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 (自信). Prepare for the ____ without fear. Keep the faith and ____ the fear.
A.cover B.sign C.board D.note
A.cashes B.treasures C.pennies D.coins
A.pocket B.can C.backpack D.case
A.still B.then C.already D.yet
A.put on B.put out C.put off D.put back
A.in case B.now that C.so that D.as though
A.mix up B.show up C.fill up D.make up
A.changed B.prepared C.supported D.reached
A.what B.why C.where D.how
A.realized B.recognized C.felt D.discovered
A.though B.but C.yet D.still
A.averag B.successful C.harmonious D.beautiful
A.After all B.In the long term C.Of course D.As a matter of fact
A.happy B.disappointed C.lucky D.strange
A.effective B.brave C.surprising D.scientific
A.Once B.When C.While D.Because
A.smile B.exist C.survive D.prove
A.Look into B.Search for C.Deal with D.Depend on
A.tomorrow B.adventure C.future D.sunrise
A.preserve B.charge C.skip D.drop