A well-known speaker started his speech by holding up a $20 bill. In the room of 200 people, 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 crumpled the bill. He then asked, “Who still wants it?” Still, the hands of stayed in the air.

“Well,” he replied, “What if I do this?” He dropped it on the ground and started to grind(碾压) it into the floor with his shoe. He picked it up, now crumpled and dirty. “Who still wants it?” The hands did not move.

“My friends, you have all learned a very valuable lesson. No matter what I do to the money, you will still want it because it is still worth $20.”

“Sometimes we feel like we are worthless because we did something wrong or the situation is not good. But no matter what has happened, you will never lose your value and you are still priceless to those who love you. They care about you because you are special to them.”

“The worth of our lives comes not in what we do or who we know, but by who we are.”

【小题1】How did the speaker start his speech?

A．By hiding a $20 bill.	B．By passing a $20 bill.
C．By borrowing a $20 bill.	D．By holding up a $20 bill.

【小题2】What does the underlined word crumpled probably mean in the passage?

A．揉搓

B．涂画

C．撕碎

D．剪开

【小题3】The speaker put the bill high up in the air because he wanted to _________.

A．change the value of the bill	B．get more listeners to look at the bill
C．make the listeners feel sorry for the bill	D．show the listeners that the bill was worthless

【小题4】It’s clear that _________.

A．no one wanted the bill	B．the speech was not interesting
C．the speaker didn’t like money	D．the speaker was good at making a speech

【小题5】What did the speaker want to tell people with his speech?

A．Keep cool when there is a problem.

B．It doesn’t matter if you lose your value.

C．The value of our lives lies in who we are.

D．Money is not the most important thing in life.