题目内容：

第三部分 阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）

请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

The truth in other words

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 but 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 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.

There are at least two lessons we can learn from this simple story.

The first is : Be thankful for what you have. Someone else has less. Help where you can.

The second is: Be creative. Think differently. There is always a better way!

56. The man wrote some words on one side of the boy’s sign because       .

A. he thought that the blind boy didn’t know how to write

B. he wanted to prove that the boy was really blind

C. he thought that the boy couldn’t get any money

D. he wanted to help the poor blind boy

57. The changed sign worked better than the original one because        .

A. the original sign told people to do things, which people don’t like

B. the second sign made people see their health as a gift, which made them willing to help

C. the original sign pointed out a kind of suffering that people don’t care about at all

D. the second sign drew people’s attention to another problem the boy had

58. We can learn from the story that the man who rewrote the sign was        .

A. creative      B. patient       C. funny      D. curious

59. The story shows us that        .

A. thinking in a different way can get us out of trouble

B. learning to be thankful for what we have may help us to live happier lives

C. creative thinking may bring us better results

D. being kind and respectful will encourage blind people to help themselves