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rrow C. widen D. leave 7.( 2021 江西高考) We were all agreed that the cottage would ______ a perfect holiday home for the family. A. make B. turn C. take D. have 8.( 2021 浙江高考) According to scientists, our mental abilities begin to ______ from the age of 27 after reaching the highest level at 22. A. differ B. shrink C. fail D. decline 9. Even the best writers sometimes find themselves ______ for words. A. lose B. lost C. to lose D. having lost 10. The next thing he saw was smoke ______ from behind the house. A. rose B. rising C. to rise D. risen Ⅳ.完形填空 Peter39。s job was to examine cars when they crossed the frontier to make sure that they were not smuggling anything into the evening he would see a factory worker ing __1__ the hill towards the frontier, __2__ a bike with a pile of goods of old straw on the bike __3__ the frontier, Peter would stop the man and __4__ him take the straw off and untie he would examine the straw very __5__ to see __6__ he could find anything, after which he would look in all the man39。s pockets __7__ he let him tie the straw man would then put it on his bike and go off down the hill with Peter was always __8__ to find gold or other valuable things __9__ in the straw, he never found 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 worker39。s pockets __14__ usual, he __15__ to him, “Listen , I know you are smuggling things __16__ this 39。t you tell me what it is? I39。m an old man, and today39。s my last day on the I39。m going to promise I shall not tell __19__ if you tell me what you39。ve been smuggling.” The worker did not say anything for 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.