Peter’s job was to examine cars when they crossed the frontier to make sure that they

Peter’s job was to examine cars when they crossed the frontier to make sure that they 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.”