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1: A．towards B．down C．to D．up 小题2: A．filling B．pulling C．pushing D．carrying 小题3: A．arrived B．appeared C．came D．reached 小题4: A．ask B．order C．make D．call 小题5: A．carefully B．quickly C．silently D．horribly 小题6: A．before B．after C．first D．so 小题7: A．lucky B．hoping C．thinking D．wondering 小题8: A．nothing B．something C．everything D．anything 小题9: A．possible B．strong C．able D．clever 小题10: A．through B．thoroughly C．upon D．up 小题11: A．like B．more C．then D．as 小题12: A．told B．cried C．ordered D．said 小题13: A．cross B．past C．across D．into 小题14: A．everyone B．anyone C．no one D．someone 小题15: A．moment B．long time C．sometime D．some time