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Mr. Glen is a millionaire. Five years ago, after returning from abroad to his motherland, he
1 his
small company. Speaking of success, Glen often tells us a story about his extra expensive "school" fee. He
always
2 his success to it. At that time, Glen, who already got a Ph.D. degree,
3 to return to the
homeland, starting a company. Before leaving, 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
5 customs check. The
watch on his wrist was also demanded to be taken down for
6 . Glen knew that carrying the specific
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
8 fake(假货). When he was
9 of his "smarts", immediately, in the
presence of Glen, the officers hit the watch,
10 cost nearly 100,000, into pieces
11 hearing Glen's
words. Glen was
12 .Before he understood why, he was taken to the office to be examined
13 . For
many times of entry-exit
14 he knew that only those people in the "blacklist" would "enjoy" this special
treatment. The officers looked over everything carefully in the box, and
15 him no matter what time of
entry and exit he must accept the check and if
16 reusing and carrying fake and shoddy goods, he would
be
17 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
18 on him, because the additional high "school" fee that he had ever paid made him
realize the value of
19 , which he would remember as the
20 of his success forever.
( )1. A. set up ( )2. A. honors ( )3. A. decided ( )4. A. books ( )5. A. ordinary ( )6. A. look ( )7. A. one ( )8. A. priceless ( )9. A. afraid ( )10. A. that ( )11. A. on ( )12. A. disappointed ( )13. A. strictly ( )14. A. conditions ( )15. A. stopped ( )16. A. came out ( )17. A. hit ( )18. A. expression ( )19. A. honesty ( )20. A. secret |
B. took up B. mentions B. refused B. things B. routine B. inspection B. it B. invaluable B. proud B. what B. at B. delighted B. quietly B. experiences B. hoped B. found out B. blamed B. idea B. lies B. lesson |
C. went up C. brings C. objected C. savings C. regular C. test C. them C. worthless C. ashamed C. as C. who C. amazed C. quickly C. experiments C. warned C. sent out C. praised C. thought C. honest C. choice |
D. picked up D. owes D. asked D. pounds D. common D. experiment D. these D. valuable D. hard D. which D. in D. satisfied D. curiously D. chances D. urged D. set out D. charged D. impression D. bravery D. belief |