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."
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小题1:D
小题2:C
小题3:D
小题4:C
小题5:A
小题6:A
小题7:B
小题8:D
小题9:C
小题10:A
小题11:D
小题12:D
小题13:C
小题14:B
小题15:D
小题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
小题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
小题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
小题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。
小题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。
小题6:根据上下文的意思可知答案为A，表示在···之前的意思。
小题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。
小题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
小题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
小题10:look through表示浏览的意思，符合题意要求。故选A
小题11:而do sth as usual，表示像平时一样做某事，故选答案为D
小题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。
小题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。
小题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。
小题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
点评：注意做本题时，要注意上下文的内容的联系，时态，人称必须一致以及固定词组的搭配。