Question

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

At that time, Glen, who already got a Ph.D. degree,      to return home, starting a company. Before leaving, he bought a Rolex watch with the      made through years. At the airport he had to accept the      customs check. The watch on his wrist was also demanded to be  taken down for    . Glen knew that carrying such goods out had to pay the tax, and he worried about paying      for his watch. So while checked, he told a lie that his watch was a      fake（假货）. When he was      of his “smarts”, immediately, in the presence of Glen, the officers hit the watch, which    nearly 100,000, into pieces     hearing Glen’s words. Glen was    . Before he understood why, he was taken to the office to be examined     . For many times of entry-exit     he knew that only those people in the “blacklist” would “enjoy” this special treatment. The officers looked over everything carefully, and     him no matter what time of entry and exit he must accept the check and if        reusing and carrying fake goods, he would be      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     on him, because the additional high “school” fee that he had ever paid made him realize the value of     , which he would remember as the     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. spent                 B. paid           C. cost      D. took

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

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.D

5.C

6.A

7.A

8.D

9.C

10.C

11.B

12.A

13.A

14.D

15.B

16.A

17.B

18.D

19.B

20.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了一个百万富翁在年轻时通过一件事深刻地认识到了诚信的重要性，坚守诚信这一原则，他最终获得了成功。

1.考查动词短语。go up意为“上升；被兴建”；set up意为“建立；成立”；take up意为“拿起；开始从事”；pick up意为“恢复，拾起”。由下文starting a company可知是Glen归国成立了一家公司，故选B。

2.考查动词。Owes亏欠，感恩；mentions提到；brings带来；honors给...以荣誉。owe…to…意为“把……归功于……”。Glen 把自己的成功归功于那次交了“昂贵学费”的经历。故选A。

3.考查语境。根据后面的Before leaving可知是他决定回国。decide to do sth.决定做某事， refuse及object都表示“拒绝”，故选C。

4.考查名词。买表要用钱，这里指放学后打工挣的积蓄和奖学金得来的钱，不一定是英镑(pound)。所以要用savings，意为“储蓄，存款”，故选D。

5.考查形容词。根据上文Glen要回国，当然要经过机场例行的海关检查。所以选routine，意为：例行的；日常的，常规的。ordinary意为“普通的”；regular意为“有规律的”；common意为“常见的”。故选C。

6.考查名词。根据上文的check可知是要把手表摘下来检查的，因此用inspection，意为“检查”。故选A。

7.考查代词。这里指代的是上文提到的the tax，所以用it。而one泛指可数名词单数；them 及these都是复数形式。故选A。

8.考查形容词。既然是假货(fake)，应该是不值钱的，故选worthless意为“不值钱的”。而干扰项priceless则表示“无价的， 极贵重的”。 useful意为“有用的”； valuable意为“贵重的”。故选D。

9.考查形容词。根据下文的his “smarts”可知Glen对自己的聪明感到自豪，因为他以为这样就可以逃避税了，所以选proud，意为“自豪的”。故选C。

10.考查动词。 spent 花费；paid支付；cost值；took那，取。根据句意表值10万元。故选C。

11.考查词组。On hearing his words“一听到他的话”。“on+名词/动名词”表示“一……就”，是固定用法。At后只跟名词。故选B。

12.考查形容词。Amazed吃惊的；delighted高兴的；disappointed 失望的；satisfied感到满意的。根据“海关人员当着他的面吧劳力士表砸碎”以及后面“还没明白怎么回事，就被带到了一间办公室”可知Glen很吃惊。故选A。

13.考查副词。Strictly严格地；quietly安静地；quickly快速地；curiously好奇地。根据后文Glen因为这件事而上了黑名单可知，海关对他的检查应该是严格地。故选A。

14.考查名词。Conditions条件；chances机会；experiments实验；experiences经历。Glen在国外读书并获得学位可知他应该有过很多次的出入境经历。故选D。

15.考查动词。Stopped停止；warned警告；urged怂恿；hoped希望。根据该官员仔细检查及后面的according to law可知，该官员语气应该是严厉的，故warn最佳。故选B。

16.考查词组。 found out找出；came out出现；sent out发送；set out出发。如果他再次被发现使用假冒伪劣商品，将根据法律受到起诉。Find out 符合warn和according to law的语境。故选A。

17.考查动词。Hit打击；charged控告；praised称赞；blamed谴责。既然携带假冒伪劣商品是违法的事情，那么according to law(根据法律)那一定是被起诉（charged）了。故选B。

18.考查名词。 Expression表现，表情；idea主意；thought想法；. Impression印象，感想。Make an impression on sb给某人留下了印象，是一个固定短语。故选D。

19. 考查名词。Lies谎言；honesty诚实；goods商品；bravery勇气。由于撒谎付出了昂贵的代价，因此Glen体会了诚信的价值，从而导致他取得成功。故选B。:学

20.考查名词。 Choice选择； lesson教训；secret秘诀，秘密；belief信仰，信念。他将永远记住这个成功的秘密。故选C。

考点：考查故事类短文