2014中考英語完形填空：防檢查員彼得的故事

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

名師點評

這篇完型填空講述了身為邊防檢查員的彼得明知一個工廠工人在走私貨物卻無法抓住對方的把柄。在退休的前一天，彼得懇請其說出真相，結果令彼得恍然大悟。
答案解析：

1.D。根據(jù)下文這個工人越過邊界后，走下山坡，所以到達邊界之前應在朝山上走。故選up。

　　2.C。這名工人是在推著一輛裝有稻草的自行車，故選動詞pushing。

　　3.D。這里表達的是到達邊界之意arrive, come為不及物動詞不可直接接 the frontier，故選reached。

　　4.C。ask與order后接不定式的復合結構時，動詞前應有to, make后接不定式的復合結構時，動詞前to要省去。根據(jù)下文應選make。

　　5.A。彼得想發(fā)現(xiàn)這個工人在走私什么，所以應仔細地檢查。故選carefully。

　　6.D。這里根據(jù)文意，應選擇表示“是否”之意的whether作賓語從句的引導詞。

　　7.A。根據(jù)常理，彼得應先檢查這個工人的口袋才能讓他捆起稻草走人，故選before。

　　8.B.根據(jù)文意，彼得心中一直懷著查獲走私物品的希望，故選hoping。

　　9.B。這里things和hide之間是被動關系,現(xiàn)在分詞hiding作定語時表示主動，所以應用過去分詞hidden作后置定語表被動。

　　10.D。本句中否定詞never及文意決定了這里應選 anything。

　　11.B。四個選項從語法上講都可以，只能從文意上進行區(qū)分，smuggling意為“走私”，是正確選項。

　　12.C。固定結構be able to do sth. 意為“能夠干某事”。

　　13.A。習慣用語look through 意為“徹底檢查”。

　　14.D。“as usual”為固定短語，意為“象平常一樣”。

　　15.D。tell, order后面應直接接人作賓語表示告訴某人和命令某人，而用say應為say to sb. 故said為正確選項。

　　16.C.這里應選擇一個介詞構成介詞短語在句中做狀語。介詞past 表“經過”; across 強調“從一邊到另一邊”;而into 表示“進入到……里面”。 根據(jù)文意across應為正確選項。

　　17.C。“on the job”為一常用短語。意為“執(zhí)行公務”。

　　18.C。因為今天是彼得最后一天上班說明明天他就要退休retire。

　　19.B。根據(jù)句中否定詞not 及文意應選anyone。

　　20.D。本句說明這個工人回答彼得的問題之前沉默了一會兒。A選項應用a moment; C選項表示某一點時間; D選項表示一段時間或一會兒，為正確選項。