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Mr. Glen is a millionaire. Five years ago,after returning from abroad to his mot

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Mr. Glen is a millionaire. Five years ago,after returning from abroad to his mot

Mr. Glen is a millionaire. Five yearsago,after returning from abroad to his motherland, he 36   hissmall company. Speaking of success, Glen often tells us a story about his extraexpensive “school” fee. He always   37   his success to it.

At that time, Glen, who already got a Ph.D.degree,  38  to return to the homeland, starting a company.Before leaving, he bought a Rolex watch with the   39  made through years of work after school and the scholarships. At the airport hehad to accept the  40  customs check. The watch on his wristwas also demanded to be  taken down for  41  . Glen knewthat carrying the specific goods out had to pay the tax, and he worried aboutpaying   42  for his watch. So when he was checked, hetold a lie that his watch was a  43   fake(假货). When he was  44   ofhis “smarts”, immediately, in the presence of Glen, the officers hit the watch,  45 cost nearly 100,000, into pieces  46  hearing Glen’ s words. Glenwas  47  . Before he understood why, he was taken to theoffice to be examined  48  . For many times ofentry-exit  49  he knew that only those people in the “blacklist” would “enjoy” this specialtreatment. The officers looked over everything carefully in the box, and   50  him no matter what time of entry and exit he must accept thecheck and if  51  reusing and carrying fake and shoddy goods,he would be  52  according to law! Suddenly, his face turnedred, and he had nothing in mind after boarding the plane for long.

 After returning to the homeland, heoften told the story to his family, and his employees, too. He said that thismade a deep  53  on him, because the additional high “school” fee that he hadever paid made him realize the value of  54  , which he wouldremember as the  55  of his success forever.

1. A. set up            B.took up          C. went up              D.picked up

2.A. honors             B.mentions         C. brings               D.owes

3.A. decided            B.refused          C. objected             D.asked

4.A. books              B.things       C.savings              D.pounds

5.A. ordinary          B.routine          C. regular              D.common

6.A. look               B.inspection  C. test             D.experiment

7.A . one               B.it           C. them             D.these

8.A. priceless              B.useful       C. worthless        D.valuable

9.A. afraid                 B.proud        C. ashamed              D.hard

10.A . that                 B.what             C. as              D. which

11.A. on                B.at           C.who              D.in

12.A. disappointed          B.delighted        C. amazed           D.satisfied

13.A.strictly              B.quietly          C.quickly              D.curiously

14.A. conditions        B. experiences      C.experiments          D. chances

15.A. stopped               B.hoped        C. warned           D.urged

16.A. came out          B. foundout        C. sentout             D. setout

17.A. hit               B.blamed       C. praised         D. charged

18.A. expression            B.idea        C.thought          D. impression

19. A. honesty              B.lies             C.goods           D. bravery

20.A. secret                B.lesson           C.choice           D. Belief

 

试题答案

【答案】

 

1.A

2.D

3.A

4.C

5.B

6.B

7.B

8.C

9.B

10.D

11.A

12.C

13.A

14.B

15.C

16.A

17.D

18.D

19.A

20.A

【解析】略