One day, a teacher asked her students to list the names of the other students in the room on two sheets of paper, leaving a space between each name. Then she told them to think of the nicest thing they could say about each of their classmates and write it down.
That Saturday, the teacher wrote down the name of each student on a separate sheet of paper, and listed what everyone else had said about him or her. On Monday she gave each student his or her list. Before long, the entire class was smiling.
"Really?" she heard whispers. "I never knew that I meant anything to anyone!" and, "I didn't know others liked me so much," were what she heard the most.
No one ever mentioned those sheets of paper in class again. The teacher never found out if they discussed about them after class or with their parents, but it didn't matter. The exercise had accomplished its purpose. The students were happy with themselves and one another. Then they graduated.
Several years later, one of the students was killed in Vietnam and his teacher attended the funeral. She had never seen a service man in a military coffin(棺材)before. He looked so handsome and so mature. The church was packed with his friends. One by one those who loved him took a last walk by the coffin. The teacher was the last one to bless the coffin.
As she stood there, one of the soldiers who acted as pall-bearer(抬棺者)came up to her. "Were you Mark's math teacher?" he asked. She nodded. "Yes." Then he said. "Mark talked about you a lot."
After the funeral, Mark's former classmates went together to dinner. Everybody was still immersed in great grief, mourning for the loss of their beloved friend. Mark's mother and father were also there, wanting to speak to his teacher.
注意:
1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2. 应使用5个以上短文中标有下划线的关键词语；
3. 续写部分升为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；
4. 续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。
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"We want to show you something," his father said, taking a wallet out of his pocket.
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All of Mark's former classmates started to gather around.
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Paula started working as part of the janitorial (保洁的) staff at a big office building. As Mr. Alexander, the janitorial manager said, the job was difficult for a disabled granny like her. And some of her coworkers worried about having to take on extra work to make up for what she couldn’t do, but the older woman proved them all wrong.
She was efficient, almost better than those who could walk perfectly. She was always on time, made no excuses, and learned from her mistakes. Her teenage grandkids helped her, and together, they proved to the state that Paula was their best guardian.
For years, Paula had lived on her pension and disability benefits, which were only enough for bills and a few necessities. Also, being at home with nothing to do made her feel worthless.
But her life brightened when her grandkids visited, and her daughter and son-in-law had been fantastic parents. Their passing in a car accident was tragic, especially when it looked like the three kids would be separated into different foster homes and shelters.
Paula knew she had to do something, and she did. Mr. Alexander praised her work ethic often, and she made friends with her colleagues. It was a good situation. Tiring but better than not being able to see her grandkids ever again.
It was getting close to the end of the business day, and Paula was already done with her responsibilities. She placed everything in its proper place and looked around in case she had forgotten something. A misplaced trash bag was sitting in a corner. It wasn’t supposed to be there. Paula shook her head, smiling. “Someone forgot,” she commented as she approached the bag. She decided to take the trash out herself. However, it was heavier than usual. She couldn’t even lit it properly. “Jesus, what’s in here?” she wondered as her fingers untied the knot.
注意:
1.续写词数应为150左右;
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
To her surprise, the bag contained big piles of money, which could set a person up for life!
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The police came immediately.
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"I don't want to go."Mariamoved her feet slightly and hung her shoulders. Mom continued packing a bag. “We're going to Uncle Rich's in Montana for summervacation. He's your father's brother, and we go there every year.”
Maria stormed out of her mom's room and said angrily, “Nobody ever thinks of me!” “That's enough. We're going.” replied Mom angrily, too.
Their August vacation came sooner than Maria wanted. Before she knew it, she and the family were at Uncle Rich'sranch. Uncle Rich grabbed her dad and hugged him. “Good to see you,” saidUncle Rich. Maria's brother and sister were twins and two years younger, so they didn't realize what an inconvenience and bore being on a ranch was. They raced to see animals. Maria grabbed her bag. "I'm going to my room," she told her parents.
“Wait a minute, Maria,” said Uncle Rich. “I have got something to show you.” “You come too,” he said to Maria's parents. At the barn Maria saw thehorse. It was of medium size. It had a fine, soft black coat and one white foot. There was a wide white patch that ran down the center of its face. Maria fell in love with it at first sight. “Wow! What a horse!”
“He's amustang,” said Uncle Rich. “Mustangs are free horses who live in thewild. We found him stuck in the mud down by the river. I didn't know how he got there. My friend and I roped him and managed to get him out. This mustang is abeauty.”
Maria kicked the dirt. "Can I helpcarefor him?" Then she felt her heart beating in expectation.
Uncle Rich laughed. "You bet. The more hands we have, the better. Just don't get tooattached. Once we're sure he's okay, we will have to set himfree. Mustangs went from over a million at the beginning of the 20th century to less than 17, 000 in 1970. They werehuntedillegally for meat."
注意：
1所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2.至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语；
3.续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；
4.续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。
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Hearing this, Maria felt her stomach turn.
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She hurried back to the barn in a flash.
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To celebrate International Firefighters’ Day, a town’s special school for orphans held a special meet and greeted with the local fire department. That year, the firemen had stopped a forest fire before it could reach houses and buildings. The local newspaper celebrated their feat(功绩)with a front-page story.
The town’s firefighters came to the school dressed in uniform and answered all the kids’ questions. Captain Joshua was the department leader and explained each team member’s role.
After the demonstration, the kids presented the firemen with drawings they had made in class. All of the pictures were inspired by the firemen’s heroics.
A young boy named David approached Joshua with his drawing. Joshua noticed that the young boy had a birthmark in the same spot as his burn mark.
“Nice drawing, little man. Hey, I guess we’re kind of the same,” Joshua told him while pointing at his burn mark. David blushed and smiled. The young boy had another request for Joshua but was too shy to ask at first. David turned to his teacher, Mrs Humphries, for approval, and she gave him a thumbs up.
“Would it be all right if I came to the fire station to see all the equipment and look at the trucks?” David asked timidly. The young boy explained that he dreamed of one day becoming a fireman, which is why he wanted to learn as much as possible.
Captain Joshua told David he would be happy to give the tour, but only if Mrs Humphries agreed. “I’d be happy to accompany you and David on a tour of the station, but there is some- thing you should know, ” Mrs Humphries told the captain.
While watching the young boy playing with his friends, the teacher took a deep breath before saying, “The reason why he’s so obsessed(着迷的)with firemen is that he lost his parents in a fire. ” Captain Joshua decided that the trip would be beneficial for David and agreed to the tour.
注意：
1. 续写词数应为150左右;
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
That Saturday morning, Joshua, Mrs Humphries, and David visited the fire department.
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22 years later, retired Joshua was at home when a fire broke out in his basement.
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Pete hated losing at anything. His parents, teachers, and many others, said he didn’t know how to lose, but the truth of it was that he couldn’t stand losing, not even at marbles (弹珠游戏). He felt so good, when he won, that he never wanted to give up that feeling; not for anything in the world. On top of that, losing made him feel precisely the opposite. It seemed to Pete that losing was the worst thing that could happen to anyone. If there was a game Pete wasn’t brilliant at, he simply wouldn’t play it. But if he was going to win he would take part, even if the game lasted only a minute. And the kind of things he was really good at, like table football, you could hardly stop him playing.
A new kid named Albert started at Pete’s school. For several days Pete watched the new guy. He was great at some things, terrible at others — to an embarrassing degree — but he enjoyed everything equally. Pete saw Albert playing basketball once. He was absolutely hopeless; he lost time after time. But that happy smile never left Albert’s face. Albert was an especially good table football player, and it didn’t take Pete and Albert long before they challenged each other to a game.
Pete prepared for the match with great seriousness. He was concentrated and intense (紧张的) . Albert, on the other hand, seemed not to be taking the thing at all seriously.
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On that day, Pete’s great victory (胜利) was on everyone’s lips. But, that night, Pete didn’t feel so happy.
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注意：1.书名可以用汉语拼音；
2. 词数：120-150。
古人云：“天生我材必有用”（There must be a use for my talent.) 通过描述你生活中的一件事情，说明人各有所长，无论才能大小都能成为有用的人。
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