A well-known speaker started his speech by holding up a $20 bill. In the room of 200, he asked, “What is this piece of 1 and is it worth anything?”
Hands started going up. “It is a $20 bill, encashable(可兑现的) in international and national 2 .”replied one of the 3 who raised their hands.
The speaker continued, “I am going to give this $20 to one of you, but first, let me do this.” He continued to crumple the 20 dollar bill using both his hands. He then 4 it and asked, “Who still wants it?” Still the hands were up in the air.
“Well,” he said, “what if I do this?” He dropped it on the 5 and started to step on it. He picked up the crumpled and 6 bill and said, “Now, who still wants it?”
7 went back into the air. “I think this bill is still 8 its value”, said a young man in an unsure 9 . “We can still use the bill to 10 goods worth 20 dollars,” said the other people.
“My friends, you have all learned a very 11 lesson in this exercise that we are just through with. You’ve 12 that I can crumple the $20 bill during the process as the effects can be seen clearly. 13 , no matter what I did to the piece of paper, you were 14 in your mind that my actions did 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 circumstances that come our way. We feel as though we are 17 ; but no matter what happened or what will happen, please 18 , you will 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 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 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
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
【解析】
试题分析：本文讲述了一个演讲者将一张支票弄皱弄脏但是它的价值并没有变，以此作者在提醒我们永远不要忘记我们的价值，不管发生了什么事情我们永远是特别的，我们的价值不会变。
1.前文讲到他拿着一张支票，故他问这张纸是什么，值什么。故选A
2.A. organizations 组织 B. flights 航班 C. markets 市场 D. conferences会议；句意：在国际和国内市场上可以兑现20美金，故选C
3.通过前文，他在做演讲，所以应该是其中一个听众举手回答，故选D
4.A. hid 隐藏 B. bought 买 C. carried 扛着 D. unfolded打开，句意：然后他展开这张支票，故选D
5.后文讲到started to step on it.他踩在这张支票上，所以应该是仍在了地上，故选C
6.他捡起这张又皱又脏的支票，故选B
7.后文讲到听众们还是要这张又皱又脏的支票，所以手还是举起来了，故选A
8.A. losing 失去 B. reducing 减少 C. increasing 增加 D. holding保持；句意：我认为这张支票仍然保有它的价值，故选D
9.这个年轻人以一种不确定的声音说。专指人的声音用voice,故选B
10.我们能用这张支票来买价值20美金的东西，故选B
11.我亲爱的朋友们你们刚刚在实验中学到了非常有价值的一课，故选C
12.你们已经看见了在这个过程中我将20美金的支票弄皱了，故选B
13.A. However然而 B. Therefore因此 C. Besides除此之外 D. Otherwise否则；然而不管我做什么，我的行动并不会减少这张支票的价值，故选A
14.你是确信我的行为并不会减少支票的价值，故选A
15.A. price价格 B. growth 生长 C. value价值 D. size 尺寸；句意：你是确信我的行为并不会减少支票的价值，故选C
16.A. dropped 掉落 B. turned 转变 C. looked 看 D. talked谈论；句意：我们会感觉好像我们掉落下来了，被褶皱了。故选A
17.A. important重要的 B. confident 自信的 C. selfish自私的 D. useless无用的，我们会感觉好像自己是无用的，故选D
18.后文讲到you will never lose your value.所以应该是请记住，我们不会失去我们的价值，故选C
19.句意：保持价值在你心中，将会帮助你从困境中解脱出来，故选C
20.A. especial 尤其的 B. normal 正常的 C. ordinary平常的 D. special特别的；句意：你是特别的，用于不要忘了这一点，故选D
考点：人生百味类议论文
点评：本片文章结构不难，文章多数考察固定短语和句型。对于高中的完型填空，重在理解上下文的意思。首先花几分钟进行整体的阅读，弄清楚作者主要议论的对象。不提倡看一个做一个，平时的学习中要注意多积累固定句型，考试时才能判断出相对应的知识点。
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