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
the hill towards the frontier,
a bike with grass on it. When the bike
the frontier, Peter would stop the man and
him take the grass off. 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
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
to find gold or other valuable things hidden in the straw, he never found
. he was sure the man was smuggling something, but he was not
to think out what it could be.
Then one evening, after he had looked ____ the grass and emptied the worker's pockets ____ usual, he ____ to him, "Listen, I know you are smuggling things ____ 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 ____ if you tell me what you've been smuggling." The worker did not say anything for ____. Then he smiled, turned to Peter and said quietly, "Bikes."
小题2: | A.filling | B.pulling | C.pushing | D.carrying |
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小题3: | A.arrived | B.appeared | C.came | D.reached |
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小题5: | A.carefully | B.quickly | C.silently | D.horribly |
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小题6: | A.before | B.after | C.first | D.so |
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小题7: | A.lucky | B.hoping | C.thinking | D.wondering |
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小题8: | A.nothing | B.something | C.everything | D.anything |
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小题9: | A.possible | B.strong | C.able | D.clever |
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小题10: | A.through | B.thoroughly | C.upon | D.up |
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小题12: | A.told | B.cried | C.ordered | D.said |
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小题13: | A.cross | B.past | C.across | D.into |
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小题14: | A.everyone | B.anyone | C.no one | D.someone |
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小题15: | A.moment | B.long time | C.sometime | D.some time |
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