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

【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.B

17.D

18.D

19.A

20.A

【解析】文章講述的是作者通過一次海關撒謊的經(jīng)歷，得出了一個教訓，那就是誠實，這也是他后來成功的秘訣所在。

1.詞組，set up建立 take up 占據(jù)，開始從事 go up上升，增加 pick up 撿起，接收，無意中學到，健康的好轉(zhuǎn)，該句意為，五年前，他從國外回到國內(nèi)，建立起了自己的公司。

2.詞組搭配，owe sth to sth把……歸因于……，該句意為，他總是把他的成功歸因于此*（即上一句講到的額外的學費）

3.上下文，根據(jù)下文的Before leaving可知，他決定回國創(chuàng)業(yè)，建立自己的公司。

4.上下文，根據(jù)后文的through years of work after school and the scholarships可知，他是用他多年的課后打工的錢和獎學金的儲蓄買了一個勞力士。

5.形容詞， ordinary普通的    routine常規(guī)的 regular 有規(guī)律的 common常見的，該處句意為，他要接受常規(guī)檢查，

6.上下文，根據(jù)上文的check 可知，此處講的是要檢查他的手表。Inspection意為檢查

7.代詞，此處代指的就是前一句的the tax,意為他擔心要付稅。

8.上下文，根據(jù)后面的fake可知，他謊稱他的表是一個一文不值的贗品。

9.句意理解，此處意為，當他在為自己的小聰明而沾沾自喜的時候（驕傲）。

10.從句。該處為非限制性定語從句，從句中缺少cost的主語，所以選擇which，that不能用于非限制性定語從句，as意為正如 what不能用于定語從句

11.此處on doing sth意為一……就……，句意為，一聽到他說的話，海關人員就把他的價值十萬元的表砸成了碎片。

12.句意理解，這完全出乎了他的意料，因此他感到很驚訝。

13.句意理解，因此他攜帶了假貨，因此要被帶去重新嚴格地檢查，根據(jù)后文的The officers looked over everything carefully in the box也可以看出

14.句意為，根據(jù)多次進出的經(jīng)歷，他知道只有那些進入黑名單的人才有此待遇。

15.上下文，因為作者違反了規(guī)定，所以工作人員警告他，無論什么時候都要接受檢查。

16.句意理解，如果被發(fā)現(xiàn)重新使用或者攜帶贗品的話，他將會被控告，

17.上下文，根據(jù)下文的according to law可知，charge 意為控告，指控

18.詞組搭配，make a deep impression on sb給某人留下了深刻的印象

19.作者通過這件事情認識到了誠實的價值。

20.句意理解，這被認為是他成功的秘訣。