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Peter’s job was to examine cars when they crossed the
frontier(国境) to make sure that they were not smuggling(走私) anything into the country. Every evening he would
see a factory worker coming 1 the hill towards
the frontier, pushing a bike with a pile of goods(货物) of old straw on it. When the bike 2 the
frontier, Peter would stop the man and 3 him take
the straw off and untie(解开) it. Then he would examine the straw very 4 to
see 5 he could find anything, then he would look
in all the man’s pockets 6 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 7 to find gold
or other valuable things hidden in the straw, he never found anything. He was
sure the man was 8 something, but he was not 9 to
think out what it could be.
Then one evening, after he had looked through the
straw and emptied the worker’s pockets 10 usual,
he 11 to him, “Listen, I know you are smuggling
things 12 this frontier. Won’t you tell me what it is?
I’m an old man, and today is my 13 day on the job. Tomorrow
I’m going to retire(退休). I promise I shall not tell 14 if
you tell me what you’ve been smuggling.” The worker did not say anything for 15 .
Then he smiled, turned to Peter and said quietly, “Bikes.”
1. A.towards B.down C.to D.up
2. A.arrived B.appeared C.came D.reached
3. A.ask B.order C.make D.call
4. A.carefully B.quickly C.silently D.horribly
5. A.that B.where C.how D.if
6. A.before B.after C.first D.so
7. A.lucky B.hoping C.thinking D.wondering
8. A.taking B.smuggling C.stealing D.pushing
9. A.possible B.strong C.able D.clever
10. A.like B.more C.then D.as
11. A.told B.cried C.ordered D.said
12. A.cross B.past C.across D.into
13. A.last B.first C.newest D.second
14. A.everyone B.anyone C.no one D.someone
15. A.moment B.long time C.sometime D.some time