Henry's job was to examine people who crossed the frontier (边境) to make sure that they were not smuggling (走私) anything into the country. Every evening except at weekends, he would see a(n) ___ coming up the hill towards the frontier, __ a bicycle with a big load of old straw on it. When the bicycle__ the frontier, Henry used to __ the man and order him to take the straw off and ___ it. Then he would examine the straw very ___ to see whether he could find anything, after which he would look in all the man's pockets before letting him tie the straw __. The man would then put it on his bicycle and go off down the hill with it. Although Henry was always __ to find gold or jewelry or other valuable things hidden in the straw, he ___ found anything, even though he examined it very carefully. He was___that the man was smuggling __, but he was not able to imagine __ it could be.
Then one evening, after he had__ the straw and emptied the factory worker's__ as usual, he said to him, “___ I know that you are smuggling things __ this frontier. Won't you tell me what you're bringing into the country so successfully? I'm sixty years old now, and today is my last day on the __ . Tomorrow I'm going to retire. I promise that I shall not tell anyone __ you tell me what you've been smuggling." The factory worker did not say anything ___ . Then he smiled, turned to Henry and said quietly, “ __ .”
1.A. officer B. driver C. worker D. soldier
2.A. pulling B. pushing C. filling D. carrying
3.A. reached B. left C. faced D. formed
4.A. stop B. greet C. praise D. beat
5.A. show B. load C. light D. untie
6.A. carefully B. carelessly C. angrily D. quickly
7.A. once B. again C. yet D. instead
8.A. pretending B. believing C. expecting D. asking
9.A. ever B. often C. always D. never
10.A. curious B. sure C. clever D. known
11.A. anything B. nothing C. everything D. something
12.A. how B. which C. what D. why
13.A. looked after B. looked through C. looked for D. looked out
14.A. pockets B. clothes C. socks D. shoes
15.A. Wait B. Go C. Listen D. Come
16.A. past B. from C. through D. across
17.A. job B. mountain C. edge D. road
18.A. as B. if C. before D. whether
19.A. at the moment B. after all C. for a moment D. at all
20.A. Straw B. Money C. Cars D. Bicycles
1.C
2.B
3.A
4.A
5.D
6.A
7.B
8.C
9.D
10.B
11.D
12.C
13.B
14.A
15.C
16.D
17.A
18.B
19.C
20.D
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试题分析：文章主要讲的是发生在边境线的一个有趣故事。亨利值班的每个晚上，他都会检查一个男子自行车上的稻草。无论检查的多么仔细，亨利并未发现男子要走私的东西。在亨利即将退休之际，他问那个工人究竟走私的是什么东西，工人说他在走私自行车。那个工人其实是用稻草来转移亨利的视线。
1.考查名词辨析。A官员；B司机；C工人；D士兵。根据第二段“emptied the factory worker's”可知，Henry搜查的那个人是一名工人，故选C。
2.考查动词辨析。A拉；B推；C填满；D携带。根据“coming up the hill”可知，那个人是推着一辆自行车，故选B。
3.考查动词辨析。A到达，够；B离开；C面对；D形成。根据第一行“who crossed the frontier”可知，Henry站在边境线那里检查来往的行人，由此可见，那个人是到达边境线，故选A。
4.考查动词辨析。A停止；B问候；C表扬；D打败。Henry used to __ the man and order him to take the straw off亨利总是叫住那个人，让他取下车上的稻草，故选A。
5.考查动词辨析。A展示；B装载；C使发光，点燃；D解开。take the straw off and ___ it亨利让那个人取下稻草，解开捆稻草的绳子，故选D。
6.考查副词辨析。A小心地；B粗心地；C生气地；D迅速地。Then he would examine the straw very ___ to see whether he could find anything亨利就会仔细检查那些稻草，看能否找到什么东西，故选A。
7.考查副词辨析。A一旦；B再次；C还没；D代替。根据“take the straw off and ___ it.”可知，在让他把稻草重新捆绑之前，亨利还要搜查他的衣兜，故选B。
8.考查动词辨析。A假装；B相信；C期望；D询问。根据“he ___ found anything, even though he examined it very carefully”可知，即使检查得很仔细，亨利并没有发现什么异常，亨利总是期待能搜出金子、珠宝或其它贵重东西，故选C。
9.考查副词辨析。A曾经；B经常；C总是；D从不。he ___ found anything他从来没有找到别的东西，anything常用于否定句和疑问句，故选D。
10.考查形容词辨析。A好奇的；B确定的；C聪明的；D著名的。He was___that the man was smuggling __亨利确定那个人在走私东西，故选B。
11.考查不定代词。A任何事物；B没有东西；C一切；D一些。He was___that the man was smuggling __亨利确信那个人在走私什么东西，something用于肯定句，故选D。
12.考查连接词辨析。A怎样；B哪一个；C什么；D为什么。but he was not able to imagine__ it could be亨利不能想出来那个人在走私什么东西，be缺少宾语，用what，故选C。
13.考查动词短语辨析。A照顾；B仔细检查；C寻找；D小心。after he had__ the straw在检查了稻草之后，故选B。
14.考查名词辨析。A口袋；B衣服；C袜子；D鞋子。根据第一段第五行的“he would look in all the man's pockets”可知，亨利还检查那个工人的口袋，故选A。
15.考查动词辨析。A等待；B去；C听；D到来。___ I know that you are smuggling things __ this frontier.亨利对那个工人说“听着，我知道你在走私什么东西”，那个人站在亨利的面前在接受检查，不可能是go, come，工人本来就站在原地没有动，没必要用wait，故选C。
16.考查介词辨析。A经过；B来自；C通过；D穿过。you are smuggling things __ this frontier你正在走私物品过边境线，边境线不是一个空间，不能用through，故选D。
17.考查名词辨析。A工作；B大山；C边缘；D道路。today is my last day on the __ . Tomorrow I'm going to retire.今天是亨利最后一天上班，明天就要退休了，故选A。
18.考查连接词辨析。A随着，正如；B如果，是否；C在......之前；D是否。I promise that I shall not tell anyone __ you tell me what you've been smuggling.亨利保证如果工人告诉他，他将不会告诉任何人工人在走私的是什么物品，故选B。
19.考查短语辨析。A此刻；B毕竟，终究；C一会儿；D根本。那个工人愣了一会儿，故选C。
20.考查名词辨析。A稻草，无价值的东西；B金钱；C汽车；D自行车。Then he smiled, turned to Henry and said quietly, “ __ .”然后，他笑着对亨利小生说道“自行车”，根据前文可知，那个工人用稻草作为被检查的诱饵，让亨利忽略了自行车，其实是在走私自行车，故选D。
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：053
阅读下列短文, 从所给的四个选项中, 选出最佳答案。
Henry had an excellent job at a bank. I couldn't believe him when he told me that he had decided to give it up. I tried to make him change his mind, but I failed.
"You should reconsider your decision," I said. "You are thirty. You have already spent five years at the bank, you might be a bank manager by the time you're thirty-five."
"I know," Henry answered. "What do I do at the bank? Well, at the bank all I do is to count money. I enjoy counting my own money, but I hate counting other people's."
(1) _______ the bank.
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B. It was five years before Henry began to work at
C. The writer advised Henry not to give up his job until he had spent five years at
D. The writer tried to persuade Henry not to give up his job until he became manager of
(2) The writer couldn't believe that Henry had decided to give up his job at the bank because ____________.
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B. Henry's job was very good there
C. Henry was soon to become manager of the bank
D. all Henry did there was to count money
(3) When did Henry begin to work at the bank?
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B. Thirty.
C. Twenty-five.
D. Twenty.
(4) Henry didn't like counting __________.
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A. money
B. the number of the people at the bank every day
C. his workmates' money every day
D. money unless it was his
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完形填空
Henry's job was to examine cars which crossed the frontier(边境)to make sure that they were not smuggling (走私)anything into the country. Every evening 1 at weekends, he 2 see a factory worker coming up the hill towards the frontier, pushing a bicycle with a big load of straw(稻草)on it. When the bicycle 3 the frontier. Henry used to stop the man and 4 him take the straw off and 5 it. Then he would examine the straw carefully to see 6 he could find anything, after which he would look in all the man's pockets before he let him tie straw again. The man would then put it on his bicycle and go off 7 the hill with it. Although Henry was always 8 to find gold or jewellery or other valuable things 9 in the straw, he never found anything even though he examined it very 10 . He was sure that the man was 11 something, but he was not 12 to imagine what it could be.
Then one evening, after he had looked through the straw and emptied the factory worker's pockets 13 usual, he 14 to him, “Listen, I know that you're smuggling things 15 this frontier. Won't you tell me what it is that you are bringing 16 so successfully? I'm an old man, and today is my last day on the 17 . Tomorrow I'm going to 18 . I promise that I shall not tell 19 if you tell me what you've been smuggling. ”The factory worker didn't say anything for 20 . Then he smiled, turned to Henry and said quickly, “Bicycles! ”
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Henry’s job was to make sure 1 people were not smuggling(走私)anything out of the country. Every evening except at weekends he 2 see a foolish-looking farmer coming up, 3 a bike with a lot of straw (稻草)on it .When the bike 4 , Henry used to stop the farmer and 5 him to take the straw off for him to 6 . As he 7 find anything unusual in the straw, he had to let the farmer tie it up and put it on the bike again. Then the man 8 the bike down the hill out of the country. Henry thought the farmer must have 9 something in the straw. but he never found 10 , even though he examined it very carefully each time. He was sure the man did something against the law ,but 11 to find what it was.
Then 12 one evening, after he had walked 13 the straw and the bike 14 usual, he finally 15 to him ,‘Listen. I know you are smuggling things out of the country. Won’t you tell me what it is ? Today is my last day on this 16 . I’m leaving tomorrow. I 17 you that I will not tell others the 18 .’ The farmer looked at Henry for a moment 19 . Then he smiled and said, ‘I 20 smuggle bikes.’
［ ］1.A. whether B. if C. that D. which
［ ］2.A. might B. would C. must D. ought to
［ ］3.A. fetching B. pushing C. pulling D. carrying
［ ］4.A. happened B. appeared C. arrived D. got
［ ］5.A. made B. forced C. ordered D. begged
［ ］6.A. see B. look C. examine D. count
［ ］7.A. could B. could not C. must D. need not
［ ］8.A. took B. rode C. carried D. picked
［ ］9.A. done B. hid C. discovered D. got
［ ］10.A. any B. that C. some D. all
［ ］11.A. impossible B. possible C. unable D. able
［ ］12.A. / B. on C. in D. for
［ ］13.A. about B. around C. up D. through
［ ］14.A. at B. for C. like D. as
［ ］15.A. shouted B. said C. cried D. told
［ ］16.A. place B. ground C. post D. job
［ ］17.A. promise B. allow C. believe D. make sure
［ ］18.A. straw B. bike C. secret D. matter
［ ］19.A. for fun B. in anger C. in surprise D. with satisfaction
［ ］20.A. also B. just C. certainly D. not only
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完形填空：
Henry's job was to examine cars which crossed the frontier (国境线) to 1 that they are not smuggling (走私) anything into the country. Every evening except at weekend, he would see a factory worker coming up the hill towards the frontier, 2 a bike with a big load of old straw (稻草) on it. When the bike 3 the frontier, Henry used to stop the man and make him take the straw off and 4 it. Then he would examine the straw very carefully to see 5 he could find anything. After that he would look in all the man's pockets before he let him tie the straw again. The man would put it on his bike and go off down the hill with it. Although Henry was always 6 to find gold or jewellery or other valuable things 7 in the straw, he never found 8 even though he examined very carefully. He was sure that the man was 9 something, but he was not able to 10 what it could be.
Then one evening, after he had looked 11 the straw and emptied the factory worker's pockets 12 usual, he 13 to him, “Listen, I know you are smuggling things 14 this frontier. Won't you tell me what it is that you are 15 into the country so successfully? I'm an old man, and today is my last day 16 . Tomorrow I'm going to retire (退休). I 17 that I shall not tell 18 if you tell me what you have been smuggling.”The factory worker didn't say anything for 19 , then he smiled, turned to Henry and said 20 , “Bikes.”
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