2013英语四级完型填空练习题第009组
Henry‘s job was to examine vehicles which crossed the frontier to make sure that they were not smuggling anything into the country.Every evening -1- at weekends,he would see a factory worker coming up the hill towards the frontier,-2- a bike with a big load of straw on it.When the bike -3- the frontier,Henry used to stop the man and -4- him take the straw off and -5- it.Then he would examine the straw very carefully 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 Henry was always -8- to find gold or jewellery or other valuable things -9- in the straw,he never found -10- ,even though he examined it very carefully and thoroughly.He was sure that the man was -11- something,but he was not -12- to imagine what it could be.Then one evening,after he had looked -13- the straw and emptied the factory worker‘s pockets -14- usual,Henry -15- to him,"Listen.I know that you are smuggling goods -16- this frontier.Won‘t you tell me what it is that you‘re bringing into the country so successfully.I‘m an old man,and today‘s my last day on the -17- .Tomorrow I‘m going to -18-.I promise that I shall not tell -19- if you tell me what you‘ve been smuggling."The factory worker did not say anything for -20-.Then he smiled,turned to Henry and said quietly,"Bikes."
1. besides except excepting except for
2. pushing pulling cramming carrying
3. arrived appeared emerged reached
4. force order make command
5. unlock unbend untie loosen
6. that where perhaps whether
7. before thus therefore so
8. lucky expecting suspecting insisting
9. mixed confused clamped hidden
10. nothing something everything anything
11. cheating smuggling stealing deceiving
12. capable possible able potential
13. through towards upon up
14. then than as like
15. murmured said ordered told
16. cross past across into
17. job work case duty
18. withdraw retreat retire retrace
19. everyone someone no one anyone
20. minute period moment some time
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