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 ________．
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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, ________．
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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 ________．