐) was sitting outside a temple (寺庙) begging. All he asked for was food. After begging for many hours under the hot sun, he somehow got enough food to eat. He was happy.
One day, a kind-hearted woman came to the temple and saw the beggar. She wanted to help him. She came to the temple every day to give him some food. She felt that one bag of food was not enough, so she gave him two bags for each meal. This went on for days.
Soon, the beggar stopped begging under the sun. Instead, he found a cool place under a tree to sit and wait for the woman. He was happy that he didn’t have to beg anymore.
But one day, the woman came late to the temple in the morning. The beggar said, “Ma’am, please come on time. I can’t be waiting here in hunger for you to come. And if you can, please bring some different kinds of food tomorrow. Eating the same food every day is boring.”
Without saying a word, the woman walked away. The beggar never saw her again.
1. Where did the beggar beg at first?| A．Under a tree by the road. | B．In the sun outside a temple. | C．In a cool place. |
| A．time | B．space (空间) | C．logic (逻辑) |
| A．Because she was hungry. | B．Because she was busy. | C．Because she was angry. |
| A．kindness can make people smart |
| B．it’s impossible for a beggar to thank you |
| C．sometimes kindness can make people lazy |
Recently, Chinese netizens（网民）praised a 5-year-old boy from Xinxiang, Henan province, for his move: he hasn’t had a haircut for three years to help children with cancer.
In a video posted online, Guangnian showed his more than 30-centimeter-long hair. He thought of this form of volunteering about three years ago when he watched a documentary about children with cancer in which he noticed girls with total hair loss as a side effect of the treatment.
After that, Guangnian decided to grow his hair long and donate them to children who have lost their hair because of cancer treatment.
No one took his words seriously at that time, as he was just a 3-year-old kid. They did not expect that Guangnian will stick to his decision all the way.
“On my first day of school, I was mistaken for a girl by others. I told them I was a boy, but they still called me a girl, which upset me,” Guangnian said.
Though faced with teasing（戏弄）, Guangnian never thought of giving up even when his mother tried several times to ask him to have his hair cut short.
“Sometimes I would envy（羡慕）my litter brother’s short hair because people could tell he is a boy from his look. But my father told me that boys should not fear being laughed at. I’m not giving up. I want to help others through this way,” he said.
According to Guangnian’s mother, he could live up to his expectations to donate his hair this summer.
1. Guangnian grew his hair long to help children with cancer.2. Cancer patients may lose their hair totally because of cancer treatment.
3. Most people thought the boy was serious about his decision.
4. The boy cut his hair short because others mistook him as a girl.
5. The passage mainly talks about a special way to help cancer patients.
【推荐2】Peter and I are good friends. Peter is an English boy. I am a Chinese boy. My name is Li Chen. I am 12 and Peter is 12, too. We are in the same class. Peter has a blue pencil box and five black pens. I have two yellow erasers and two red pens.
Peter found an ID card in the library. If you lost it, please go and ask Mrs. Brown—our English teacher for it. Her telephone number is 786-2360. I lost my English–English dictionary in Class 2. It’s red. My name is on it. If you find it, please call me. My phone number is 342-7256.
Thank you very much.
1. Peter and Li Chen are .| A．Chinese | B．students | C．teachers | D．brothers |
| A．Peter | B．Li Chen |
| C．Mrs. Brown | D．Peter and Li Chen |
| A．five | B．two | C．six | D．seven |
| A．LI Chen | B．Mr. Brown | C．Mrs. Brown | D．Peter |
| A．342-7256 | B．786-2603 | C．342-7265 | D．786-2360 |
【推荐3】Ethan was a 14-year-old boy who was born without legs. He had to wear prosthetic legs（假肢）and used walking sticks to walk. But he had a strong heart. He believed nothing could stop him from achieving（实现）his success. So he decided to climb the Willis Tower, which was the highest building in the USA in that period（时期）.
Ethan started to learn karate（空手道）at the age of 4. When he decided to climb the Willis Tower, his karate teacher, Jeff Kohn, was deeply moved（感动）and offered to help train him. They spent more than 10 hours practicing climbing stairs and keeping balance（平衡）on the steps every day.
“It seems that he never knows what tiredness is. Sometimes, I was so tired that I asked him to rest.” said Jeff, “But he said he was still OK and wanted more exercise.”
Jeff was with Ethan for the climb. As Ethan got to the last step, he almost fell down, but he finally arrived at the top, where he enjoyed the cheers from the crowd.
“I saw he went faster for the last 10 floors.” said Jeff, “He’s the most hard-working player I’ve ever trained. I am proud of him.”
Later, when people asked him why he did climbing, Ethan said, “I just want to show people that if a kid with no legs can do it, anyone can do it. And when I’m older, I could point to the building and say ‘Look at this building, I climbed.’”
1. Jeff Kohn helped Ethan perhaps because ________.| A．Ethan paid him a lot |
| B．he wanted to cheer all his students up |
| C．he was moved by the boy’s fighting spirit |
| D．he could make himself famous by doing this |
| A．To get some prizes. |
| B．To enjoy the cheers from the crowd. |
| C．To make his karate teacher happy. |
| D．To show that anyone can do it with a strong will. |
| A．am pleased with |
| B．am sick of |
| C．am worried about |
| D．am interested in |
| A．Ethan climbed the tower alone that day. |
| B．Ethan’s teacher thought he was excellent. |
| C．Many people waited for Ethan at the top of the tower. |
| D．The Willis Tower is the tallest building in America now. |
| A．The early bird catches the worm. |
| B．Everything is hard in the beginning. |
| C．You can if you think you can. |
| D．Never give an opinion about a person by his looking. |
