C

A famous teacher was speaking to the students at our school. He began his lesson by holding up a $100 bill. Then he said to the three hundred students, "Who would like this $100 bill" The students began to put up their hands at once.
Then he said, "I am going to give this $100 to one of you, but first, let me do this. " He then made the bill into a ball. Then he said, "Who wants it now" The hands went back into the air.
"Well," he said, "What if I do this" and he dropped it on the floor and stepped on it. He picked up the dirty, crumpled bill and said, "Who still wants it" Hands went back into the air.
"My friends," he said, "you have learned a valuable lesson today. No matter (无论) what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not go down in value (价值). It was still worth $100!"
Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled, and stepped on by the chances we take and the things that happen to us. We feel as if we are worth nothing. But remember, no matter what has happened to yon, you will never lose your value: you are always valuable to those people who love you. Your value doesn’t come from what you do or whom you know, hut WHO YOU ARE.
You are special and valuable. Don’t ever forget it!

The sentence "Hands went back into the air" means（）.

A:the students put up their hands again B:the students put down their hands C:the students put their hands behind their backs again D:the students put their hands in front of them

If women are mercilessly exploited year after year, they have only themselves to blame. Because they tremble at the thought of being seen in public in clothes that are out of fashion, they are always taken advantage of by the designers and the big stores. Clothes which have been worn only a few times have to be put aside because of the change of fashion. When you come to think of it, only a woman is capable of standing in front of a wardrobe packed full of clothes and announcing sadly that she has nothing to wear.
Changing fashions are nothing more than the intentional creation of waste. Many women spend vast sums of money each year to replace clothes that have hardly been worn. Women who cannot afford to throw away clothing in this way, waste hours of their time altering the dresses they have. Skirts are lengthened or shortened; neck-lines are lowered or raised, and so on.
No one can claim that the fashion industry contributes anything really important to society. Fashion designers are rarely concerned with vital things like warmth, comfort and durability (耐用). They are only interested in outward appearance and they take advantage of the fact that women will put up with any amount of discomfort, as long as they look right. There can hardly be a man who hasn’t at some time in his life smiled at the sight of a woman shaking in a thin dress on a winter day, or delicately picking her way through deep snow in high-heeled shoes.
When comparing men and women in the matter of fashion, the conclusions to be drawn are obvious. Do the constantly changing fashions of women’s clothes, one wonders, reflect basic qualities of inconstancy and instability Men are too clever to let themselves’ be cheated by fashion designers. Do their unchanging styles of dress reflect basic qualities of stability and reliability That is for you to decide.

The Gulf war has （） lately with heavy losses on both sides.

A:flared up B:conjured up C:fired D:put up

Business and government leaders also consider the inflation rate to be an important general indicator. Inflation is a period of increased spending that causes rapid rises in prices. (51) your money buys fewer goods so that you get (52) for the same amount of money as before, inflation is the problem. There is a general rise (53) the price of goods and services. Your money buys less. Sometimes people describe inflation as a time when "a dollar is not worth a dollar anymore".
Inflation is a problem for all consumers. People who live on a fixed income are hurt the (54) . Retired people, for instance, cannot count on an increase in income as prices rise. Elderly people who do not work face serious problems in stretching their incomes to (55) their needs in time of inflation. Retirement income (56) any fixed income usually does not rise as fast as prices. Many retired people must cut their spending to (57) rising prices. In many cases they must stop (58) some necessary items, such as food and clothing. Even (59) working people whose incomes are going up, inflation can be a problem. The (60) of living goes up, too. People who work must have even more money to keep up their standard of living. Just buying the things they need costs more. When incomes do not keep (61) with rising prices, the standard of living goes down. People may be earning the same amount of money, but they are not living as well because they are not able to buy as many goods and services.
Government units gather information about prices in our economy and publish it as price indexes (62) the rate of change can be determined. A price index measures changes in prices using the price for a (63) year as the base. The base price is set at 100, and the other prices are reported as a (64) of the base price. A price index makes (65) possible to compare current prices of typical consumer goods, for example, with prices of the same goods in previous years.

57（）

A:live up to B:catch up on C:put up with D:keep up with

Business and government leaders also consider the inflation rate to be an important general indicator. Inflation is a period of increased spending that causes rapid rises in prices. (51) your money buys fewer goods so that you get (52) for the same amount of money as before, inflation is the problem. There is a general rise (53) the price of goods and services. Your money buys less. Sometimes people describe inflation as a time when "a dollar is not worth a dollar anymore"
Inflation is a problem for all consumers. People who live on a fixed income are hurt the (54) . Retired people, for instance, cannot count on an increase in income as prices rise. Elderly people who do not work face serious problems in stretching their incomes to (55) their needs in time of inflation. Retirement income (56) any fixed income usually does not rise as fast as prices. Many retired people must cut their spending to (57) rising prices. In many cases they must stop (58) some necessary items, such as food and clothing. Even (59) working people whose incomes are going up, inflation can be a problem. The (60) of living goes up, too. People who work must have even more money to keep up their standard of living. Just buying the things they need costs more. When incomes do not keep (61) with rising prices, the standard of living goes down. People may be earning the same amount of money, but they are not living as well because they are not able to buy as many goods and services.
Government units gather information about prices in our economy and publish it as price indexes (62) the rate of change can be determined. A price index measures changes in prices using the price for a (63) year as the base. The base price is set at 100, and the other prices are reported as a (64) of the base price. A price index makes (65) possible to compare current prices of typical consumer goods, for example, with prices of the same goods in previous years.

A:live up to B:catch up on C:put up with D:keep up with

下面的短文有15处空白，请根据短文的内容为每处空白处确定一个最佳选项。

A:live up to B:catch up on C:put up with D:keep up with

C

A famous teacher was speaking to the students at our school. He began his lesson by holding up a $100 bill. Then he said to the three hundred students, "Who would like this $100 bill" The students began to put up their hands at once.
Then he said, "I am going to give this $100 to one of you, but first, let me do this. " He then made the bill into a ball. Then he said, "Who wants it now" The hands went back into the air.
"Well," he said, "What if I do this" and he dropped it on the floor and stepped on it. He picked up the dirty, crumpled bill and said, "Who still wants it" Hands went back into the air.
"My friends," he said, "you have learned a valuable lesson today. No matter (无论) what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not go down in value (价值). It was still worth $100!"
Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled, and stepped on by the chances we take and the things that happen to us. We feel as if we are worth nothing. But remember, no matter what has happened to yon, you will never lose your value: you are always valuable to those people who love you. Your value doesn’t come from what you do or whom you know, hut WHO YOU ARE.
You are special and valuable. Don’t ever forget it!

The sentence "Hands went back into the air" means（）.

A:the students put up their hands again B:the students put down their hands C:the students put their hands behind their backs again D:the students put their hands in front of them

C

A famous teacher was speaking to the students at our school. He began his lesson by holding up a $100 bill. Then he said to the three hundred students, "Who would like this $100 bill" The students began to put up their hands at once.
Then he said, "I am going to give this $100 to one of you, but first, let me do this. " He then made the bill into a ball. Then he said, "Who wants it now" The hands went back into the air.
"Well," he said, "What if I do this" and he dropped it on the floor and stepped on it. He picked up the dirty, crumpled bill and said, "Who still wants it" Hands went back into the air.
"My friends," he said, "you have learned a valuable lesson today. No matter (无论) what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not go down in value (价值). It was still worth $100!"
Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled, and stepped on by the chances we take and the things that happen to us. We feel as if we are worth nothing. But remember, no matter what has happened to yon, you will never lose your value: you are always valuable to those people who love you. Your value doesn’t come from what you do or whom you know, hut WHO YOU ARE.
You are special and valuable. Don’t ever forget it!

The sentence "Hands went back into the air" means（）.

A:the students put up their hands again B:the students put down their hands C:the students put their hands behind their backs again D:the students put their hands in front of them