A famous teacher was speaking to the students at our school. He began his lesson by holding up a ￥100 bill. Then he said to the three hundred students， “Who would like this ￥100 bill？” The students began to put up their hands at once.
Then he said， “I am going to give this ￥100 to one of you， but first， let me do this.” He then made the bill into a ball. Then he said， “Who wants it now？” The hands went back into the air.
“Well，” he said， “What if I do this？” and he dropped it on the floor and stepped on it. He picked up the dirty， crumpled bill and said， “Who still wants it？” Hands went back into the air.
“My friends，” he said， “you have learned a valuable lesson today. No matter （无论） what I did to the money， you still wanted it because it did not go down in value （价值）。 It was still worth ￥ l00！”
Many times in our lives， we are dropped， crumpled， and stepped on by the chances we take and the things that happen to us. We feel as if we are worth nothing. But remember， no matter what has happened to you， you will never lose your value： you are always valuable to those people who love you. Your value doesn’t come from what you do or whom you know， but WHO YOU ARE.
You are special and valuable. Don’t ever forget it！
【小题1】Even though it was dirty， the money _______.

Life is not easy, so I’d like to say “When anything happens, believe in yourself.”

When I was 14, I was ???? nervous to talk to anyone. My classmates often ???? me. I was sad but could do nothing. Later ???? happened. It changed my life. It was an English speech(演讲) contest. My mother asked me to take part in it. What a(n) ???? idea! It meant I had to ???? in front of all the teachers and students of my school!

“Come on, boy. Believe in yourself. You are sure to ? ? .” Then, Mother and I talked about many different topics（题目）. At last I ? ?? the topic “Believe in yourself”. I tried my best to ? ?? all the speech and practiced it over 100 times. ?? ?? my mother’s great love, I did well in the contest. I could not ?? ?? my ears when the news came that I had won the first place. I heard the cheers(喝彩声)?? ?? the teachers and students. Those ?? ? who once looked down on（瞧不起）me, now all said “Congratulations” to me. My mother hugged me and cried ?? ?? .

Since then, everything has changed for me. When I do anything, I try to tell ? ?? to be sure and I will find myself. This is true not only for a person ? ??? for a country.

1.A. so? ????????????? B. too????????????? C. very????????????? D. quite

2.A. made faces at????????????? B. looked after????????????? C. caught up with????????????? D. laughed at

3.A. something????????????? B. nothing????????????? C. anything????????????? D. everything

4.A. interesting????????????? B. exciting????????????? C. terrible????????????? D. wonderful

5.A. write????????????? B. speak????????????? C. tell????????????? D. say

6.A. win????????????? B. lose????????????? C. beat????????????? D. pass

7.A. reached????????????? B. brought ????????????? C. chose????????????? D. thought

8.A. remember????????????? B. see????????????? C. spell????????????? D. hear

9.A. At????????????? B. To? ????????????? C. With????????????? D. As

10.A. hit????????????? B. hurt????????????? C. say????????????? D.? believe

11.A. about????????????? B. on? ????????????? C. to????????????? D. from

12.A. teachers????????????? B. classmates????????????? C. boys????????????? D. girls

13.A. angrily????????????? B. sadly????????????? C. quietly????????????? D. excitedly

14.A. me????????????? B . my ????????????? C. mine????????????? D. myself

15.A. however????????????? B. but also????????????? C. so that????????????? D. as a result

Two strangers were sitting together in a plane . They were on a long journey . One of the men was a teacher . The other was a farmer .

They sat without talking for a while , then the farmer said , “ Let’s do something to pass the time .”

“ What do you want to do ?” the teacher asked .

“ We can ask each other riddles (谜语 ),” the farmer said, “ You start.”

“ Let’s make the rules first ,” the teacher said . “ And to make the game more interesting , let’s play it for money . If we don’t know the answer to the riddle , we have to pay a dollar .”

The farmer thought about this for a while , then he said , “ That’s not fair（公平 . You are a teacher , an educated ( 受过教育的) man . You know more things than I do . I am just a farmer .”

“ That’s true ,” the teacher said , “ What do you think we should do ?”

The farmer said , “ If you don’t know the answer to a riddle ,you pay me 100 dollars .If I don’t know the answer to the riddle , I’ll pay you 50 dollars.”

The teacher thought for a while , then he said , “ OK. That’s fair . Who’ll go first ?”

“I will ,” the farmer said . “ Here’s my riddle . What has three legs when it walks , but only two legs when it flies ?”

The teacher thought and thought , “ What has three legs when it walks, but only two when it flies ?” Then he said , “ That’s a good one . I don’t know the answer .” He gave the farmer 100 dollars and said , “ Tell me the answer . What is it ?”

“ I don’t know , either .” The farmer said , and gave him 50 dollars .

1.At first the two men sat there without talking because ________ .

A．the farmer didn’t like the teacher         B．the teacher didn’t like the farmer

C．the farmer liked to tell jokes               D．they didn’t know each other

2.The farmer wanted to __________ .

A．make the journey interesting .             B．see if the teacher was lucky

C．know if the teacher was clever .            D．make friends with the teacher .

3.The teacher thought at first that the farmer __________ .

A．would fail the game                      B．knew more then he.

C．could answer any riddles .                 D．would win the game .

4.From the short story we know that __________ .

A．the teacher was cleverer than the farmer .

B．an educated man is not always clever.

C．both of the two men could know the answer

D．Neither of the two men was clever.

5.The best title of this story is __________ .

A．How to Answer Riddles .                  B．A Rich Teacher.

C．A Way of Getting Money.                  D．A Clever Farmer.

A famous teacher was speaking to the students at our school. He began his lesson by holding up a ￥100 bill. Then he said to the three hundred students， “Who would like this ￥100 bill？” The students began to put up their hands at once.
Then he said， “I am going to give this ￥100 to one of you， but first， let me do this.” He then made the bill into a ball. Then he said， “Who wants it now？” The hands went back into the air.
“Well，” he said， “What if I do this？” and he dropped it on the floor and stepped on it. He picked up the dirty， crumpled bill and said， “Who still wants it？” Hands went back into the air.
“My friends，” he said， “you have learned a valua-ble lesson today. No matter  what I did to the money， you still wanted it because it did not go down in value （价值）。 It was still worth ￥ l00！”
Many times in our lives， we are dropped， crum-pled， and stepped on by the chances we take and the things that happen to us. We feel as if we are worth nothing. But remember， no matter what has happened to you， you will never lose your value： you are always valuable to those people who love you. Your value doesn‘t come from what you do or whom you know， but WHO YOU ARE.
You are special and valuable. Don‘t ever forget it！
【小题1】Even though it was dirty， the money _______.