A well-known speaker started his speech by holding up a $20 bill. In the room of

A well-known speaker started his speech by holding upa $20 bill. In the room of 200, he asked, “What is this piece of   1  andis it worth anything?”

Hands started going up. “It is a $20 bill, encashable(可兑现的) in international and national   2  .”repliedone of the   3  who raised their hands.

The speaker continued, “I am going to give this $20 toone of you, but first, let me do this.” He continued to crumple the 20 dollarbill using both his hands. He then               4  itand asked, “Who still wants it?” Still the hands were up in the air.

“Well,” he said, “what if I do this?” He dropped it onthe  5  and started to step on it. He picked up thecrumpled and   6  bill and said, “Now, who stillwants it?”  

7  went back into the air. “I think this bill is still   8  itsvalue”, said a young man in an unsure  9 . “We can still usethe bill to   10  goods worth 20 dollars,” said theother people.

“My friends, you have all learned a very   11  lessonin this exercise that we are just through with. You’ve   12  thatI can crumple the $20 bill during the process as the effects can be seenclearly.   13 , no matter what I did to the piece ofpaper, you were   14  in your mind that my actionsdid not actually decrease its   15 . It was still worth $20.”

“Many times in our lives, we feel like as if we are   16 ,crumpled, and ground into the dirt by the decisions we make and the circumstancesthat come our way. We feel as though we are   17 ; but nomatter what happened or what will happen, please   18 , youwill never lose your value.” Values that you keep in your heart will always   19 you from a difficult situation.

Dirty or clean, crumpled or not, you are stillpriceless to those who love you. The worth of our lives comes, not in what wedo or who we know, but by ...WHO WE ARE.” “You are   20 —don’t ever forget it.”

1.                A．paper          B．advice          C．information    D．luck

2.                A．organizations    B．flights          C．markets  D．conferences

3.                A．family          B．teachers        C．speakers  D．audience

4.                A．hid            B．bought         C．carried   D．unfolded

5.                A．square         B．beach          C．ground   D．playground

6.                A．thin           B．dirty           C．new D．clear

7.                A．Hands          B．Books          C．Heads    D．Smoke

8.                A．losing          B．reducing        C．increasing     D．holding

9.                A．sound          B．voice           C．noise D．shout

10.               A．deliver         B．buy            C．sell   D．produce

11.               A．boring         B．difficult         C．valuable   D．painful

12.               A．heard          B．seen           C．forgotten  D．doubted

13.               A．However       B．Therefore       C．Besides   D．Otherwise

14.               A．sure           B．curious         C．proud D．sad

15.               A．price          B．growth         C．value D．size

16.               A．dropped        B．turned         C．looked    D．talked

17.               A．important       B．confident       C．selfish D．useless

18.               A．accept         B．argue          C．remember D．decide

19.               A．leave          B．search         C．save  D．beat

20.               A．especial        B．normal         C．ordinary   D．special

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【答案】

1.A

2.C

3.D

4.D

5.C

6.B

7.A

8.D

9.B

10.B

11.C

12.B

13.A

14.A

15.C

16.A

17.D

18.C

19.C

20.D

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