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."
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2. [A] pushing[B] pulling [C] cramming [D] carrying
3. [A] arrived[B] appeared [C] emerged[D] reached
4. [A] force[B] order [C] make [D] command
5. [A] unlock [B] unbend [C] untie[D] loosen
6. [A] that [B] where [C] perhaps[D] whether
7. [A] before [B] thus [C] therefore[D] so
8. [A] lucky[B] expecting [C] suspecting [D] insisting
9. [A] mixed[B] confused [C] clamped[D] hidden
10. [A] nothing[B] something [C] everything [D] anything
11. [A] cheating [B] smuggling [C] stealing [D] deceiving
12. [A] capable[B] possible [C] able [D] potential
13. [A] through[B] towards [C] upon [D] up
14. [A] then [B] than [C] as [D] like
15. [A] murmured [B] said [C] ordered[D] told
16. [A] cross[B] past [C] across [D] into
17. [A] job[B] work [C] case [D] duty
18. [A] withdraw [B] retreat [C] retire [D] retrace
19. [A] everyone [B] someone [C] no one [D] anyone
20. [A] minute [B] period [C] moment [D] some time