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
名師點評
這篇完型填空講述了身爲邊防檢查員的彼得明知一個工廠工人在走`私貨物卻無法抓住對方的把柄。在退休的前一天，彼得懇請其說出真相，結果令彼得恍然大悟。
答案簡析
1.D。根據下文這個工人越過邊界後，走下山坡，所以到達邊界之前應在朝山上走。故選up。
2.C。這名工人是在推着一輛裝有稻草的自行車，故選動詞pushing。
3.D。這裏表達的是到達邊界之意arrive, come爲不及物動詞不可直接接 the frontier，故選reached。
4.C。ask與order後接不定式的複合結構時，動詞前應有to, make後接不定式的複合結構時，動詞前to要省去。根據下文應選make。
5.A。彼得想發現這個工人在走`私什麼，所以應仔細地檢查。故選carefully。
6.D。這裏根據文意，應選擇表示―是否‖之意的whether作賓語從句的.引導詞。
7.A。根據常理，彼得應先檢查這個工人的口袋才能讓他捆起稻草走人，故選before。
8.B.根據文意，彼得心中一直懷着查獲走`私物品的希望，故選hoping。
9.B。這裏things和hide之間是被動關係,現在分詞hiding作定語時表示主動，所以應用過去分詞hidden作後置定語表被動。
10.D。本句中否定詞never及文意決定了這裏應選 anything。
11.B。四個選項從語法上講都可以，只能從文意上進行區分，smuggling意爲―走`私‖，是正確選項。
12.C。固定結構be able to do sth. 意爲―能夠幹某事‖。
13.A。習慣用語look through 意爲―徹底檢查‖。
14.D。―as usual‖爲固定短語，意爲―象平常一樣‖。
15.D。tell, order後面應直接接人作賓語表示告訴某人和命令某人，而用say應爲say to sb. 故said爲正確選項。
16.C.這裏應選擇一個介詞構成介詞短語在句中做狀語。介詞past 表―經過‖; across 強調―從一邊到另一邊‖;而into 表示―進入到……裏面‖。 根據文意across應爲正確選項。
17.C。―on the job‖爲一常用短語。意爲―執行公務‖。
18.C。因爲今天是彼得最後一天上班說明明天他就要退休retire。 19.B。根據句中否定詞not 及文意應選anyone。
20.D。本句說明這個工人回答彼得的問題之前沉默了一會兒。A選項應用a moment; C選項表示某一點時間; D選項表示一段時間或一會兒，爲正確選項。
