Question

Mr. Glen is a millionaire. Five years ago, after returning from abroad to his motherland, he  16  his small company. Speaking of success, Glen often tells us a story about his extra expensive “school” fee. He always  17  his success to it.

At that time, Glen, who already got a Ph.D. degree,  18  to return to the homeland, starting a company. Before leaving, he bought a Rolex watch with the  19  made through years of work after school and the scholarships. At the airport he had to accept the  20  customs check. The watch on his wrist was also demanded to be taken down for  21 . Glen knew that carrying the specific goods out had to pay the tax, and he worried about paying 22  for his watch. So when he was checked, he told a lie that his watch was a  23  fake. When he was 24  of his “smarts”, immediately, in the presence of Glen, the officers hit the watch, 25  cost nearly 100,000, into pieces  26  hearing Glen’s words. Glen was  27  before he understood why, he was taken to the office to be examined  28 . For many times of entry-exit  29  he knew that only those people in the “blacklist” would “enjoy” this special treatment. The officers looked over everything carefully in the box, and   30   him no matter what time of entry and exit he must accept the check and if  31  reusing and carrying fake and shoddy goods, he would be  32  according to law! Suddenly, his face turned red, and he had nothing in mind after boarding 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  33  on him, because the additional high “school” fee that he had ever paid made him realize the value of  34 , which he would remember as the  35  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. found out      C. sent out         D. set out

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

Answer

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.B

17.D

18.D

19.A

20.A

【解析】文章讲述的是作者通过一次海关撒谎的经历，得出了一个教训，那就是诚实，这也是他后来成功的秘诀所在。

1.词组，set up建立 take up 占据，开始从事 go up上升，增加 pick up 捡起，接收，无意中学到，健康的好转，该句意为，五年前，他从国外回到国内，建立起了自己的公司。

2.词组搭配，owe sth to sth把……归因于……，该句意为，他总是把他的成功归因于此*（即上一句讲到的额外的学费）

3.上下文，根据下文的Before leaving可知，他决定回国创业，建立自己的公司。

4.上下文，根据后文的through years of work after school and the scholarships可知，他是用他多年的课后打工的钱和奖学金的储蓄买了一个劳力士。

5.形容词， ordinary普通的    routine常规的 regular 有规律的 common常见的，该处句意为，他要接受常规检查，

6.上下文，根据上文的check 可知，此处讲的是要检查他的手表。Inspection意为检查

7.代词，此处代指的就是前一句的the tax,意为他担心要付税。

8.上下文，根据后面的fake可知，他谎称他的表是一个一文不值的赝品。

9.句意理解，此处意为，当他在为自己的小聪明而沾沾自喜的时候（骄傲）。

10.从句。该处为非限制性定语从句，从句中缺少cost的主语，所以选择which，that不能用于非限制性定语从句，as意为正如 what不能用于定语从句

11.此处on doing sth意为一……就……，句意为，一听到他说的话，海关人员就把他的价值十万元的表砸成了碎片。

12.句意理解，这完全出乎了他的意料，因此他感到很惊讶。

13.句意理解，因此他携带了假货，因此要被带去重新严格地检查，根据后文的The officers looked over everything carefully in the box也可以看出

14.句意为，根据多次进出的经历，他知道只有那些进入黑名单的人才有此待遇。

15.上下文，因为作者违反了规定，所以工作人员警告他，无论什么时候都要接受检查。

16.句意理解，如果被发现重新使用或者携带赝品的话，他将会被控告，

17.上下文，根据下文的according to law可知，charge 意为控告，指控

18.词组搭配，make a deep impression on sb给某人留下了深刻的印象

19.作者通过这件事情认识到了诚实的价值。

20.句意理解，这被认为是他成功的秘诀。