Question

In the room of 200, many people were sitting together for a lesson. They were waiting eagerly for a speech from a well-known speaker. A few minutes later, a middle-aged man came to the platform with smile on his face. At that time, the whole room was suddenly silent. Then, the man started off his speech by holding up a $20 bill. He asked, “Who would you like this $20 bill?” Hands started going up. The crowd became a little noisy. He said, “Calm down, please. 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. Then, he 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. 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 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—please don’t ever forget it.”

51. 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

52. What did the speaker then do to give them a valuable lesson?

   A. He crumpled a 20-dollar bill, dropped it on the grounded and crumple it.

   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.

53. 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

54. According to the passage, the worth of our lives lies in ____________.

   A. what we do                         B. who we know

   C. who we are                         D. what we know

55. What is the best title for the text?

   A. A Famous Speaker                   B. Lose your value

   C. Twenty Dollars                      D. Crumple the Money

Answer 1

A A B C C