完形填空 Mr. Glen is a millionaire. Five years ago, after returning from abroad
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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 ＄100,00, 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 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. 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. expensive ( )9. A. afraid ( )10. A. that ( )11. A. on ( )12. A. pleased ( )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. useful B. proud B. what B. at B. delighted B. quietly B. experiences B. hoped B. found out B. awarded B. idea B. lies B. lesson | C. went up C. brings C. objected C. savings C. regular C. see C. them C. worthless C. ashamed C. as C. who C. astonished C. friendly C. experiments C. warned C. sent out C. praised C. thought C. goods C. choice | D. picked up D. owes D. asked D. price D. common D. experiment D. these D. valuable D. hard D. which D. in D. satisfied D. curiously D. chances D. invited D. set out D. charged D. impression D. bravery D. belief | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Matt and his wife lived in the country. Matt was very mean and hated spending money. One day a fair(交易会)came to the nearby town. They went to the fair and looked at all the things to buy. Matt"s wife wanted to buy a hat only costing $28, but was refused. Later on, a comb of $5 attracted her attention, but he would not let her spend any money. Then, in a nearby field, they saw a small airplane. "Fun flight!" the notice said, "$10 for 10 minutes." Matt had never been in an airplane and he wanted to go on a fun flight. However, he didn"t want to pay for his wife either. "I"ve only got $10," he told the pilot. "Can my wife come with me for free?" The pilot wasn"t selling many tickets, so he said, "I"ll make a bargain with you. If your wife doesn"t scream, she can have a free flight." Matt agreed, and got into the small airplane with his wife. The pilot took off and made his airplane do all kinds of things. At one moment it was flying upside down. When the plane landed, the pilot said, "OK, your wife didn"t make a sound. She can have her ride free." "Thank you," Matt said, "it wasn"t easy for her, you know, especially when she fell out." | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1. How much did the couple spend at the fair? | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| A. $28. B. $5. C. $43. D. $10. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2. The pilot flew the airplane upside down in order to _______. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| A. throw the wife out of the plane B. get another $10 by making the wife shout C. show off his perfect flying skills D. provide the couple with pleasure of excitement | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3. The passage is intended to _______. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
A. teach readers a lesson | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4. What can we infer from the passage? | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| A. Matt loved money more than his wife. B. Matt would like to buy everything for his wife. C. The pilot didn"t mind whether Matt"s wife would pay. D. Matt"s wife enjoyed her riding in the plane. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| There once was a group of tiny frogs(青蛙) who held a running competition. The goal was to reach the top of a very high tower. A big crowd had gathered around the tower to see the race and cheer on the contestants.(选手) The race began… Honestly, no one in the crowd really believed that the tiny frogs would reach the top of the tower. You heard statements such as: "Oh, it"s too difficult!" "They will NEVER make it to the top." "Not a chance that they will succeed. The tower is too high!" The tiny frogs began falling down, one by one… …except for those who in a fresh tempo(节奏) were climbing higher and higher… The crowd continued to shout, "It is too difficult! No one will make it!" More tiny frogs got tired and gave up… But one continued higher and higher and higher …This one wouldn"t give up! In the end, everyone else had given up climbing the tower, except for the one tiny frog which, after a big effort(努力), was the only one who reached the top! Then all of the other tiny frogs naturally wanted to know how this tiny frog managed to do it. A contestant asked the frog how he had found the strength to reach the goal. It turned out that the winner was deaf. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1. The big crowd"s statements showed that ________. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| A. they tried to discourage the contestants B. they thought the contestants would give up C. they didn"t believe that the contestants would succeed D. they hoped that they could watch a wonderful game | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2. As the crowd expected, the tiny frogs began to ________. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| A. climb higher and higher B. fall down one by one C. make it to the top D. beat each other | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3. When asked how the succeeded, the winner ________. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| A. didn"t mention the secret B. couldn"t hear or answer at all C. was too shy to answer D. didn"t care about it at all | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4. The story mainly tells us that ________. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| A. nothing is impossible if we put our heart into it B. a deaf frog can run much faster than others C. we shouldn"t care about what others say if we want to succeed D. we needn"t spend too much time in looking for special skills. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| The afternoon on December 25 in the waiting room, I was the nurse on duty. When I felt sad about having to 1 on Christmas Day, a woman and four small children showed up at my desk. "Are you all sick ?" I asked. "Yes." the woman said 2 and lowered her head. But when itcame to telling me about their 3 , things got a little surprising. They all seemed to be well and there was nothing 4 with their body. Why did they tell a 5 that they were all sick? I did not say anything but 6 that it might be a little time before a doctor could 7 them . The mother said, "Take your time. We can 8 here. It"s so warm." When she finished the register chart, I noticed she didn"t write down theiraddress- were they 9 ? I looked at the 10 around the Christmas tree. The children were excited and 11 to be healthy. The littlest one was pointing at the Christmas tree and said something to the mother. Then I wassure that they came here not because of 12 but only for warmth. I went back to the nurses" station and 13 the homeless family. The nurses, 14 about working on Christmas Day like me, turned to feel sorry for the family and decided to 15 .We bought delicious food in the hospital restaurant and 16 a big dinner for our guests. Weneeded 17 . So we put apples in a basket and collected candies and clothes. Just as we were seriously prepared to meet the physical needs of the 18 , our team worked to meet the needs of a family who just wanted to be 19 on Christmas Day. Later, as the family was to 20 , the youngest child ran to me and said, "Thank you very much.Good bye. " | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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