At a meeting, a well-known speaker lifted up a bill of 20 dollars before starting his speech.
Facing 200 people, he asked, “Who wants this 20-dollar bill?” A great many hands were put up. Then he continued to say, “I intended to give it to any one of you, but allow me to do a thing before giving it to you.” Suddenly he crumpled (揉)it into a round mass. Then he asked, “Who wants it? ” Still some hands were lifted up.
He asked again, “Well, how could it be if I do it like this?” he threw the bill onto the ground, stepped on it and twisted it. As he picked it up, the bill had become not only dirty but wrinkled.
“Who still wants it?” Still a few people put up their hands.
“My dear friends, you have had a meaningful class. No matter how I treated this bill, you still want it, because it is worth 20 dollars. On your life road, you may be knocked down(擊垮) or even broken into pieces by your determination or unfavorable situations. We may feel ourselves worth nothing, but, my darling, remember that whatever happens in the future, you should never lose your value(價值) in the God’s heart. You’re particular ---- never forget it.”
1.How many times did the speaker ask the people whether they wanted the bill?
A.Once B.Twice C.Three times D.Four times
2.The underlined word “wrinkled” in the third paragraph probably means _______.
A.broken B.having small lines or folds in it
C.flat D.having holes on it
3.The speaker did this test in order to _____________.
A.tell the audience that one should never lose one’s own value
B.tell the audience that God values money most
C.test if some of the audience were extremely interested in money
D.play a trick on the audience
4.What would the speaker probably talk about next?
A.How money can make people crazy.
B.How to avoid being knocked down in one’s life.
C.How to keep one’s value of life.
D.How to give a meaningful class
1.C
2.B
3.A
4.C
【解析】
試題分析:本文通過一個人三次把一張20元的紙幣揉壓,變臟等,告訴人們一個道理:要堅持自己的價值觀。
1.C 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章2,4段“Who wants this 20-dollar bill?” 和“Who still wants it?”以及“Who wants it? 可知文章中一共問了3次,故C項正確。
2.B 推理題。根據(jù)文章第三段he threw the bill onto the ground, stepped on it and twisted it. As he picked it up, the bill had become not only dirty but wrinkled.可知他把紙幣扔掉了地上用腳踩,說明紙幣上有很多的皺紋和印跡,故該詞是指B項內(nèi)容。
3.A 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章最后3行We may feel ourselves worth nothing, but, my darling, remember that whatever happens in the future, you should never lose your value(價值) in the God’s heart. You’re particular ---- never forget it.”說明我們在任何情況下都要堅持自己的理想和價值觀。這才是作者的真正意圖,故A正確。
4.C 推理題。在文章最后一段We may feel ourselves worth nothing, but, my darling, remember that whatever happens in the future, you should never lose your value(價值) in the God’s heart. You’re particular ---- never forget it.”,作者提 及了要堅持自己的價值觀的重要性,那么接下來最可能的就是任何保持著自己的價值觀的具體做法。故C項正確。
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點評:本文通過一個人三次把一張20元的紙幣揉壓,變臟等,告訴人們一個道理:要堅持自己的價值觀。本文主要考查推理題。在解題時要立足已知,推斷未知。立足現(xiàn)在,猜測未來。不能主觀臆想,憑空想象,隨意揣測,更不能以自己的觀點代替作者的觀點;要把握句、段之間的邏輯關(guān)系,了解語篇的結(jié)構(gòu)。要體會文章的基調(diào),揣摸作者的態(tài)度,摸準邏輯發(fā)展的方向,悟出作者的弦外之音。
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