It was New Year’s Eve. I was 15 and feeling sad because there was not enough money to buy the dress I wanted. We did the housework early that night, so I thought Dad wanted extra time for us to spend together. Instead, he dressed himself again and went outside. “Come on, Elizabeth,” he said. “Dress yourself warmly. It’s cold out.”
Outside, I became even more annoyed. Not only wasn’t I getting the dress; now Dad was pulling me out in the cold. Whatever we were going to do wasn’t going to be a quick job. I unwillingly climbed up beside Dad, the cold already biting me. We pulled in front of the woodshed(柴棚)，and started loading (装载)wood. Finally, I asked, “Dad, what are you doing?” “Have you been by Mrs. Clark’s lately?” he asked.
Mrs. Clark lived about two miles down the road from us. Her husband had passed away the year before, leaving her and three children to raise on her own. “Yeah,” I said. “Why?” “I rode by just today,” Dad said. “Little Jake was out digging around in the woodpile, trying to find a few pieces of wood. They’re out of wood, Elizabeth.”
That was all he said. Dad then went to the smokehouse and took down a side of bacon, telling me to go load it. He returned carrying a large bag of flour(面粉) over his right shoulder and a smaller bag of something in his left hand. “What’s in the little bag?” I asked. “Shoes . They’re out of shoes. I got the children a box of candies, too. It just wouldn’t be New Year without some candy. ”I tried to think through what Dad was doing. We did have a big woodpile, meat and flour, so we could give some, but I knew we didn’t have any money. Mrs. Clark had closer neighbors than us. Why should we care?
We unloaded the wood behind the Clarks’ house and knocked on the door. It opened a crack(缝隙)， and a fearful voice said, “Who is it?” “James Cotton, ma’am, and my daughter, Elizabeth. Could we come in for a bit?”
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Mrs. Clark opened the door of the house where the three children were wrapped (裹着)in a blanket.
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I understood very well that Dad had given me a gift much greater than a dress.
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On a cold, stormy winter day, an old friend invited me out for a cup of coffee. We met by his house, and as we walked down the street, we passed by a small cafe with a sign hanging on the door that read, “You’re welcome in. We have suspended(待用) coffee.”
“Suspended coffee?” I asked my friend. “What does that mean?” “You’ve never heard of it?” my friend asked, and I shook my head. “Follow me,” he told me, and we joined the line of people standing in front of the cash register.
“What can I offer you today?” The cashier asked a couple of young lawyers who were looking at the menu. “I think we’ll take three cups of coffee,” one of them said. “2 now, and 1 suspended.” The cashier nodded, as if it were an ordinary order, took payment and placed two cups of hot coffee on the counter. The two thanked him, took the two cups and left without waiting for the third. The next in line was an older couple. “Same order as always?” The cashier smiled at them. “Yes, thank you,” replied the woman. “But please add two suspended coffees, we haven’t purchased any of those for quite a while.”
Our turn to order arrived. “Good morning!” said the cashier. “How can I help you?” “I think we’d like two cups of coffee,” my friend said. When our order was ready, we took our cups and sat down to drink them together. “But what does ‘suspended coffee’ mean?” I asked my friend. He said, “It’s for someone else who needs it, please wait and see.”
Nearly two hours passed. The cafe was almost empty of people when the door suddenly opened and a man in old shabby (破旧的) clothes and a tired look came in and stood quietly in front of the cash register.
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He thought for a moment and then asked quietly, “Do you have a suspended coffee?”
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It was then that I knew what “suspended coffee” meant completely.
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It was August, the peak season for tourism. Olav Hylland, the owner of a local restaurant, was expecting as many as 500 tourists to visit and eat there. With a joyful heart, he jumped into a van, which he had just bought to transport cargo for his restaurant, and set off.
Leaving his home, he turned onto the main road with a tunnel 300 meters ahead. The 11.4 kilometer tunnel was the only way to access the local scenic spot, where his restaurant was located. Two years earlier a truck caught fire inside it and the tunnel's closure for repairs was a disastrous blow to Olav's business. The road to his restaurant was blocked and the stream of tourists halted. Although it was difficult, he managed to keep their staff on.
“And today will be a perfect day.” Olav thought.
Inside the tunnel everything went normal. But when he was near the end, Olav spotted an unusual light 50 meters ahead. Then he saw something burning.
Horrified, he stopped dead in his tracks. A tour bus was on fire! At the back where the engine was, dozens of tourists were stumbling towards him, getting away from the flames." They're going the wrong way." Olav thought, knowing the tunnel exit was just 500 meters ahead round a bend ahead of him. Then he realized the bus was now burning so fiercely that it was impossible for them to get around it.
As a former volunteer firefighter, Olav first had to raise the alarm. Grabbing his cell phone, he entered the codes with shaking hands. “A bus is on fire! Close the tunnel gates!” Both gates were shut to avoid the entry of more vehicles, but the thick smoke was pouring out of the bus in his direction under the influence of the strong wind. In no time it would black out the tunnel, choking and blinding anyone inside it.
There was no way the poor tourists could outrun the toxic fumes.
Every minute counted.
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Immediately, Olav turned the van round, jumped out and opened the sliding doors to the empty cargo space.
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After a 20 minutes' desperate drive, finally there they arrived — the exit of the tunnel!
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One day, my brother and I were alone in our apartment. The reason was that my parents had both gone for a ball party and had left me in charge of everything. I was doing my homework while my younger brother was watching TV. All of a sudden, the doorbell rang. DingDong! DingDong! My younger brother had rushed to the door before I decided to answer the door. We both thought that our parents had come home. As a result, he unlocked the door and opened it.
Outside of the house stood a man who wore a black raincoat and black rubber boots. He looked no different from other people and he said that he was a salesman and asked politely if our mother or father was at home so he could talk with them.
Without any thinking, my brother said, “No.” He asked if we would like to buy some comic books, which he was selling. I quickly explained to him that we were not supposed to buy anything without our parents' permission. However, it seemed that he was not willing to follow my advice and he had an intention to enter our house.
Then, I realized something terrible would happen. As I was about to close the door, he forced his way into our house. He took out a knife and forced me to tie up my brother's hands with some rope which he took out from his pocket. I tied up his hands but I tied it in a special way so my brother could untie himself as we often did. The man then tied my hands up and locked both of us in the kitchen.
Soon, he went upstairs to search the bedroom for something valuable. I managed to teach my brother to untie the rope on his hands. He then untied me. I rushed to the telephone to call the police, but the line was dead.
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The doors were all locked from the outside and what's more, I did not have the keys.
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Just at the same time our parents came back home.
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I’ve always had a super skill for growing big fruit and vegetables, and my tomatoes, pumpkins (南瓜)and peppers regularly win prizes in Syracuse, Nebraska. The one thing I struggled with was pumpkins. For the first few years, I did not pay much attention to my pumpkins. But it wasn’t until I attended a pumpkin-growing meeting six years ago in Portland, Oregon that my interest developed into a favorite hobby.
I got talking to a woman called Charity who held the world record for the longest river journey by pumpkin boat. I’d never heard of anyone paddling(划桨)in a pumpkin before, but once the idea was in my head, I had to try it. Within a few weeks, Charity’s 15.09-mile record was beaten by a man who completed a 25.5-mile voyage. If there’s one thing I’ve never lacked, it’s optimism, and I decided that with the right pumpkin, I could do better.
I spent thousands of dollars on special pumpkin seeds. But the pumpkins that had won the river-paddling records were more than huge. This year I noticed one particular pumpkin. My wife called it Berta, and we watched with excitement over the next few weeks as Berta put on 12 to 15 pounds a day. I finally cut it off when it reached 846 pounds. It was a tough decision, but I wanted it to be big enough for me to fit inside. I had to test Berta on water. I lowered it into a pond to see how it was going to float, marked the water level and then cut it open.
On 27 August this year, right after my 60th birthday we set out early for the Missouri River with Berta tied to the back of a truck. I had a paddle and was wearing a lifejacket. Berta was eased into the river and I carefully climbed in. It was like sitting in a huge bottle every move I made caused Berta to tilt (倾斜), so I had to lean to get it back to keep balance.
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Paragraph 1: Much of the trip passed safely, but there were occasional troubles and many curious onlookers.
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Paragraph 2: But I was determined to set a new record.
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It had been a very long night. Our black cocker spaniel(可卡犬) “Precious” was having a difficult delivery. After six hours the puppies started to appear. “One, two, three, four, five.” I counted to myself as I ran to wake my wife, Judy, and tell her that everything was fine.
As we walked into the spare bedroom, I noticed the sixth puppy had been born. I picked up the small puppy and laid it on top of the large pile of puppies, who were whining(惨叫) and trying to nurse on the mother. Precious immediately pushed the small puppy away from rest of the group. She refused to recognize it as a member of her family.
“Something’s wrong,” said Judy.
I reached over and picked up the puppy. My heart sank when I saw the little puppy had a cleft lip(唇裂) and could not close its little mouth.
We took the puppy to the vet and were told the puppy would die mainly because it could not suckle. However, that did not stop me from purchasing a syringe(注射器) and feeding the puppy by hand. The little puppy eventually survived and learned to eat on his own.
The fifth week I placed an ad in the newspaper, and within a week we had people interested in all of the puppies, except the one with the cleft lip. Late one afternoon I saw the old retired schoolteacher, who lived across the street from us, waving at me. She had read in the paper that we had puppies and was wondering if she might get one from us for her grandson and his family. I told her all the puppies had found homes, except one with a cleft lip and that she was welcome to come and look at it. She advised me that she was going to pick up her grandson and would come over at about eight o'clock that evening. That night Judy and I were eating supper when we heard a knock on the front door. When I opened the door, there was the schoolteacher with her grandson standing behind her. Just at that moment, the small puppy left in the bedroom began to yelp.
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1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
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“My puppy！My puppy！” yelled the little boy as he ran out from behind his grandmother.
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All these years, I’ve been thinking about why the puppy was “the pretty one” in the eye of the boy.
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