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     A blind boy sat on the steps of a building 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 a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat.  He

then  took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words. He put the sign back so that everyone who

walked by would 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

asked, "Were you the one who changed my sign this 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  and I cannot 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. The second sign told people they were so lucky that

they  were not blind. Should we be surprised that the second sign was more effective?

1. Which of the followings about the man is NOT true?

A. He is warm-hearted.

B. He knows the boy very well.

C. He is very clever.

D. He changes the words on the sign.

2. The second sign           

A. doesn't tell people the boy is blind

B. asks people to help the boy

C. doesn't ask people to help the boy

D. makes people happy

3. Why do many people give coins to the boy later?

A. Because he is blind.

B. Because the man asked them to do.

C. Because he can write words.

D. Because the words made people feel sorry.

4. What does "effective" probably mean in the passage?

A. 责重的    

B. 有效的    

C. 有趣的    

D. 有同情心的

5. The main idea of the passage is that              .

A. thinking is important for us

B. we should help blind people       .

C. the boy got much money at last

D. the man is great