13.【解析】选D。考查名词词义辨析。句意为：那些心理学家被派到震区去给那里的人们以安慰和帮助。comfort“安慰;舒适”;command“命令;指挥”;preparation“准备”;practice“练习”。只有D符合句意。

14.Which sport costs the most _____ training facilities, players’ personal equipment and uniforms?

. in terms of B. in place of C. by way of D. by means of

14.【解析】选 。考查介词短语。句意为：就训练设备、运动员个人装备及服装而言，哪种运动项目花费最多?in terms of“就……而言”，符合句意。in place of“代替”;by way of“取道;经由……”;by means of“用……方法/手段”。

15.— Would you please lend me some money?

—_______. I was not born with a silver spoon in my mouth.

. No problem B. Out of question C. Without question D. No way

15.【解析】选D。考查情景交际。根据后句的“我不是含着金汤匙出生的”可知，答案是否定的;故选no way“决不”;其余选项是“没问题”，与句意不符。

二、 完形填空(20小题)

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 ____ 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(假货). 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.

16. . set up B. took up C. went up D. picked up

16.【解析】选 。set up建立;成立;take up拿起;开始从事;go up上升;被兴建;pick up恢复，拾起。由下文starting a company可知是Glen归国成立了一家公司。

17. . honors B. mentions C. brings D. owes

17.【解析】选D。owe …to… 把……归功于……。Glen 把自己的成功归功于那次交了“昂贵学费”的经历。

18. . decided B. refused C. objected D. asked

18.【解析】选 。根据后面的before leaving可知是他决定回国。decide to do sth.决定做某事， refuse及object都是不回国。

19. . books B. things C. savings D. pounds

19.【解析】选C。买表要用钱，这里指放学后打工挣的积蓄和奖学金得来的钱，不一定是英镑(pound)。

20. . ordinary B. routine C. regular D. common

20.【解析】选B。根据上文 Glen要回国，当然要经过机场例行的海关检查。routine例行的;日常的，常规的。ordinary普通的;regular有规律的;common常见的。只有B符合。

21. . look B. inspection C. test D. experiment

21.【解析】选B。根据上文的check可知是要把手表摘下来检查的，因此用inspection。test表示试用;look看看;experiment实验。

22. . one B. it C. them D. these

22.【解析】选B。it指代上句的the tax，而one泛指可数名词单数;them 及these都是复数形式。

23. . priceless B. useful C. worthless D. valuable

23.【解析】选C。既然是假货，应该是不值钱的，故选C。而priceless表示无价的, 极贵重的;worthless表示不值钱的。

24. . afraid B. proud C. ashamed D. hard

24.【解析】选B。根据下文的his “smarts”可知Glen对自己的聪明感到自豪。

25. . that B. what C. as D. which

25.【解析】选D。which引导非限制性定语从句，在这里指的是先行词the watch。

26. . on B. at C. who D. in

26.【解析】选 。on hearing his words“一听到他的话”。“on + 名词/动名词”表示“一……就”，是固定用法。at后只跟名词。

27. . disappointed B. delighted C. amazed D. satisfied

27.【解析】选C。根据“海关人员当着他的面把劳力士表砸碎”以及后面“还没明白怎么回事，就被带到了一间办公室”可知Glen很吃惊。

28. . strictly B. quietly C. quickly D. curiously

28.【解析】选A。根据后文Glen因为这件事而上了黑名单可知，海关对他的检查应该是严格的

29. A. conditions . experiences C. experiments D. chanc es

29.【解析】选 。Glen在国外读书并获得学位可知他应该有过很多次的出入境经历。

30. A. stopped . hoped C. warned D. urged

30.【解析】选C。根据该官员仔细检查及后面的according to law可知，该官员语气应该是严厉的，故warn最佳。

31. A. came out . found out C. sent out D. set out

31.【解析】选 。如果他再次被发现使用假冒伪劣商品，将根据法律受到起诉。find out符合warn和according to law的语境。

32. A. hit . blamed C. praised D. charged

32.【解析】选D。既然携带假冒伪劣商品是违法的事情，那么according to law(根据法律)，那一定是被起诉(charged)了。

33. A. expression . idea C. thought D. impression

33.【解析】选D。make an impression on sb.给某人留下了印象，是一个固定短语。expression“表达，表示”。

34. A. honesty . lies C. goods D. bravery

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