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

　　答案简析：

　　1.D。根据下文这个工人越过边界后，走下山坡，所以到达边界之前应在朝山上走。故选up。

　　2.C。这名工人是在推着一辆装有稻草的自行车，故选动词pushing。

　　3.D。这里表达的是到达边界之意arrive, come为不及物动词不可直接接 the frontier，故选reached。

　　4.C。ask与order后接不定式的复合结构时，动词前应有to, make后接不定式的复合结构时，动词前to要省去。根据下文应选make。

　　5.A。彼得想发现这个工人在走私什么，所以应仔细地检查。故选carefully。

　　6.D。这里根据文意，应选择表示“是否”之意的whether作宾语从句的引导词。

　　7.A。根据常理，彼得应先检查这个工人的口袋才能让他捆起稻草走人，故选before。

　　8.B.根据文意，彼得心中一直怀着查获走私物品的希望，故选hoping。

　　9.B。这里things和hide之间是被动关系,现在分词hiding作定语时表示主动，所以应用过去分词hidden作后置定语表被动。

　　10.D。本句中否定词never及文意决定了这里应选 anything。

　　11.B。四个选项从语法上讲都可以，只能从文意上进行区分，smuggling意为“走私”，是正确选项。

　　12.C。固定结构be able to do sth. 意为“能够干某事”。

　　13.A。习惯用语look through 意为“彻底检查”。

　　14.D。“as usual”为固定短语，意为“象平常一样”。

　　15.D。tell, order后面应直接接人作宾语表示告诉某人和命令某人，而用say应为say to sb. 故said为正确选项。

　　16.C.这里应选择一个介词构成介词短语在句中做状语。介词past 表“经过”; across 强调“从一边到另一边”;而into 表示“进入到……里面”。 根据文意across应为正确选项。

　　17.C。“on the job”为一常用短语。意为“执行公务”。

　　18.C。因为今天是彼得最后一天上班说明明天他就要退休retire。

　　19.B。根据句中否定词not 及文意应选anyone。

　　20.D。本句说明这个工人回答彼得的问题之前沉默了一会儿。A选项应用a moment; C选项表示某一点时间; D选项表示一段时间或一会儿，为正确选项。