Peter'sjobwastoexaminecarswhentheycrossedthefrontier(边境...

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peter's job was to examine cars when they crossed the frontier(边境) 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 a pile of goods of old straw on it. When the bike__38__the frontier，Peter would stop the man and__39__him take the straw off and untie it. Then he would examine the straw very__40__to see__41__he could find anything，after which he would look in all the man's pockets__42__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__43__to find gold or other valuable things__44__in the straw，he never found__45__. He was sure the man was__46__something，but he was not__47__to think out what it could be.

Then one evening，after he had looked__48__the straw and emptied the worker's pockets__49__usual，he__50__to him，“Listen，I know you are smuggling things__51__this frontier. Won't you tell me what it is? I'm an old man，and today's my last day on the__52__. Tomorrow I'm going to__53__. I promise I shall not tell__54__if you tell me what you've been smuggling.” The worker did not say anything for__55__. Then he smiled，turned to Peter and said quietly，“Bikes.”

36. A. towards B．down C．to D．up

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

38. A. arrived B．appeared C．came D．reached

39. A. ask B．order C．make D．call

40. A. carefully B．quickly C．silently D．horribly

41. A. that B．where C．what D．if

42. A. before B．after C．first D．so

43. A. lucky B．hoping C．thinking D．wondering

44. A. had been B．hidden C．hiding D．have been

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

46. A. taking B．smuggling C．stealing D．pushing

47. A. possible B．strong C．able D．clever