【推荐1】阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

Referred to as my hero, Jack, my brother, held significance in my life. Since he did everything before me, he always guided me and shared with his experiences I would have never had otherwise. As a master of learning and sports, he always accompanied me to study and take exercise. And he even got me through difficulties in life.

My first steps into high school were exciting but nervous, and I believed my extracurricular grades would be seen and valued by colleges. However, this sudden shift was difficult for me. Luckily, my brother noticed it all.

During that time, Jack was beginning his senior year and was finished with all the stressful subjects from junior year while I was studying for my very first math exam. Rather than just break into my room and sit down next to me, he let me decide by myself. He didn’t want to bother me because having someone sit next to me and micromanage my every move made me feel uncomfortable, leading to more stress and a feeling of distrust. Knowing this, he would leave me chips and snacks by my door, so I could pick them up whenever I felt like taking a break. He was there to help whenever I needed. With his encouragement and company, I became more confident while doing my homework.

The workload was just a major struggle for me during high school. Homework from advanced classes began piling up, and I was often stressed about different projects and deadlines. Moreover, there was also a math competition that my parents valued a lot, which needed plenty of practice every single day.

Even though I liked the time my brother gave me to figure out things on my own, it was reassuring to always have somebody who was willing to help me when I was stuck on an unsolvable problem. He would help me memorize formulas, explain different terms to me, and point out traps in different questions. And with his reputation as the best math student in our school, he could make those topics and questions simple to understand.

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。

I began to spend hours at my desk focusing on getting a good score in the math competition.

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Later Jack and I went to the same college and joined the same sports club.

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【推荐2】阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写一段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

My dad got a new job. We had to pack up and move away from everything we were familiar with. There were so many changes. We came from the north, and now we were almost as far south as possible. We landed in South Florida, and we were total strangers. We moved over during the summer vacation, so I didn’t have to deal with school right away. Summer passed by while we unpacked, arranged furniture, found stores we liked, and adapted to the Sunshine State.

School was coming, and I was afraid of it. I was not an adventurous person. Being shy and quiet, I read a lot and did not make friends easily. My head was filled with fears and worries. Would I make friends? Would If it in? Would I survive in this strange new world? Anyway, there I was, attending a new school full of people I didn’t know.

I had a difficult time adapting to the new school. However, I still loved learning and reading. I even loved homework, and I was good at doing my homework. Loving books and reading helped me to get good grades. Teachers loved that about me. Other kids, though, did not. Although I always answered questions in class, I seldom talked with my classmates. I was unpopular. I felt like a total failure and nobody would like me.

The none day, at all boy walked over to me after an English class. He introduced himself and told me he was in the school basketball team. I knew him—he was the star player! “Hey,” he said. “You do really well in English class. And you know, my teammates and I spend much time competing and practicing. The subjects, especially English, really bother us. Do you think you could help us?” “Yes. Oh, definitely yes. I could, and I would,” I replied with surprise. We made the deal with an exchange of smiles.

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。

Something gradually changed after that.

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Meanwhile, the basketball players taught me how to play basketball.

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【推荐3】Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.

What Makes an Ideal Friend?

To say what an ideal friend is is not the easiest thing to do. Each person has his or her own opinion of what one would be. However, speaking generally, there are certain features that most people consider characteristic of an ideal friend. Loyal, trustworthy, and open to show weakness are common qualities that the majority of people attach to ideal friends.

Loyalty is a usual quality given to ideal friends. According to Psychology Today, “Loyalty is valued early on in all of our relationships, from the time we make our first friendships. We need friends who won’t spill our secrets to others, gossip about us, or allow others to criticize us”. The worst action between friends is not keeping one’s word.

Ideal friends are also usually referred to as being trustworthy. In a statement by Psychology Today, they say that, “Trustworthiness is often the “make or break” element in any interpersonal relationship. Any unfaithful action, regardless of recognized degree, can destroy a relationship. Trustworthiness consists of several elements, including honesty, dependability, and loyalty, and while each is important to successful relationships, honesty and dependability have been identified as the most vital in the area of friendships”. In light of this, a universal complaint of friends is a lack of honesty, and this is at the heart of being trustworthy.

In line with being honest is also the ability to show one’s weaknesses. According to the Book of Life, “The ideal friend doesn’t try to prove how powerful and successful they are; on the contrary, quite often they let us know awkward and potentially embarrassing things about themselves. They show how much they trust us by confessing failings and sorrows which would open them up to possible disgrace from the world beyond. They offer us the gift of their defenselessness”. That openness is treasured, as to be close to an individual, one must be willing to share his or her true feelings and states.

【推荐1】阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。

Everything was perfect. I boarded my flight at 12: 35 a.m. at the Atlanta Airport as planned, and my dad was going to wait for me at the gate in Omaha at 3: 00 a.m. As I got to my seat in the back of the plane, I thought I would finally make it home that night. Just as I got comfortable, the flight attendant announced that this flight to Omaha, Nebraska, had been cancelled.

I had never had a flight cancelled before. I just had one delayed. At that time, I was with my father. Our flight was scheduled to leave at around 7: 30 p.m., but it was moved to 11: 20 p.m. My dad told me to sit on a chair while he figured it out. At the time I thought nothing was different because my dad had always taken the lead in these situations.

As I walked off the just cancelled flight, I took out my phone to call my dad. He was speechless and could do nothing because he was not with his 14-year-old daughter. He could only tell me to try my best to get on the first flight home.

I decided to walk to the desk to reschedule my flight, only to find that many other flights had also been cancelled that night. The line was so long. When I was settled in my place in line, I decided to check my phone: 1: 31 a.m. After around two hours of meeting new people and sharing our life stories, the line barely moved. We spent the night complaining. All of a sudden, it was 6: 15 in the morning and we had made it to the front of the line!

Right about now was when I wished I would have listened to what my dad had told me. I thought back hard and remembered him being very respectful to people and asking as many questions as he could. He finally got the tickets we needed.

续写要求：
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。

I decided that waiting wasn’t going to work for me.

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At 6: 40 a.m. I boarded my final plane home.

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【推荐2】阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

My best memory of Christmas is the time when I was a little kid. Mom would teach us her favorite children’s song Twelve Days of Christmas: “On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me...”. We would usually add the gifts we received to the song, which we thought was a great way to appreciate the gifts and enjoy the holiday filled with love.

Now, it was again the holiday season but Mom could not sing the song together with us. It had become too difficult to take her from her Alzheimer’s(阿尔茨海默氏病)unit to Christmas dinner with us. Heart problems had set in, and she was growing weaker.

Whenever Christmas comes, my mind is filled with memories. Memories of faith, memories of family and, yes, memories of food. What happens, then, when a disease steals our memories?

During the course of my mother’s Alzheimer’s, I often asked myself what becomes of us when our memories are gone. It’s as if our memories are like a mirror that reflects who we are, and slowly our image fades in that mirror until we find no one there at all. Alzheimer’s is a disease that breaks hearts as well as minds. Whether or not I am likely to get the same disease that took my mother, I hope I will never forget all the love and care Mom has given us. I will spend Christmas with Mom each year anyway.

December 25 was very cold—the way it should be in Michigan. My brother Joe, my sister Mary, my sister-in-law Toni and I—along with my nieces Clare and Rachel, my cousin Carol, and my wife, Julee—piled into our cars and headed to Clausen Manor to see Mom. “Does she even know it’s Christmas?” I asked Julee on the way.

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。

On our arrival at Alzheimer’s unit, we showed Mom the gifts we brought to her and Carol put a Twelve Days of Christmas picture book on Mom’s lap.

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We stared in astonishment unable to believe our ears.

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