Henry's job was to examine people who crossed the frontier (边境) to make sure that they were not smuggling (走私) anything into the country. Every evening except at weekends, he would see a(n) ing up the hill towards the frontier, a bicycle with a big load of old straw on it. When the bicycle__ the frontier, Henry used to the man and order him to take the straw off and _ it. 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 before letting him tie the straw __. The man would then put it on his bicycle and go off down the hill with it. Although Henry was always to find gold or jewelry or other valuable things hidden in the straw, he _ found anything, even though he examined it very carefully. He was _that the man was smuggling __, but he was not able to imagine it could be.
Then one evening, after he had the straw and emptied the factory worker's as usual, he said to him, “ I know that you are smuggling things this frontier. Won't you tell me what you're bringing into the country so successfully? I'm sixty years old now, and today is my last day on the __ . Tomorrow I'm going to retire. I promise that I shall not tell anyone you tell me what you've been smuggling. The factory worker did not say anything ___ . Then he smiled, turned to Henry and said quietly, “ __ .”
【小题1】A．officer B．driverC．workerD．soldier【小题2】A．pullingB．pushingC．fillingD．carrying【小题3】A．reachedB．leftC．facedD．formed【小题4】A．stopB．greetC．praiseD．beat【小题5】A．showB．loadC．lightD．untie【小题6】A．carefullyB．carelesslyC．angrilyD．quickly【小题7】A．onceB．againC．yetD．instead【小题8】A．pretendingB．believingC．expectingD．asking【小题9】A．everB．oftenC．alwaysD．never【小题10】A．curious B．sureC．cleverD．known【小题11】A．anythingB．nothingC．everythingD．something【小题12】A．howB．whichC．whatD．why【小题13】A．looked afterB．looked throughC．looked forD．looked out【小题14】A．pocketsB．clothesC．socksD．shoes【小题15】A．WaitB．GoC．ListenD．Come【小题16】A．pastB．fromC．throughD．across【小题17】A．jobB．mountain C．edgeD．road【小题18】A．asB．ifC．beforeD．whether【小题19】A．at the momentB．after allC．for a momentD．at all【小题20】A．StrawB．MoneyC．CarsD．BicyclesC
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(答案→)C
解析：文章主要讲的是发生在边境线的一个有趣故事。亨利值班的每个晚上，他都会检查一个男子自行车上的稻草。无论检查的多么仔细，亨利并未发现男子要走私的东西。在亨利即将退休之际，他问那个工人究竟走私的是什么东西，工人说他在走私自行车。那个工人其实是用稻草来转移亨利的视线。
【小题1】考查名词辨析。A官员；B司机；C工人；D士兵。根据第二段“emptied the factory worker's”可知，Henry搜查的那个人是一名工人，故选C。
【小题2】考查动词辨析。A拉；B推；C填满；D携带。根据“ing up the hill”可知，那个人是推着一辆自行车，故选B。
【小题3】考查动词辨析。A到达，够；B离开；C面对；D形成。根据第一行“who crossed the frontier”可知，Henry站在边境线那里检查来往的行人，由此可见，那个人是到达边境线，故选A。
【小题4】考查动词辨析。A停止；B问候；C表扬；D打败。Henry used to the man and order him to take the straw off亨利总是叫住那个人，让他取下车上的稻草，故选A。
【小题5】考查动词辨析。A展示；B装载；C使发光，点燃；D解开。take the straw off and _ it亨利让那个人取下稻草，解开捆稻草的绳子，故选D。
【小题6】考查副词辨析。A小心地；B粗心地；C生气地；D迅速地。Then he would examine the straw very _ to see whether he could find anything亨利就会仔细检查那些稻草，看能否找到什么东西，故选A。
【小题7】考查副词辨析。A一旦；B再次；C还没；D代替。根据“take the straw off and _ it.”可知，在让他把稻草重新捆绑之前，亨利还要搜查他的衣兜，故选B。
【小题8】考查动词辨析。A假装；B相信；C期望；D询问。根据“he _ found anything, even though he examined it very carefully”可知，即使检查得很仔细，亨利并没有发现什么异常，亨利总是期待能搜出金子、珠宝或其它贵重东西，故选C。
【小题9】考查副词辨析。A曾经；B经常；C总是；D从不。he _ found anything他从来没有找到别的东西，anything常用于否定句和疑问句，故选D。
【小题10】考查形容词辨析。A好奇的；B确定的；C聪明的；D著名的。He was _that the man was smuggling __亨利确定那个人在走私东西，故选B。
【小题11】考查不定代词。A任何事物；B没有东西；C一切；D一些。He was _that the man was smuggling __亨利确信那个人在走私什么东西，something用于肯定句，故选D。
【小题12】考查连接词辨析。A怎样；B哪一个；C什么；D为什么。but he was not able to imagine it could be亨利不能想出来那个人在走私什么东西，be缺少宾语，用what，故选C。
【小题13】考查动词短语辨析。A照顾；B仔细检查；C寻找；D小心。after he had the straw在检查了稻草之后，故选B。
【小题14】考查名词辨析。A口袋；B衣服；C袜子；D鞋子。根据第一段第五行的“he would look in all the man's pockets”可知，亨利还检查那个工人的口袋，故选A。
【小题15】考查动词辨析。A等待；B去；C听；D到来。 I know that you are smuggling things this frontier.亨利对那个工人说“听着，我知道你在走私什么东西”，那个人站在亨利的面前在接受检查，不可能是go, e，工人本来就站在原地没有动，没必要用wait，故选C。
【小题16】考查介词辨析。A经过；B来自；C通过；D穿过。you are smuggling things this frontier你正在走私物品过边境线，边境线不是一个空间，不能用through，故选D。
【小题17】考查名词辨析。A工作；B大山；C边缘；D道路。today is my last day on the __ . Tomorrow I'm going to retire.今天是亨利最后一天上班，明天就要退休了，故选A。
【小题18】考查连接词辨析。A随着，正如；B如果，是否；C在......之前；D是否。I promise that I shall not tell anyone you tell me what you've been smuggling.亨利保证如果工人告诉他，他将不会告诉任何人工人在走私的是什么物品，故选B。
【小题19】考查短语辨析。A此刻；B毕竟，终究；C一会儿；D根本。那个工人愣了一会儿，故选C。
【小题20】考查名词辨析。A稻草，无价值的东西；B金钱；C汽车；D自行车。Then he smiled, turned to Henry and said quietly, “ __ .”然后，他笑着对亨利小生说道“自行车”，根据前文可知，那个工人用稻草作为被检查的诱饵，让亨利忽略了自行车，其实是在走私自行车，故选D。