Peter's job was to examine cars when they crossed the frontier (边界) to make sure that they were not smuggling (走私) anything into the country. Every evening he would see a factory worker coming __36__ the hill towards the frontier, __37__ a bike with grass on it. When the bike __38__ the frontier, Peter would stop the man and __39__ him take the grass off. Then he would examine the straw very __40__ to see whether he could find anything, after which he would look in all the man's pockets __41__ he let him tie (捆绑) the grass again. The man would then put it on his bike and go off down the hill with it. Although Peter was always __42 __ to find gold or other valuable things hidden in the straw, he never found __43__. He was sure the man was smuggling something, but he was not __44__ to think out what it could be.

Then one evening, after he had looked __45__ the grass and emptied the worker's pockets __46__ usual, he __47__ to him, "Listen, I know you are smuggling things __48__ this frontier. Won't you tell me what it is? I'm an old man, and today's my last day on the job. Tomorrow I'm going to retire (退休). I promise I shall not tell __49__ if you tell me what you've been smuggling." The worker did not say anything for __50__. Then he smiled, turned to Peter and said quietly, "Bikes."

1.

A.towards

B.down

C.to

D.up

 

2.

A.filling

B.pulling

C.pushing

D.carrying

 

3.

A.arrived

B.appeared

C.came

D.reached

 

4.

A.ask

B.order

C.make

D.call

 

5.

A.carefully

B.quickly

C.silently

D.horribly

 

6.

A.before

B.after

C.first

D.so

 

7.

A.lucky

B.hoping

C.thinking

D.wondering

 

8.

A.nothing

B.something

C.everything

D.anything

 

9.

A.possible

B.strong

C.able

D.clever

 

10.

A.through

B.thoroughly

C.upon

D.up

 

11.

A.like

B.more

C.then

D.as

 

12.

A.told

B.cried

C.ordered

D.said

 

13.

A.cross

B.past

C.across

D.into

 

14.

A.everyone

B.anyone

C.no one

D.someone

 

15.

A.moment

B.long time

C.sometime

D.some time

 

Peter’s job was to examine cars when they crossed the frontier to make sure that they were not smuggling anything into the country. Every evening he would see a factory worker coming __1__ the hill towards the frontier, __2__ a bike with a pile of goods of old straw on it. When the bike __3__ the frontier, Peter would stop the man and __4__ him take the straw off and untie it. Then he would examine the straw very __5__ to see __6__ he could find anything, after which he would look in all the man’s pockets __7__ he let him tie the straw again. The man would then put it on his bike and go off down the hill with it. Although Peter was always __8__ to find gold or other valuable things __9__ in the straw, he never found __10__. He was sure the man was __11__ something, but he was not __12__ to think out what it could be.
  Then one evening, after he had looked __13__ the straw and emptied the worker’s pockets __14__ usual, he __15__ to him, “Listen, I know you are smuggling things __16__ this frontier. Won’t you tell me what it is? I’m an old man, and today’s my last day on the __17__. Tomorrow I’m going to __18__. I promise I shall not tell __19__ if you tell me what you’ve been smuggling.” The worker did not say anything for __20__. Then he smiled, turned to Peter and said quietly, “Bikes.”

  1. A. towards     B. down       C. to           D. up
  2. A. filling       B. pulling       C. pushing      D. carrying
  3. A. arrived      B. appeared    C. came        D. reached
  4. A. ask        B. order       C. make        D. call
  5. A. carefully     B. quickly      C. silently       D. horribly
  6. A. that        B. where       C. how         D. whether
  7. A. before      B. after        C. first         D. so
  8. A. lucky       B. hoping      C. thinking      D. wondering
  9. A. had been    B. hidden      C. hiding        D. have been
  10. A. nothing    B. something    C. everything     D. anything
  11. A. taking     B. smuggling    C. stealing      D. pushing
  12. A. possible    B. strong      C. able         D. clever
  13. A. through    B. thoroughly   C. upon        D. up
  14. A. like       B. more       C. then         D. as
  15. A. told       B. cried        C. ordered      D. said
  16. A. cross      B. past        C. across       D. into
  17. A. thing      B. work       C. job         D. duty
  18. A. rest       B. back        C. retire        D. retreat
  19. A. everyone   B. anyone      C. no one       D. someone
  20. A. moment    B. long time    C. sometime     D. some time

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