Question

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   41   the hill towards the frontier, pushing a bike with a pile of goods(货物) of old straw on it. When the bike   42   the frontier, Peter would stop the man and   43   him take the straw off and untie（解开） it. Then he would examine the straw very   44   to see   45   he could find anything, then he would look in all the man’s pockets   46   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   47   to find gold or other valuable things hidden in the straw, he never found anything. He was sure the man was   48   something, but he was not   49   to think out what it could be.

Then one evening, after he had looked through the straw and emptied the worker’s pockets   50   usual, he   51   to him, “Listen, I know you are smuggling things   52   this frontier. Won’t you tell me what it is? I’m an old man, and today is my   53  day on the job. Tomorrow I’m going to retire(退休). I promise I shall not tell  54   if you tell me what you’ve been smuggling.” The worker did not say anything for   55  . Then he smiled, turned to Peter and said quietly, “Bikes.”

41. A. towards             B. down                       C. to                          D. up
42. A. arrived               B. appeared            C. came              D. reached
43. A. ask                    B. order                        C. make              D. call
44. A. carefully             B. quickly                     C. silently            D. horribly
45. A. that                    B. where                       C. how               D. if

46. A. before                B. after                         C. first                D. so
47. A. lucky                 B. hoping                      C. thinking          D. wondering
48. A. taking                       B. smuggling          C. stealing           D. pushing
49. A. possible                     B. strong                      C. able                D. clever

50. A. like                           B. more                        C. then               D. as
51. A. told                           B. cried                        C. ordered           D. said
52. A. cross                        B. past                          C. across            D. into
53. A. last                    B. first                   C. newest                  D. second
54. A. everyone            B. anyone              C. no one              D. someone
55. A. moment                    B. long time                  C. sometime        D. some time

Answer 1

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