Question

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

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.D

4.C

5.A

6.A

7.B

8.D

9.C

10.A

11.D

12.D

13.C

14.B

15.D

【解析】

1.come up 表示出现的意思，表示每一天，Peter都看见一个人出现在山上。故选D

2.push为推的意思，为动词的现在的分词作为伴随状语。表示推着自行车的意思。故选C

3.reach表示到达的意思，为及物动词，符合题意，而arrive表示到达的意思，但是为不及物动词，不鞥直接接宾语，其余的的appear和came，均为不可数名词，故选答案为D

4.根据后文的内容him take the grass off，即后接sb+do sth,只有make sb do sth，表示使某人做某事，对于ask，要用ask sb to do sth，order sb to do sth，callsb sth，只有答案C，符合题意。

5.本题是考查的是动词he would examine the straw，所以要用副词来修饰，再根据上文的内容，可知答案为A，表示小心地。

6.根据上下文的意思可知答案为A，表示在···之前的意思。

7.根据文章内容Although Peter was always __42 __ to find gold or other valuable things hidden in the straw,，可知答案为hoping，表示希望做某事，表示Peter总是希望能够找到一些东西。故选答案为B。

8.本句中有个never，表示从不的意思，根据上文的意思，可知下文为没找到任何东西，故选anything，故选答案D

9.本句子使用的是be able to do sth ，表示能够做某事，能够有各种各样的时态，根据上下文的内容，可知答案为C

10.look through表示浏览的意思，符合题意要求。故选A

11.而do sth as usual，表示像平时一样做某事，故选答案为D

12.能够与to 连用的单词，said to sb，表示对于某人说，tell 为及物动词，后接名词或代词作为宾语。

13.本题需要的是一个介词，故将A排除，根据上文的意思。可知Peter担心的是这个人将····走私到边境对过，故选穿过的意思。故选答案为C。

14.根据上下文的意思可知，Peter承诺不会告诉任何人，故选anything符合题意。

15.for 后不接moment，即可以用for a moment，故将A排除，而C为sometime为曾经的某个时候或将来的某个时候，将C排除，后有具体的语境可知，for +后接一些时间。故选D

考点：本题考查的完形填空题