Henry’s job was to examine cars which crossed the frontier(边境) to make sure that they were not smuggling(走私) anything into the c

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问题     Henry’s job was to examine cars which crossed the frontier(边境) to make sure that they were not smuggling(走私) anything into the country. Every evening except at weekends, he would see a factory worker coming up the hill towards the frontier,【C1】______a bicycle with a big load of old straw on it. When the bicycle【C2】______the frontier, Henry used to stop the man and【C3】______him take the straw off and untie it. Then he would examine the straw carefully to see【C4】______he could find anything, after which he would look in all the man’s pockets【C5】______he let him tie the straw again. He never found【C6】______ ,even though he examined it very carefully, Then one evening, after he had looked through the straw and emptied the worker’s pockets【C7】______usual, he said to him," Listen, I know that you are smuggling things【C8】______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【C9】______. I promise that I shall not tell anyone if you tell me what you’ve been smuggling. "The worker did not say anything for【C10】______. Then he smiled turned to Henry and said quietly," Bicycles."
【C9】

选项 A、return
B、retain
C、retire
D、rest

答案C

解析 此题为推理分析题。快速略读本句和上句,注意句中的today’s my last day on the job,推理可得:一个当日最后一次上班的老人明天所要面临的应为“退休”的问题。选择中已经出现 retire(退休)一词,也就没有必要考虑其他选项的可能性,选C为答案。
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