一、完形填空(15 分)
新语篇 寓言童话(2025·宜春期末改编)
Once upon a time, there was a donkey (驴). He often helped his owner carry bags to the _1_ across a river. On a hot summer day, the owner put bags of _2_ on his back.
“What heavy bags!” the donkey thought as he headed to the market.
When he got to the river, he felt _3_ and tired. So he wanted to drink some water and take a _4_. Suddenly, he lost his footing and _5_ into the water.
“Hee - haw! Help!” he cried, but no one came to _6_ him. After struggling (挣扎) for a while, he _7_ climbed out of the river. He was surprised to find the bags on his back got _8_!
“This river is magical. My bags won’t be so heavy _9_ I fall in!” he thought excitedly.
A few days later, the owner put more bags on the donkey’s _10_. This time, however, they were bags of cotton.
When the donkey came to the river, _11_ decided to use his “magic trick”. He jumped into the water and had fun.
A little while later, he tried to _12_. But something was wrong. “Oh! What happened? Why are these bags so heavy now?” the donkey thought as he struggled to _13_.
The donkey didn’t know one thing: Cotton is _14_ salt. It absorbs (吸收) water and becomes heavy. He thought he was clever, but in the _15_, it only made things worse. Not everything works the same way every time.
()1. A. factory
B. theatre
C. museum
D. market
()2. A. milk
B. salt
C. water
D. sugar
()3. A. cold
B. powerful
C. comfortable
D. thirsty
()4. A. walk
B. ride
C. break
D. trip
()5. A. fell
B. looked
C. jumped
D. grew
()6. A. order
B. remember
C. save
D. need
()7. A. always
B. only
C. also
D. finally
()8. A. light
B. hard
C. large
D. dry
()9. A. before
B. if
C. so
D. or
()10. A. head
B. tail
C. back
D. neck
()11. A. she
B. he
C. it
D. they
()12. A. sit down
B. listen up
C. hold up
D. get out
()13. A. move
B. sing
C. dance
D. sleep
()14. A. similar to
B. different from
C. full of
D. good for
()15. A. start
B. example
C. end
D. first

【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了一头驴子两次驮货过河的不同遭遇，从而告诉我们不同事物有不同特性，不能机械地套用同一种方法。
1. D 根据“the donkey thought as he headed to the market”可知，此处指把袋子搬到河对岸的市场去。故选 D。
2. B 根据最后一段“Cotton is ... salt.”可知，他搬运的是几袋盐。故选 B。
3. D 根据“So he wanted to drink some water”可知，他感到口渴。故选 D。
4. C 根据“he felt ... and tired”可知，他感到累，所以此处指休息一下。故选 C。
5. A 根据“he lost his footing and ... into the water”可知，他失足掉进水里了。故选 A。
6. C 根据“Help”可知，他在呼救，所以此处指没有人来救他。故选 C。
7. D 根据“After struggling for a while”可知，此处指经过挣扎最终爬上岸。故选 D。
8. A 根据“My bags won't be so heavy”可知，他背上的袋子变轻了。故选 A。
9. B 根据“My bags won't be so heavy ... I fall in!”可知，此处表示假设，指如果掉进水里袋子就不重了。故选 B。
10. C 根据第一段“the owner put bags of ... on his back”可知，货物是放在驴的后背上的。故选 C。
11. B 句意：当驴子来到河边时，他决定使用他的“魔术”。she 她；he 他；it 它；they 他们。根据“his”可知，此处应用 he 指代驴。故选 B。
12. D sit down 坐下；listen up 注意听；hold up 坚持住；get out 出去。根据“He jumped into the water”可知，他跳进了河里，所以此处指他试图从河里出去。故选 D。
13. A 根据“he tried to ...”可知，他试图从河里出去，所以此处指他挣扎着移动。故选 A。
14. B similar to 类似于；different from 不同于；full of 充满；good for 有利于。根据上文可知，盐遇水变轻，棉花遇水变重，所以棉花不同于盐。故选 B。
15. C 根据“it only made things worse”可知，此处指最后却把事情弄得更糟了。in the end 最后，故选 C。