四、完形填空。(2025·江苏扬州·中考)
It was a summer. After a 33-kilometre cycling, my cousin Gabriel and I were
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. We planned to get lunch and then
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back to Valence, where I was spending my holiday with Gabriel's family.
We bought a baguette. As we ate, I noticed a girl in a queue smiling to us.
I met her again when she sat on a bench, enjoying her bread in front of a riverboat named Voyageur. Soon she boarded the boat. Then I noticed a colourful handbag on the
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. The girl had left it!
She was on the upper deck(甲板)! I held up the bag and
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it to get her attention. When she noticed the bag, she opened her mouth
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. But her face fell—the boat started to pull away from the dock(码头).
“We can
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it! The boat's next stop is Valence!” Gabriel came up.
“Great! But do you think we can
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?” I asked.
Gabriel laughed. “We're going to find out!”
We set off. It was a race now:
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against the boat. If the boat beat us to Valence, we might
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have the chance to give back the bag.
Pedaling hard, we quickly caught up to the Voyageur. When the boat disappeared
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us, we felt confident enough to relax our pace.
Then it happened: pfft! Flat tire(轮胎漏气)! My heart sank.
We had to stop and took out tools when the Voyageur was coming near. I saw the girl again. She noticed our
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and shook her head sadly.
After a quick
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, we were back on our way. The boat pulled ahead. We watched
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as the boat disappeared around a bend.
Finally we arrived,
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the Voyageur had docked. We failed!
Gabriel suddenly shouted, “I see her!”
The girl was strolling towards us! “You followed my boat!” she smiled.
“No, your boat followed us,” I
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. “Until I got a flat tire, that is.” I handed her the bag.
(
A
)1. A. hungry B. lazy C. relaxed D. bored
(
C
)2. A. walk B. drive C. ride D. fly
(
A
)3. A. bench B. boat C. bike D. bread
(
D
)4. A. threw B. opened C. dropped D. waved
(
B
)5. A. in fear B. in surprise C. in silence D. in sadness
(
A
)6. A. return B. borrow C. sell D. use
(
B
)7. A. break down B. catch up C. go out D. get away
(
D
)8. A. her B. it C. them D. us
(
C
)9. A. usually B. sometimes C. never D. always
(
A
)10. A. behind B. before C. beside D. opposite
(
B
)11. A. effort B. trouble C. risk D. success
(
C
)12. A. sleeping B. riding C. fixing D. swimming
(
C
)13. A. happily B. angrily C. helplessly D. excitedly
(
D
)14. A. and B. so C. or D. but
(
B
)15. A. refused B. joked C. complained D. nodded
