阅读下面短文,从所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 The Blind Boy A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a ____which said: “I am blind, please help.” There were only a few ___ in the hat. A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his _ _and dropped them into the hat. He____took the sign, turned it around and wrote some words. He____the sign____everyone who walked by would see the new words. Soon the hat began to____. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man who had____the sign came to see____things were. The boy____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 in a different way,____.” What he had written was: “Today is a(n)____day and I cannot see it.” Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing? ____，both signs told people the boy was blind. But the first sign simply said the boy was blind. The second sign told people they were so____that they were not blind. Should we be surprised that the second sign was more____? Be thankful for what you have.____life gives you a 100 reasons to cry, show life that you have 1000 reasons to____. Face your past without regret.__ ___your present with confidence. Prepare for the____without fear. Keep the faith and____the fear.
试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了一个聪明的过路人帮助盲人把标牌改了，这样有更多的路人帮助哪位盲人，所以说我们要学到珍惜你所拥有的别人没有的，还要注意说话的艺术。 【小题1】B考查名词辨析A. cover封面；B. sign标志；C. board板；D. note通知；根据下方提到He____took the sign, turned it around and wrote some words.可知选B项。 【小题2】D考查名词辨析A. cashes 现金；B. treasures财富；C. pennies 便士；D. coins硬币；根据下方提到He took a few coins from his _ _and dropped them into the hat可知选D项。 【小题3】A考查名词辨析A. pocket 口袋；B. can 罐头；C. backpack 背包；D. case事情；根据上下文很容易得知从口袋掏出几枚硬币，故选A项。 【小题4】B考查副词辨析A. still仍然；B. then然后；C. already已经；D. yet然而；句意：然后拿出告示牌，在背面写了几个字，故选B项。 【小题5】D考查动词短语辨析A. put on 穿上； B. put out扑灭；C. put off 推迟；D. put back放回原处；根据上文他把写好的牌子放回原版，以便其它路人能看到，故选D项。 【小题6】C考查连词辨析。A. in case以防；B. now that既然；C. so that 因此；D. as though好象；据上文他把写好的牌子放回原版，以便其它路人能看到，故选C项。 【小题7】C考查动词短语辨析A. mix up混合；B. show up出现；C. fill up填满；D. make up组成；从后面一句话A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy.可知帽子里充满了钱，故选C项。 【小题8】A考查动词辨析A. changed改变；B. prepared准备；C. supported支持；D. reached到达；根据下文Were you the one who changed my sign this morning? What did you write?可知选A项。 【小题9】D考查宾语从句引导词A. what什么；B. why为什么；C. where哪；D. how如何；根据句意，改了告示牌的那个人回来看看情况如何，故选D项。 【小题10】B考查动词辨析A. realized意识到；B. recognized辨认；C. felt感觉；D. discovered发现；根据下方提到男孩能辨出他的脚步声，故选B项。 【小题11】A考查连词辨析A. though虽然；B. but但；C. yet然而；D. still然而；句意：我只是了解事情，用了不同的表达方式，放在句末用逗号隔开，故选A项。 【小题12】D考查形容词辨析A. average 平均；B. successful成功的；C. harmonious和谐的；D. beautiful漂亮的；句意：美好的一天，故选D项。 【小题13】C考查短语辨析A. After all毕竟；B. In all总共；C. Of course当然；D. Of all time一直；根据下下文可知，当然两个告示牌的意思都是这个男孩失明，故选C项。 【小题14】C考查形容词辨析A. happy高兴的；B. disappointed失望的；C. lucky 幸运的；D. strange奇怪的；句意：第二个告示牌，他没有失明是幸运的，故选C项。 【小题15】A考查形容词辨析A. effective有效的；B. brave勇敢的；C. surprising吃惊的；D. scientific科学的；根据句意，第二个告示 牌更有效，故选A项。 【小题16】B考查连词辨析A. Once 一旦；B. When当。。时候；C. Where哪； D. Because因为；从上述的故事中得到启示，当你有一百个哭泣的理由，但你要有1000个理由去笑着生活，故选B项。 【小题17】A考查动词辨析A. smile微笑；B. exist存在 ；C. survive幸存；D. prove证明；此处与cry相反，故选A项。 【小题18】C考查动词短语辨析A. Look into调查； B. Search for寻找；C. Deal with 处理；D. Depend on依靠；根据上下文的理解，是自信的对待你所拥有的，故选C项。 【小题19】C考查名词辨析A. tomorrow 明天；B. adventure冒险；C. future将来；D. sunrise升起；句意：毫不畏惧地为未来做好准备，坚持信念，抛弃恐惧，故选C项。 【小题20】D考查动词辨析A. preserve值得；B. charge负责；C. lose失去；D. drop落下；根据抛弃恐惧，故只有D符合句意。 考点：故事类阅读。