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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

Mr. Glen is a millionaire. Five years ago, after returning from abroad to his motherland, he ____   up his small company. Speaking of success, Glen often tells us a story about his ___ expensive “school” fees. He always owes his success to it.

At that time, Glen, who already got a Ph. Degree, decided to return to the homeland, starting a company. Before   ____， he bought a Rolex watch with the   ____   made through years of work after school and the scholarships. At the airport he had to accept the routine customs check. The watch on his wrist was also demanded to be   ____ down for inspection. Glen knew that carrying the ____ goods out had to pay the tax. And he worried about paying ____ for his watch. So when he was checked, he told a lie that his watch was a worthless ____. When he was ____ of his “smarts”，  immediately, ____ the presence of Glen, the officers hit the watch, which ____ nearly ￥100,000, into pieces at hearing Glen's words. Glen was amazed. ____ he understood why, he was taken to the office to be __  _ strictly. For many times of entry­exit ____ he knew that only those people in the “blacklist” would “enjoy” this special treatment. The officers looked out every thing carefully in the box, and warned him ____ time of entry and exit he must accept the check and if ____ reusing and carrying fake and shoddy (劣质的) goods, he would be charged according to law! Suddenly, his face turned red, and he had nothing in mind after ___ the plane for long.

After returning to the homeland, he often told the story to his family, and his employees, too. He said that this made a deep ____ on him, because an additional high “school” fee that he had ever paid made him realize the value of ____， which he would ____ as the secret of his success forever.

1.A. set           B. Came           C. went           D. called

2.A. good         B. Bad            C. extra         D. few

3.A. staying       B. Leaving       C. living        D. coming

4.A. books       B. Things          C. saving         D. pounds

5.A. put           B. Looked          C. taken          D. lied

6.A. ordinary      B. Common          C. specific        D. many

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

8.A. present       B. Trade          C. toy           D. fake

9.A. afraid      B. Proud          C. well          D. hard

10.A. in           B. On             C. before         D. after

11.A. paid       B. Spent          C. took          D. cost

12.A. Before     B. After           C. If            D. Though

13.A. appreciated  B. Beaten         C. spoken         D. examined

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

15.A. no matter what B. no matter how C. no matter when  D. no matter why

16.A. came out   B. found out       C. sent out      D. set out

17.A. landing      B. Flying         C. catching      D. boarding

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

19.A. honesty      B. Lies            C. goods         D. things

20.A. remember     B. Learn           C. revise       D. read

Answer

1.A.

2.C

3.B

4.C

5.C

6.C

7.B

8.D

9.B

10.A

11.D

12.A

13.D

14.B

15.A

16.B

17.D

18.D

19.A

20.A

【解析】：文章讲述百万富翁Mr. Glen亲身经历的一件由于不诚实而交了“昂贵学费”的故事，并从中吸取了教训：诚实正直是成功的秘诀。

1.A 考查动词搭配辨析。A. set up建立； B. Came up 提出； C. went up向上 ；D. called up给某人打电话，由句意可知，此处指他建立了自己的公司，故选A。

2.C 考查形容词。A. good好的； B bad坏的； C. extra额外的；D. few少量的此处指的是Mr. Glen因为自己的不诚实而付出了多余的学费。故选C。

3.B 考查动名词。 A. staying 待在；B. Leaving离开；C. living 居住；D. coming到来；由句意知是在Mr. Glen离开之前，他买了一块表。故选B。

4.C 考查名词词意辨析。 A. books 书；B. Things事物；C. saving 积蓄；D. pounds磅；他回国时带的是多年攒下的钱，并非其他物品。故选C。

5.C 考查动词短语搭配。A. put down 放下；B. Looked小看；C. taken down 摘掉；D. lied down位于；由题可知，是摘下手腕上的表。故选C。

6.C考查形容词。A. ordinary 普通的 ；B. Common 共同的；C. specific具体的；特定的；D. many许多的；一些名贵物品是指定要交税的，故选C。

7.B 考查代词。A. one 一个；B. It其；C. them 他们；D. these这些；上文提到要付税，因此It指代的是tax.故选B。

8.D 考查名词。A. present 礼物；B. Trade交易；C. toy玩具；D. fake仿制品，作者为逃税谎称表是仿制品，故选D。

9.B 考查形容词。A. afraid 害怕；B. Proud 自豪；C. well 身体好的；D. hard艰难的；作者意味自己可以蒙混过关，便开始“得意”，故B选项正确。

10.A 考查介词。 A. in 在里面；B. On在上面；C. before 在……之前；D. after在……之后；此处为固定搭配，在……的面前，in the presence of…故选A。

11.】D考查动词。 A. paid 付款；B. Spent花费；C. took 花费；D. cost花费；这几个词的区别在于主语不同，此处Which指的是这块表，因此用cost花费，故选D。

12.A 考查介词。A. Before在……之前；B. After在……之后；C. If 如果；D. Though尽管；作者还没有来得及反应过来，因此选则before，故选A。

13.D考查动词。 A. appreciated喜欢； B. Beaten打败；C. spoken 说；D. examined检查；从由于谎称带的是仿制品，便被带到办公室进行严格的检查，故选D。

14.】B考查名词。 A. conditions 条件；B. Experiences经验；经历；C. experiments 实验； D. chances机会，这次发生的事件成了作者成长路上的经历。故选B。

15.A 考查连词。 A. no matter what 无论什么；B. no matter how不论怎样； C. no matter when不论何时；D. no matter why不论为什么；此空后面有time，选项A意思为无论何时，符合题意，故选A。

16.B考查动词。 A. came out 出现；B. found out发现；C. sent out 送出；D. set out出发；每次要接受例行检查，如果被发现他将依法被罚。

17.D 考查动词A. landing 着落；B. Flying 飞翔；C. catching 抓；D. boarding乘船，飞机等；在登机以后他还没回过神，故选D。

18.D 考查名词。A. expression 表达；B. Idea 方法；C. thought 想法；D. impression印象，这件事给作者留下了很深的印象，考查固定搭配，故选D。

19.A 考查名词。A. honesty诚实；B. Lies 谎言；C. goods 商品；D. things事物；作者意识到了诚实的重要性，故A正确。

20.A. remember记得；B. Learn学会；C. revise 修订；D. read读；由于这件事影响很大，所以Mr.Glen会永远记得。故选A。