Question

Henry's job was to examine people who crossed the frontier (邊境) to make sure that they were not smuggling (走私) anything into the country. Every evening except at weekends, he would see a(n) ___ coming 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, “ __ .”

1.A. officer                          B. driver                            C. worker                   D. soldier

2.A. pulling                       B. pushing               C. filling                     D. carrying

3.A. reached                    B. left                             C. faced                            D. formed

4.A. stop                            B. greet                            C. praise                     D. beat

5.A. show                     B. load                              C. light                       D. untie

6.A. carefully                    B. carelessly                     C. angrily                D. quickly

7.A. once                            B. again                            C. yet                                  D. instead

8.A. pretending                 B. believing                      C. expecting               D. asking

9.A. ever                            B. often                            C. always                               D. never

10.A. curious                 B. sure                                C. clever                               D. known

11.A. anything                  B. nothing                        C. everything             D. something

12.A. how                          B. which                 C. what                 D. why

13.A. looked after     B. looked through      C. looked for                   D. looked out

14.A. pockets                    B. clothes                          C. socks                D. shoes

15.A. Wait                          B. Go                    C. Listen                          D. Come

16.A. past                           B. from                  C. through                        D. across

17.A. job                            B. mountain                         C. edge               D. road

18.A. as                            B. if                          C. before                       D. whether

19.A. at the moment       B. after all                    C. for a moment           D. at all

20.A. Straw                     B. Money                C. Cars                     D. Bicycles

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.A

5.D

6.A

7.B

8.C

9.D

10.B

11.D

12.C

13.B

14.A

15.C

16.D

17.A

18.B

19.C

20.D

【解析】

試題分析：文章主要講的是發(fā)生在邊境線的一個有趣故事。亨利值班的每個晚上，他都會檢查一個男子自行車上的稻草。無論檢查的多么仔細(xì)，亨利并未發(fā)現(xiàn)男子要走私的東西。在亨利即將退休之際，他問那個工人究竟走私的是什么東西，工人說他在走私自行車。那個工人其實是用稻草來轉(zhuǎn)移亨利的視線。

1.考查名詞辨析。A官員；B司機(jī)；C工人；D士兵。根據(jù)第二段“emptied the factory worker's”可知，Henry搜查的那個人是一名工人，故選C。

2.考查動詞辨析。A拉；B推；C填滿；D攜帶。根據(jù)“coming up the hill”可知，那個人是推著一輛自行車，故選B。

3.考查動詞辨析。A到達(dá)，夠；B離開；C面對；D形成。根據(jù)第一行“who crossed the frontier”可知，Henry站在邊境線那里檢查來往的行人，由此可見，那個人是到達(dá)邊境線，故選A。

4.考查動詞辨析。A停止；B問候；C表揚(yáng)；D打敗。Henry used to __ the man and order him to take the straw off亨利總是叫住那個人，讓他取下車上的稻草，故選A。

5.考查動詞辨析。A展示；B裝載；C使發(fā)光，點燃；D解開。take the straw off and ___ it亨利讓那個人取下稻草，解開捆稻草的繩子，故選D。

6.考查副詞辨析。A小心地；B粗心地；C生氣地；D迅速地。Then he would examine the straw very ___ to see whether he could find anything亨利就會仔細(xì)檢查那些稻草，看能否找到什么東西，故選A。

7.考查副詞辨析。A一旦；B再次；C還沒；D代替。根據(jù)“take the straw off and ___ it.”可知，在讓他把稻草重新捆綁之前，亨利還要搜查他的衣兜，故選B。

8.考查動詞辨析。A假裝；B相信；C期望；D詢問。根據(jù)“he ___ found anything, even though he examined it very carefully”可知，即使檢查得很仔細(xì)，亨利并沒有發(fā)現(xiàn)什么異常，亨利總是期待能搜出金子、珠寶或其它貴重東西，故選C。

9.考查副詞辨析。A曾經(jīng)；B經(jīng)常；C總是；D從不。he ___ found anything他從來沒有找到別的東西，anything常用于否定句和疑問句，故選D。

10.考查形容詞辨析。A好奇的；B確定的；C聰明的；D著名的。He was___that the man was smuggling __亨利確定那個人在走私東西，故選B。

11.考查不定代詞。A任何事物；B沒有東西；C一切；D一些。He was___that the man was smuggling __亨利確信那個人在走私什么東西，something用于肯定句，故選D。

12.考查連接詞辨析。A怎樣；B哪一個；C什么；D為什么。but he was not able to imagine__ it could be亨利不能想出來那個人在走私什么東西，be缺少賓語，用what，故選C。

13.考查動詞短語辨析。A照顧；B仔細(xì)檢查；C尋找；D小心。after he had__ the straw在檢查了稻草之后，故選B。

14.考查名詞辨析。A口袋；B衣服；C襪子；D鞋子。根據(jù)第一段第五行的“he would look in all the man's pockets”可知，亨利還檢查那個工人的口袋，故選A。

15.考查動詞辨析。A等待；B去；C聽；D到來。___ I know that you are smuggling things __ this frontier.亨利對那個工人說“聽著，我知道你在走私什么東西”，那個人站在亨利的面前在接受檢查，不可能是go, come，工人本來就站在原地沒有動，沒必要用wait，故選C。

16.考查介詞辨析。A經(jīng)過；B來自；C通過；D穿過。you are smuggling things __ this frontier你正在走私物品過邊境線，邊境線不是一個空間，不能用through，故選D。

17.考查名詞辨析。A工作；B大山；C邊緣；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，故選A。

18.考查連接詞辨析。A隨著，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.亨利保證如果工人告訴他，他將不會告訴任何人工人在走私的是什么物品，故選B。

19.考查短語辨析。A此刻；B畢竟，終究；C一會兒；D根本。那個工人愣了一會兒，故選C。

20.考查名詞辨析。A稻草，無價值的東西；B金錢；C汽車；D自行車。Then he smiled, turned to Henry and said quietly, “ __ .”然后，他笑著對亨利小生說道“自行車”，根據(jù)前文可知，那個工人用稻草作為被檢查的誘餌，讓亨利忽略了自行車，其實是在走私自行車，故選D。

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