Mr. Glen is a millionaire. Five years ago, after returning f

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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       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

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