With a hat by his feet, a blind boy sat on the steps of a building. He held up a sign which said, “I’m blind, please help.”
Only a few people put   36  in the hat. A man was walking by. He   37  some coins into the hat. He then turned the sign   38 , wrote some words, put the sign back and left.
Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people   39  to give money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man came to see   40  things were. The boy recognized his footsteps （認出他的腳步聲）and asked, “Were you the one who   41  my sign this morning? What did you write?”
The man said, “I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a   42  way.” What he had written was, “Today is a beautiful day,   43 I cannot see it.”
Both the   44  told people that the boy was blind. But the first sign simply   45  people to help by throwing some money into the   46 . The second one, however, told people that they were able to enjoy the   47  of the day, but the boy couldn’t   48  he was blind.
There are at least two lessons we can learn   49  this story. First, be thankful for what you have. Someone else has less. Help them if you can.   50  , be creative. Think differently. There is always a better way!

Dave：Emma, is this a photo of your family?
Emma：Yes, it  36 .
Dave：Is the old man(老人)  37 grandfather?
Emma：  38 , he is.
Dave：And who is the man(男人)?
Emma：Oh, he is his  39 , Nick.
Dave：So Nick is your father?
Emma：Yes, you are right.
Dave：Is this your  40 ?
Emma：No, it isn’t. She is my father’s  41 , my aunt. My mother isn’t in the picture.
Dave：Are these your  42 ?
Emma：Yes, they are. They  43 Tina and Jenny.
Dave：Err… is the little(小)  44 your sister?
Emma：No, she isn’t.
Dave：Who is  45 ?
Emma：Haha, she’s me.
【小題1】A、is                  B、am                   C、are
【小題2】A、you                 B、your                 C、my
【小題3】A、Yes                 B、No                   C、Not
【小題4】A、father              B、brother              C、son
【小題5】A、father              B、mother               C、aunt
【小題6】A、sister              B、mother               C、brother
【小題7】A、brothers           B、sisters              C、uncles
【小題8】A、is                  B、am                   C、are
【小題9】A、boy                 B、girl                 C、daughter
【小題10】A、she                B、he                   C、her

I was now five, and still I showed no much interest in things except with my toes（腳趾）. I could not look after myself,   35  my father took care of me. I used to lie on my back all the time in the kitchen. I was   36 , imprisoned（監(jiān)禁） in a world of my own, unable to communicate with others.
Then, suddenly, it happened on the afternoon of a cold December day. All the family were gathered round the big kitchen fire. Mona and Paddy were drawing funny animals, using a bright piece of yellow chalk. It was the chalk that   37  me so much. I had never seen anything like it before.
Suddenly, I wanted to do what my sister was doing. Then without thinking or knowing exactly what I was doing, I   38  out and took the chalk out of my sister’s hand, with my left foot. It is a puzzle（迷惑）to many people as well as to   39 . I held the chalk tightly between my toes and made a wild scribble（亂涂）with it on the board. Next moment I stopped, not knowing what to do with the chalk next, hardly knowing how it   40  there. Then I looked up and realized that everyone was looking at me   41 . My mother came in. Her eyes looked from my face down to my   42 , then she took another piece of chalk from Mona, and drew the single letter “A” on the floor in front of me. “Copy that, Christy.” She said. I tried to do the same action, but I   43 . “Try again, Chris.” she whispered in my ear. I tried another two more times. I drew one side of the letter, then the other. It looked ugly, but I   44  to make it finally. I had done it! True! I couldn’t speak with my mouth, but now I would speak through something more   45  than spoken words. That one letter was my   46  to a new world, my key to mental freedom.