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(弄皺) 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."

36. 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

37. 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

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

A. become more   B. become less   C. change fast   D. stay the same

39. 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

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