A well-known speaker started off his speech by holding up a ＄20 bill(钞票)．In the room of 200,he asked,” Who would you like this ＄20 bill?”
Hands started going up．He said, “I am going to give this ＄20 to one of you ,but first, let me do this．”
He continued to crumple(弄皱)the 20-dollar note up．He then asked, “Who still wants it?” Still the hands were on in the air．
“Well,” he replied, “what if I do this?,” He dropped it on the ground and started to grind(磨)it into the floor with his shoe．He picked it up, now the note was crumpled and dirty．
“Now, who still wants it?”
Still the hands went into the air．
“My friends, you have all learned a very valuable lesson．No matter what I did to the money ，you still wanted it because it did not decrease in value(价值)．It was still worth ＄20．”
“Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled ,and grounded into the dirt by the decisions we make and the circumstances(情况)that come our way．We feel as though we are worthless; but no matter what happened or what will happen, you will never lose your value．”
“Dirty or clean, crumpled or finely creased ,you are still priceless(无价的)to those who love you．The worth of our lives comes, not in what we do or who we know, but by WHO WE ARE．”
“You are special——don't ever forget it．”
(1)
When the famous speaker began to give a speech, he was holding up ________．
[ ]
A．
a ＄20 bill．
B．
a ＄200 bill．
C．
a ￡20 bill
D．
a ￥200 bill
(2)
What did the speaker then do to give them a valuable lesson?
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A．
He crumpled a 20－dollar bill，dropped it ，grounded and left．
B．
He dropped a 20－dollar bill on the ground and left．
C．
He raised his hand and answered several questions．
D．
He was dropped, crumpled and ground into the dirt．
(3)
When the 20－dollar note was crumpled and dirt, ________．
[ ]
A．
nobody wanted it
B．
still many hands went into the air
C．
it was not worth 20 dollars
D．
The speaker put it into his pocket
(4)
What does the underlined word “decrease”( in para．7)mean?
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A．
增加
B．
减少
C．
离开
D．
害怕
(5)
According to the passage, the worth of our lives lies in ________．
Mrs Green is going shopping in a new shopping mall．She is going to buy 1 ．She is looking for it．Now she is in a very big 2 shop．There are 3 people in it．She is looking 4 one of the sweaters in the shop．And there is a young man 5 near her．Mrs Green wants to try 6 the sweater．So she 7 the young man, ‘ 8 , are you going to serve(接待) 9 ? I 10 a sweater．’ The young man is 11 and says, ‘I'm sorry．I 12 serve you．’ Mrs Green says, ’ Of course you can．That's 13 ．’ The young man says, ‘It's not my job．I want 14 , too．’ Mrs Green feels very 15 ．
(1)
[ ]
A．
a dress
B．
pair of shoes
C．
trousers
D．
a sweater
(2)
[ ]
A．
shoe
B．
clothes
C．
sports
D．
food
(3)
[ ]
A．
too much
B．
much too
C．
many too
D．
too many
(4)
[ ]
A．
for
B．
/
C．
at
D．
to
(5)
[ ]
A．
asking
B．
singing
C．
standing
D．
dancing
(6)
[ ]
A．
for
B．
/
C．
in
D．
on
(7)
[ ]
A．
says
B．
asks
C．
talks
D．
speaks
(8)
[ ]
A．
Sorry
B．
Excuse me
C．
Please
D．
Pardon(原谅)
(9)
[ ]
A．
you
B．
me
C．
I
D．
us
(10)
[ ]
A．
want
B．
look
C．
see
D．
find
(11)
[ ]
A．
happy
B．
surprised(惊讶的)
C．
pleased(高兴的)
D．
afraid(害怕的)
(12)
[ ]
A．
don't
B．
do
C．
can
D．
can't
(13)
[ ]
A．
nice of you
B．
you must do
C．
your job
D．
you please
(14)
[ ]
A．
a sweater
B．
a T-shirt
C．
a shirt
D．
trousers
(15)
[ ]
A．
happy
B．
angry(生气的)
C．
sorry
D．
sad(伤心的)
完形填空
It way evening．Two travelers were riding their horses along the fields．Suddenly they found they 1 their way．They began 2 a house to stay in．They also tried to find a person to show them the 3 way the next morning．
They saw a farm house at last．When they came into the house, they found a farmer and his wife were having supper．The farmer asked them to sit down and eat together with them． 4 they were very hungry, they did so 5 ．
While eating, the farmer watched the plate without saying a word．This made the travelers 6 frightened(害怕)．They thought he was 7 because he had not asked them to come．
After supper, the farmer’s wife asked them to go upstairs to sleep．They were 8 tired that they didn’t take off their clothes and went to bed．But the younger one was 9 frightened to sleep．He heard the farmer and his wife talking in the room below．At first he could not hear 10 ．But then he clearly heard the man 11 “Must we kill(杀死)them 12 ?”The woman’s voice answered,“Yes, of course we must．”A moment later he again heard a man coming up into the door．The door slowly opened and the farmer came in with a light in one hand and a long knife in 13 ．He went to the meat hanging on the wall, cut off a piece, and returned 14 as he had done before．
The next morning when they came down for breakfast, they found on the table some meat and two 15 ．Everything was clear．
(1)
[ ]
A．
were missing
B．
were losing
C．
had missed
D．
had lost
(2)
[ ]
A．
to look at
B．
to look for
C．
to look up
D．
to look after
(3)
[ ]
A．
right
B．
left
C．
wrong
D．
same
(4)
[ ]
A．
As
B．
For
C．
When
D．
While
(5)
[ ]
A．
pleased
B．
a pleasure
C．
with pleasure
D．
with a pleasure
(6)
[ ]
A．
a few
B．
few
C．
little
D．
a little
(7)
[ ]
A．
happy
B．
unhappy
C．
polite
D．
surprised
(8)
[ ]
A．
very
B．
too
C．
so
D．
such
(9)
[ ]
A．
very
B．
too
C．
so
D．
too much
(10)
[ ]
A．
anything
B．
nothing
C．
something
D．
everything
(11)
[ ]
A．
tell
B．
talk
C．
speak
D．
say
(12)
[ ]
A．
all
B．
every
C．
both
D．
either
(13)
[ ]
A．
other
B．
the other
C．
others
D．
another
(14)
[ ]
A．
so quickly
B．
as quick
C．
so quick
D．
as quickly
(15)
[ ]
A．
chickens
B．
eggs
C．
apples
D．
men
完形填空。
Tibby otter(水獭)and his three brothers were born on a windy March day．Their home was in a 1 by the river bank．But Tibby and his brothers did not 2 , because otters cannot see 3 until they are about ten days old．
When 4 the little otters opened their eyes, their mother made a path up to the river bank and 5 them out for a walk．“My dears, ” she said, “Let’s learn to swim．Today your father and I will give you 6 swimming lesson．” Their mother went on, “You must listen and watch carefully, or you can’t learn to swim in a short time．”
Tibby learned to swim 7 quickly．His mother swam with him 8 her back far into the river．Then all at once she dived under the water．
Poor Tibby splashed(激水)and struggled(挣扎), and seemed afraid of 9 ．But his father and mother were both there to help him, and soon he was able to swim and 10 without fear(害怕，恐惧)．
