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smuggling anything into the country. Every morning，except at weekends，he (11) see a factory worker coming up the hill towards the frontier， (12) a bicycle with a big load of old straw on it. When the bicycle arrived the frontier，Henry used to stop the man and order him to take the straw off. Then he would examine the straw very carefully to see (13) he could find anything，after which he would look in all the man's pockets before he let him tie the straw up again. The man would then put it on his bicycle and go off down the hill with it. Although Henry was always (14) to find gold or jewelry or other valuable things hidden in the straw，he never found (15) ，even though he examined it very carefully. He was sure that the man was smuggling something，but he was not (16) 鱼to imagine what it could be.

Then one evening，after he had looked through the straw and emptied the factory worker's pockets (17) usual，he said to him，“Listen，I know that you are smuggling things (18) 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 job. Tomorrow I'm going to (19) . I promise that I shall not tell anyone 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：“Bicycles. ”

A. should

B. might

C. would

D. must

were not smuggling(走私) anything into the country. Every evening he would see a factory worker coming up the hill towards the frontier, pushing a bike with a pile of goods of old straw on it. When the bike reached the frontier, Peter would stop the man and {A. ask; B. order; C. make; D. call} him take the straw off and untie it. Then he would examine the straw very carefully to see {A. that; B. whether; C. how; D. where} he could find anything, after which he would look in all the man’s pockets before 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 hoping to find gold or other valuable things hidden in the straw, he never found {A. nothing; B. something; C. everything; D. anything}. He was sure the man was smuggling something, but he was not able to think out what it could be.

Then one evening, after he had looked through the straw and emptied the worker’s pockets {A. as; B. more; C. then; D. like} usual, he said to him, “Listen, I know you are smuggling things across this frontier. Won’t you tell me what it is？ I’m an old man, and today’s my last day on the job. Tomorrow I’m going to retire. I promise I shall not tell anyone if you tell me what you’ve been smuggling.” The worker did not say anything for {A. moment; B. some time; C. sometime; D. long time}. Then he smiled, turned to Peter and said quietly, “Bikes.”

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A.I’m fine.

B.Thank you.

C.It’s nice.

D.Yes, I am proud of myself.

A.will see

B.will be seeing

C.see

A.can

B.could

C.be able to

D.may

—I have won the first prize in the English competition. —________________

A.I’m happy.

B.Not bad.

C.Congratulations.

D.I can’t believe it.

f and joy.

A.I hope it won’t happen again

B.I accept your apology

C.You should be very sorry

D.It could happen to anyone