Question

完形填空 阅读短文, 从每题所给选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

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

Answer

1.D

2.D

3.C

4.A

5.D

6.A

7.B

8.B

9.C

10.D

11.D

12.C

13.A

14.B

15.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要描述了一个发生在边境线上的故事。检查人员彼得怎么也不知道这个人究竟走私的是什么东西，最后通过这个老人之口才知道了原来就是每天他认真检查过的自行车。

1.短语辨析。Come towards 一般无此配；come down下降，下来；come to想起，总计；come up出现，发生。结合语境可知一名工厂工人上山来。故选D。

2.结合语境可知指的是自行车达到边境线，arrive一般不直接接宾语，故选D，到达。

3.词义辨析。A.问，要求；B.命令；C.使得，安排；D.拜访，召集；结合语境可知是让这个人把稻草移开。故选C，make后接不带to的不定式做宾语补足语。

4.结合语境可知他非常细心的检查这些稻草。故选A，细心地。

5.词义辨析。A. 因为，以至于；B.在哪儿；C.怎样；  D.是否。结合语境可知句意为：看看是否能发现什么东西。故选D。

6.连词辨析。A. 在……之前； B.在……之后；C.首先；D.因此。结合语境可知此处指的让他再次把稻草绑好之前。故选A。

7.词义辨析。A.幸运的；B.希望；C.认为；D.想知道。结合语境可知他总是希望找到黄金或者其它的有价值的东西。故选B。

8.词义辨析。A. 带着；B.走私；C.偷D.推挤。结合语境可知此处指的是走私什么东西。故选B。

9.结合语境可知他不能想出会是什么东西，故选C，be able to be可能是。

10.考察短语as usual像往常一样。故选D，通常的。

11.词义辨析。A.告诉；B.哭；C.命令；D.说。联系下文，可知指的是他对他说。故选D。

12.词义辨析。A.交叉，不能用作介词；B. 越过，多用来指时间数量的超过；C.横穿；D.进入。结合语境可知此处指的穿过国境线。故选C。

13.联系下文，明天他就要退休了。可知这是他工作的最后一天。故选A，最后的。

14.代词辨析。A.每个人；B.任何人；C.没有人；D.一些人。结合语境可知此处是指不告诉任何人。故选B。

15.词义辨析。A.瞬间；B.长时间；C.某一时间的；D.一些时间；结合语境可知他有一些时间没说什么。故选D。

考点：有关一个聪明的走私者的记述文