完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

    阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36－55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

One day a famous speaker gave a speech toa crowd of people. He held up a   36   bill. He asked, "Who would like this $20bill " Hands were   37  . Then he said, "I am going to givethis $20 to one of you, but first let me do this." He began to crumple（弄皱）the   38  .He then asked the audience, " 39   still wants it?" Still the hands went   40   in the air.

"What   41   I do this " He asked, and he   42   it on the ground, and started to step on it.He   43   itup. Now the bill was   44   and crumpled. "Now who still wantsit?" Still the hands went up.

"My friends,” He continued, “You haveall   45   agood lesson. No matter   46   Idid to the money, you still wanted it because the bill did not lose its   47  .It was still worth $20. Many times in our   48  ,we are dropped, crumpled, and stepped on, because we sometimes  49   wrong decisions, or we may   50   with something we do not   51  .Whenwhat happens, we feel depressed and think we are   52  .But in fact no matter what has happened or what will happen, you will neverlose your value. The worth of our life comes not   53   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   54  ,but on its inner value.’ This is the   55   of life.

36．A．20 dollar               B．20 dollars      C．20-dollars      D．20-dollar

37．A．risen               B．put                  C．raised           D．held

38．A．bill                 B．ground              C．money          D．finger

39．A．Somebody          B．Nobody              C．Anybody            D．You

40．A．up                 B．down          C．above           D．below

41．A．should             B．can                  C．if               D．whether

42．A．threw              B．dropped             C．fell            D．put

43．A．showed            B．lifted          C．put                  D．picked

44．A．good               B．clean          C．large                D．dirty

45．A．gave               B．learned              C．have                 D．take

46．A．that               B．how           C．what                D．why

47．A．value               B．price                C．effect               D．part

48．A．studies             B．work                C．fields          D．lives

49．A．do                 B．make          C．give                 D．take

50．A．meet               B．deal           C．talk               D．get

51．A．like                B．hope                C．wish                 D．expect

52．A．worthless          B．weak                C．poor                D．careless

53．A．from               B．in             C．about               D．at

54．A．beauty             B．face           C．looks               D．image

55．A．lesson             B．truth                C．saying               D．story