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One day a famous speaker gave a speech to a crowd of people. He held up a   21   bill. He asked, “Who would like this $20 bill ? ” Hands were   22  . Then he said, “I am going to give this $20 to one of you, but first let me do this.” He began to crumple(弄皱)the   23 . He then asked the audience, “   24  still wants it ?” Still the hands went  25  in the air.
“ What   26  I do this? ” He asked, and he  27  it on the ground, and started to step on it. He  28  it up. Now the bill was  29  and crumpled. “ Now who still wants it?” Still the hands went up.
“My friends,” He continued, “You have all  30   a good lesson . No matter   31  I did to the money, you still wanted it because the bill did not lose its  32 . It was still worth $20. Many times in our   33 , we are dropped, crumpled, and stepped on, because we sometimes  34  wrong decisions, or we may   35  with something we do not   36 .When that happens, we feel depressed and think we are   37 . But in fact no matter what has happened or what will happen, you will never lose your value. The worth of our life comes not   38  what we do or whom we know, but in who we are! Don’t forget ‘the worth of a thing does not depend on its outside   39  , but on its inner value.’ This is the   40  of life.

【小题1】
A.20 dollar B.20 dollars C.20-dollarsD.20-dollar.
【小题2】
A.risenB.putC.raised D.held
【小题3】
A.billB.paperC.cashD.change
【小题4】
A.SomebodyB.NobodyC.AnybodyD.You
【小题5】
A.upB.downC.aboveD.around
【小题6】
A.shouldB.canC.ifD.Whether
【小题7】
A.threwB.droppedC.fellD.put
【小题8】
A.showedB.liftedC.broughtD.picked
【小题9】
A.goodB.cleanC.largeD.dirty
【小题10】
A.givenB.learnedC.taughtD.taken
【小题11】
A.thatB.howC.whatD.Why
【小题12】
A.valueB.priceC.effectD.part
【小题13】
A.studiesB.workC.fieldsD.lives
【小题14】
A.doB.makeC.giveD.take
【小题15】
A.meetB.dealC.talkD.get
【小题16】
A.likeB.hopeC.wishD.Expect
【小题17】
A.worthlessB.weakC.poorD.careless
【小题18】
A.fromB.inC.aboutD.at
【小题19】
A.beautyB.faceC.looksD.impression
【小题20】
A.lessonB.truthC.sayingD.story


【小题1】D
【小题2】C
【小题3】A
【小题4】C
【小题5】A
【小题6】C
【小题7】B
【小题8】D
【小题9】D
【小题10】B
【小题11】C
【小题12】A
【小题13】D
【小题14】B
【小题15】A
【小题16】D
【小题17】A
【小题18】B
【小题19】C
【小题20】B

解析试题分析:
【小题1】D根据句子结构此处应填一个形容词,a 20-dollar bill一张20美元的支票。20-dollar是复合形容词,不加s. 如:an eight-year-old girl一个八岁的小女孩。             
【小题2】C从上文的held up及下文的Still the hands went up可知,“举着手”,若选B或D要加up,答案A是不及物动词,应排除。
【小题3】A从上下文可知,他开始弄皱了支票。
【小题4】C 此处是疑问句,排除A,B,D。.A.somebody用于肯定句,C.Anybody 用于否定句或疑问句。句意:还有人想要吗?
【小题5】A.根据下文Still the hands went up可知答案
【小题6】C.What if ....要是。。。又怎么样,如果。。。该怎么办。
【小题7】B从下文第三段第三句we are dropped可知是‘丢在地上开始踩’
【小题8】D pick up捡起来,结合上下文可知,丢在地上踩了之后捡起来。B.lift up 举起来
【小题9】D根据常识,支票丢在地上踩了之后,应该是“脏的”
【小题10】B. Learn a lesson 吸取一个教训,
【小题11】C根据语法结构,do 后面缺宾语,故用what ,no matter what无论什么。句意:无论我对这张钱做些什么,你们还是会要它。。。
【小题12】A联系上下文可知,支票没有失去它的价值。
【小题13】D从下文The worth of our life可知,作者从支票联系到实际,联系到我们的生活
【小题14】B固定短语,make decisions做决定
【小题15】A . meet with 遇到,遭遇到。
【小题16】D从下文feel depressed可知遇到我们没料到的的事情。Expect期望,料想
【小题17】A联系上下文,我们觉得沮丧,认为我们毫无价值。
【小题18】B联系上下文,注意not....but...这一并列结构,but后接介词in+从句,便可知答案
【小题19】C根据上文中提到即使那张支票被弄得又皱又脏,还是有它自身的价值。说明:一件东西的价值不在于外表而是内在的价值。
【小题20】B名词辨析。A教训B真相,事实C谚语,格言D故事,根据句意这是生活的本质。
考点:夹叙夹议类短文。本文通过讲述一位演讲者向听众展示一张支票,尽管这张支票被弄得又皱又脏,人们还是要它,因为它还是有它自身的价值。进而联系到人生的真谛:不在于外表而是内在的价值。
点评:答题前一定要读懂全文,弄清文章要表达的思想,注意前后段落之间的关系。答题中,一定要认真分析,注意选项与上下文的关系,与前后单词的关系。对于一时没有太大的把握的题可以放到最后再来完成,因为有时答案可以从下文内容体现出来。答完后再通读一篇文章,看看所选选项能不能是语句通顺,语意连贯。

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