Question

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

A well-known speaker started his talking by holding up a $20 bill．In the room of 200, he asked, "Who would 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 began to crumple(弄皱) the 20 dollar note up．He then asked, "Who still wants it?" Still the hands were up in the air．

"Well," he replied, "what if I do this?" He dropped it on the ground and started to grind it into the floor with his shoe．He picked it up, now 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 ground into the dirt by the decisions we make and the circumstances 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 — don’t ever forget it."

1.This passage is mainly about ________．

A． a famous professor

B． the value of $20

C． the value of a person

D． the importance of money

2.By making the money crumpled and dirty , the professor wanted to show ________．

A． the value of the money never changed

B． he was not interested in the money

C． he was a very special person

D． the money was valuable any more

3.The underlined word “ decrease” most probably means “________”．

A． become more

B． become less

C． change fast

D． stay the same

4.The writer implies (暗示) in the passage that ________．

A． we should try our best to make more money

B． we should try to make ourselves special

C． we can word hard to prove ourselves

D． we might meet with a lot of difficulties in our life

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.D

【解析】

1.1】主旨大意题。题意：短文主要是有关什么的？A． a famous professor一位著名的教授；B． the value of $20二十美元的价值；C． the value of a person人的价值；D． the importance of money钱的重要。演讲家借助一张二十美元的钞票，给我们讲述了人生的价值。故选C。

2.2】细节理解题。由第五段里的： No matter what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not decrease in value．It was still worth $20.可知他是想要人什么明白钱的价值一直未变过。故选A。

3.3】词义猜测题。句意：No matter what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not decrease in value．It was still worth $20.无论我对这张钱做什么，你们还是想要它，是因为在价值上它没有decrease,它还值20美元。A． become more变多；B． become less 变少；C． change fast变快；D． stay the same保持一样。钱没有减少，所以还值20美元。故选B。

4.4】推理判断题。题意：作者在文中暗示了什么？A． we should try our best to make more money我们应该尽力多挣钱；B． we should try to make ourselves special我们应该使我们自己特别；C． we can word hard to prove ourselves我们可以努力提高自己；D． we might meet with a lot of difficulties in our life人生中我们可能遇到许多困难。由短文最后一段可知，人生中会摔跤、像纸币一样被弄皱、会跌倒，由此可知本题选D。