(2010年启东中学期中检测)Mr.Glen is a millionaire.Five years ago, after returning from abroad to his motherland，he____1____up his small company.Speaking of success, Glen often tells us a story about his____2____expensive “school” fee.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 ____3____， he bought a Rolex watch with the____4____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____5____down for inspection.Glen knew that carrying the ____6____goods out had to pay the tax.And he worried about paying ____7____for his watch.So when he was checked, he told a lie that his watch was a worthless ____8____.When he was____9____of his“smarts” , immediately，____10____the presence of Glen, the officers hit the watch, which____11____nearly ￥100,000, into pieces at hearing Glen’s words.Glen was amazed.____12____he understood why, he was taken to the office to be ____13____ strictly.For many times of entry­exit ____14____ he knew that only those people in the“blacklist” would “enjoy” this special treatment.The officers looked out everything carefully in the box，and warned him ____15____time of entry and exit he must accept the check and if ____16____reusing and carrying fake and shoddy(劣质的) goods, he would be charged according to the law! Suddenly, his face turned red, and he had nothing in mind after ____17____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 ____18____on him, because the additional high “school” fee that he had ever paid made him realize the value of ____19____，which he would____20____as the secret of his success forever.

[解题导语]　俗话说“贪小便宜吃大亏”，在生活中诚信显得很重要。本文通过描述Mr.Glen的一段亲身经历说明了这一道理。

1．A.set　 B．came

　C．went　 D．called

解析：选A。考查固定搭配。set up设立，成立；come up走近，出现；go up上升，增长；call up召唤，使想起。由语境可知选A，他成立了他的小公司。

2．A.good　 B．bad

C．extra　　 D．few

解析：选C。根据全文可知，Mr.Glen把这次教训当做交了一次“额外的”学费。extra额外的，不包括在价目内的。文章最后一段中because an additional high “school” fee也有暗示。

3．A.staying　 B．leaving

C．living　 　　D．coming

解析：选B。根据前文decided to return to the homeland可知，此处表示“离开”。

4．A.books　 B．things

C．savings　 　D．pounds

解析：选C。空后的made through years of work after school and the scholarships可知，表是他用他的积蓄(课外工作所得和奖学金)买的。saving存款，积蓄。

5．A.put　　 B．looked

C．taken　 　D．lied

解析：选C。考查固定搭配。take down拿下，摘下；put down放下，拒绝；lie down躺下；look down俯视，跌价。此处的意思是：手表也要摘下来进行检查。故选C。

6．A.ordinary　 B．common

C．specific　 　D．many

解析：选C。根据后文中nearly ￥100,000可排除A和B，从had to pay the tax可知，携带特定的物品出境需要缴税。

7．A.one　　 B．it

C．them　　 　D．these

解析：选B。it代指前面的the tax。

8．A.present　　 B．trade

　C．toy　 　　　D．fake

解析：选D。根据后文中carrying fake and shoddy(劣质的)goods可知。

9.A.afraid　 B．proud

　C．well　 D．hard

解析：选B。be proud of以……自豪。他以为自己的小聪明会得逞，正洋洋自得。

10．A.in 　　B．on

　C．before　 D．after

解析：选A。in the presence of Glen“当着Glen的面”。

11．A.paid　 B．spent

C．took　 　　D．cost

解析：选D。定语从句的引导词which指代the watch，cost的主语为物，spend的主语为人。

12．A.Before　 B．After

C．If 　　　　D．Though

解析：选A。根据Glen was amazed可知答案。他还没有明白过来是怎么回事，就被带到了办公室。

13．A.appreciated　　 B．beaten

C．spoken　 　　　　D．examined

解析：选D。根据后文“他知道只有‘黑名单’上的人才‘享受’这种特殊待遇，工作人员仔细检查了他的箱子”可以判断，应选D项。

14．ditions　 B．experiences

C．experiments　 D．chances

解析：选B。此处指根据多次出入境的经历，他知道……。

15．A.no matter what　　 B．no matter how

C．no matter when　 　　D．no matter why

解析：选A。工作人员警告他无论什么时候出入境，他都必须接受检查。

16．A.came out　 B．found out

　C．sent out　　 　D．set out

解析：选B。这是一个省略的虚拟语气句。If(he was)found out reusing and carrying fake and shoddy(劣质的)goods，he would be charged according to the law！find out“查明(真相)”。

17．A.landing　 B．flying

C．catching　　 D．boarding

解析：选D。board the plane登机。

18．A.expression　 B．idea

C．thought　　 　　D．impression

解析：选D。固定短语make a deep impression on表示“给……留下深刻的印象”。

19．A.honesty　　 B．lies

　C．goods　 　　　D．things

解析：选A。根据前文故事可知，他的经历让他懂得了诚实的重要性。

20．A.remember　 B．learn

C．revise　 　　　　D．read

解析：选A。他将永远牢记诚信--他成功的秘密。

10．-Have you heard of the North Korea’s nuclear test?

-Yes，________news came as________shock to me.

A．the；a 　　　　　　　　B．the；the

C．a；a　 　　　　　　　　D．a；the

解析：选A。news是前边提到的事情，用定冠词the；shock表示“令人震惊的人或事”时是可数名词，用不定冠词a表泛指。

9．Look! Every player in our team is doing their best.It seems________our team is going to win.

A．even if 　　　　　　　　B．if only

C．as if　 　　　　　　　　D．only if

解析：选C。as if似乎，表示“看来我们队要获胜了”。even if即使；if only要是……多好；only if只有当……，只是在……的时候。