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 coins in the hat. Without asking for permission（許可）, he 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(shí)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 coins.
【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

解析試題分析：這篇短文主要介紹了一個(gè)叫約翰的人因?yàn)檠劬床灰姸蛴�。一個(gè)廣告員給他改動(dòng)了一下標(biāo)語，使他討到了更多的錢。由此可見語言的魅力。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第一段One day, there was a blind man called John sitting on the bench with a hat by his feet and a sign that read,，可知男人的名字叫John，故選B。
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段Without asking for permission（許可）, he took the sign, turned it around and wrote a new message.可知是廣告員該寫了他的信息，故選C.
【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段The blind man recognized(識(shí)別) his footsteps可知盲人是通過他的腳步聲辨別出廣告員的，故選B
【小題4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第五段The new sign read, “ Spring has come, but I can't see anything. “可知這個(gè)季節(jié)是春天，故選A
【小題5】歸納理解題。根據(jù)短文描述可知因?yàn)閺V告員的語言會(huì)使人產(chǎn)生更多的同情，可知語言的魅力巨大的，故選D。
考點(diǎn)：故事類短文閱讀。

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