Part Ⅱ Cloze
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
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
答案:D
[解析] 词语搭配题。由下文第五句“The man would then put it on his bike and go off down the hill with it．”可知这个工人越过边界后，走下山坡，所以到达边界之前应该是朝山坡上走。故选up。
2.（）
A filling
B pulling
C pushing
D carrying
答案:C
[解析] 词语搭配题。由句意可知：这名工人是在推着一辆装有稻草的自行车，故选动词pushing。
3.（）
A arrived
B appeared
C came
D reached
答案:D
[解析] 词义辨析题。这里表达的是到达边界之意。arrive，come为不及物动词，不可直接接the frontier，reached为及物动词，后面可直接跟名词做宾语，故选D。
4.（）
A ask
B order
C make
D call
答案:C
[解析] 词语搭配题。ask与order后接不定式的复合结构时，动词前应有to，make后接不定式的复合结构时，动词前to要省去。根据下文的动词原形take可知应选make o
5.（）
A carefully
B quickly
C silently
D horribly
答案:A
[解析] 词义辨析题。彼得想发现这个工人在走私什么，所以应仔细地检查。故选carefully。
6.（）
A that
B where
C how
D whether
答案:D
[解析] 语法结构题。这里根据文意，应选择表示“是否”之意的whether作宾语从句的引导词。
7. （）
A before
B after
C first
D so
答案:A
[解析] 推理判断题。根据常理，彼得应先检查这个工人的口袋才能让他捆起稻草走人，故选before。
8.（）
A lucky
B hoping
C thinking
D wondering
答案:B
[解析] 推理判断题。根据文意，彼得心中一直怀着查获走私物品的希望，故选hoping。
9.（）
A had been
B hidden
C hiding
D have been
答案:B
[解析] 语法结构题。这里things和hide之间是被动关系，现在分词hiding做定语时表示主动，所以应用过去分词hidden做后置定语表被动。
10.（）
A nothing
B something
C everything
D anything
答案:D
[解析] 词义辨析题。本句中否定词never及文义决定了这里应选anything．否定词+anything相当于nothing。
11.（）
A taking
B smuggling
C stealing
D pushing
答案:B
[解析] 推理判断题。四个选项从语法上讲都可以，只能从文义上进行区分，smuggling意为“走私”，与文章首句中smuggling相呼应，是正确选项。
12.（）
A possible
B strong
C able
D clever
答案:C
[解析] 词语搭配题。固定结构be able to do sth.意为“能够干某事”。
13.（）
A through
B thoroughly
C upon
D up
答案:A
[解析] 词语搭配题。习惯用语look through意为“彻底检查”。
14.（）
A like
B more
C then
D as
答案:D
[解析] 词语搭配题。“as usual”为固定短语，意为“像平常一样”。
15.（）
A told
B cried
C ordered
D said
答案:D
[解析] 词语搭配题。tell，order后面应直接接人做宾语表示告诉某人和命令某人，而用say应为say to sb.，故said为正确选项。
16.（）
A cross
B past
C across
D into
答案:C
[解析] 词义辨析题。这里应选择一个介词构成介词短语在句中做状语。介词past表“经过”；across强调“从一边到另一边”；而into表示“进入到……里面”。根据文义across应为正确选项。
17.（）
A thing
B work
C job
D duty
答案:C
[解析] 词语搭配题。“on the job”为一常用短语。意为“执行公务”。
18.（）
A rest
B back
C retire
D retreat
答案:C
[解析] 推理判断题。因为今天是彼得最后一天上班说明明天他就要退休relire。
19.（）
A everyone
B anyone
C no one
D someone
答案:B
[解析] 词义辨析题。根据句中否定词not及文义应选anyone。
20.（）
A moment
B long time
C sometime
D some time
答案:D
[解析] 推理判断题。本句说明这个工人回答彼得的问题之前沉默了一会儿。A选项应用a moment；C选项表示某一点时间；D选项表示一段时间或一会儿，为正确选项。