Mr. Glen is a millionaire. Years ago, after returning from abroad to his motherland, he 1 his company. Speaking of success, Glen often tells us a story about his extra expensive “school” fee. He always 2 his success to it.
At that time, Glen, who already got a Ph.D. degree, 3 to return home, starting a company. Before leaving, he bought a Rolex watch with the 4 made through years. At the airport he had to accept the 5 customs check. The watch on his wrist was also demanded to be taken down for 6 . Glen knew that carrying such goods out had to pay the tax, and he worried about paying 7 for his watch. So while checked, he told a lie that his watch was a 8 fake(假货). When he was 9 of his “smarts”, immediately, in the presence of Glen, the officers hit the watch, 10 cost nearly 100,000, into pieces 11 hearing Glen’s words. Glen was 12 . Before he understood why, he was taken to the office to be examined 13 . For many times of entry-exit 14 he knew that only those people in the “blacklist” would “enjoy” this special treatment. The officers looked over everything carefully, and 15 him no matter what time of entry and exit he must accept the check and if 16 reusing and carrying fake goods, he would be 17 by law! Suddenly, his face turned red, and he had nothing in mind after boarding the plane for long.
After that, he often told the story to his family and his employees. He said that this made a deep 18 on him, because the additional high “school” fee that he had ever paid made him realize the value of 19 , which he would remember as the 20 of his success forever.
1. A.went up B.set up C. took up D.picked up
2. A.owes B.mentions C.brings D.honors
3. A.objected B.refused C.decided D.asked
4. A.books B.things C.pounds D.savings
5. A.ordinary B.regular C.routine D.common
6. A.inspection B.look C.test D.experiment
7. A.it B.one C.them D.these
8. A.careless B.priceless C.hopeless D.worthless
9. A.afraid B.ashamed C.proud D.hard
10. A.whose B.what C.which D.as
11. A.at B.on C.in D.by
12. A.amazed B.delighted C.disappointed D.satisfied
13. A.strictly B.quietly C.quickly D.curiously
14. A.conditions B.chances C.experiments D.experiences
15. A.stopped B.warned C.urged D.hoped
16. A.found out B.came out C.sent out D.set out
17. A.hit B.charged C.praised D.blamed
18. A.expression B.idea C.thought D.impression
19. A.lies B.honesty C.goods D.bravery
20. A.choice B.lesson C.secret D.belief
Steps must be taken _____ this kind of disaster will never happen again.
A.because B.even if C.so that D.as
Jenny works hard as usual and it has _____. She got the first in the final exam again.
A.showed off B.paid back C.paid off D.turned up
— Let's have a game of tennis; the loser has to treat the other to a hot dog.
— .
A.I'm afraid so B.It's a deal
C.You've got a point D.My treat
Since many young people have become rich on Taobao.com, I wonder what ________ is like to run a successful on-line business.
A.that B.this C.it D.one
A fire broke out in the building at about 7 on Tuesday morning, _____ in the death of a young girl.
A.having resulted B.resulted C.being resulted D.resulting