完形填空二則

李智松

A

Peter's job was to examine cars when they crossed the frontier to make sure that they were not smuggling anything into the country. Every evening he would see a factory worker coming __1__ the hill towards the frontier， __2__ a bike with a pile of goods of old straw on it. When the bike __3__ the frontier， Peter would stop the man and __4__ him take the straw off and untie it. Then he would examine the straw very __5__ to see __6__ he could find anything， after which he would look in all the man's pockets __7__ he let him tie the straw again. The man would then put it on his bike and go off down the hill with it. Although Peter was always __8__ to find gold or other valuable things __9__ in the straw， he never found __10__. He was sure the man was __11__ something， but he was not __12__ to think out what it could be.

Then one evening， after he had looked __13__ the straw and emptied the worker's pockets? __14__ usual， he __15__ to him， “Listen， I know you are smuggling things __16__ this frontier. Won't you tell me what it is？ I'm an old man， and today's my last day on the __17__. Tomorrow I'm going to __18__. I promise I shall not tell __19__ if you tell me what you've been smuggling.” The worker did not say anything for __20__. Then he smiled， turned to Peter and said quietly， “Bikes.”

1. A. towards? ? ? B. down? ? ? ? C. to? ? ? ? ? D. up

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

3. A. arrived? ? ? B. appeared? ? C. came? ? ? D. reached

4. A. ask? ? ? ? ? B. order? ? ? C. make? ? ? ? D. call

5. A. carefully? ? B. quickly? ? ? C. silently? ? ? D. horribly

6. A. that? ? ? ? B. where? ? ? C. how? ? ? ? D. whether

7. A. before? ? ? B. after? ? ? ? C. first? ? ? ? D. so

8. A. lucky? ? ? ? B. hoping? ? ? C. thinking? ? D. wondering

9. A. had been? ? B. hidden? ? ? C. hiding? ? ? D. have been

10. A. nothing? ? B. something? C. everything? ? D. anything

11. A. taking? ? ? B. smuggling? C. stealing? ? ? D. pushing

12. A. possible? ? B. strong? ? ? C. able? ? ? ? D. clever

13. A. through? ? B. thoroughly? C. upon? ? ? ? D. up

14. A. like? ? ? ? B. more? ? ? ? C. then? ? ? ? D. as

15. A. told? ? ? ? B. cried? ? ? ? C. ordered? ? D. said

16. A. cross? ? ? B. past? ? ? ? C. across? ? ? D. into

17. A. thing? ? ? B. work? ? ? ? C. job? ? ? ? D. duty

18. A. rest? ? ? B. back? ? ? ? C. retire? ? ? D. retreat

19. A. everyone? ? B. anyone? ? ? C. no one? ? ? D. someone

20. A. moment? ? B. long time? ? C. sometime? ? D. some time

B

A strange thing happened to Henry yesterday. He was on a bus and to __1__. So he stood up and rang the bell. __2__ make sure the driver heard him， he rang it twice， but the bus __3__ stop. And the conductor came and shouted __4__ him.

The conductor was __5__ angry and spoke __6__ fast that Henry didn't understand __7__. The bus stopped at the next bus and Henry got off. As he got off he heard someone said， “I think he __8__ a foreigner.”

When Henry got __9__， he told his wife about it.

“__10__ times did you ring the bell？” his wife asked.

“Twice，” said Henry.

“Well， that's the signal （信號） __11__ the driver __12__ on.” His wife explained， “Only the conductor __13__ to ring the bell twice. That's why the conductor __14__ so angry！”

Henry nodded （點頭）. “I __15__，” he said.

1. A. got off? ? ? B. gets off? ? C. get off? ? ? ? D. get on

2. A. To? ? ? ? ? B. At? ? ? ? ? C. In? ? ? ? ? ? D. With

3. A. doesn't? ? ? B. don't? ? ? ? C. didn't? ? ? ? D. wasn't

4. A. in? ? ? ? ? B. on? ? ? ? ? C. of? ? ? ? ? ? D. at

5. A. so? ? ? ? ? B. as? ? ? ? ? C. at? ? ? ? ? ? D. because

6. A. so that? ? ? B. that? ? ? ? C. so? ? ? ? ? ? D. why

7. A. words? ? ? B. a word? ? ? C. speech? ? ? ? D. song

8. A. was? ? ? ? B. isn't? ? ? ? C. is? ? ? ? ? ? D. am

9. A. to home? ? ? B. at home? ? ? C. in home? ? ? D. home

10. A. How many? B. How much? ? C. How long? ? D. How

11. A. to? ? ? ? ? B. at? ? ? ? ? C. on? ? ? ? ? D. for

12. A. to go? ? ? B. go? ? ? ? ? C. went on? ? ? D. goes

13. A. allowed? ? B. is allowed? ? C. was allowed? ? D. allow

14. A. got? ? ? ? B. gets? ? ? ? C. is getting? ? ? D. gotten

15. A. seen? ? ? ? B. saw? ? ? ? C. see? ? ? ? ? ? D. did