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Catherine’s nine-year-old son, Chirag, won his first silver prize at a swim meet. It seemed like he could swim before he could walk. His dad is a competitive swimmer and a former champion, so many people think it is surely in his genes.
That’s wrong! Until a few years ago, Chirag was afraid of water. It wasn’t his fault. His dislike came from Catherine’s childhood phobia (恐惧症).
One summer when Catherine was a child, she and her brother went to a pool to learn basic swimming skills. All that went well and soon it was time for class. A coach was hired and he agreed to do a trial round. He took children to the deep end and asked then to swim across the breadth of the pool. While Catherine’s brother stayed calm and made it, she, however, immediately disliked the task. It was Catherine’s first time in such deep water, and the bottom of the pool seemed so far away that she felt really frightened. She felt she was going to drown (淹死) for lack of air. At that moment, she thought that swimming wasn’t for her. After being rescued from the water, she didn’t swim again.
Fast forward to her thirties, she was a mother of a child and living in an area with a lot of rivers and beaches. Then her son, Chirag, started school, and swimming was a compulsory course. Every Wednesday, the day for the weekly swimming lesson was Chirag’s bad dream. From the previous evening, he would be anxious and teary-eyed about going to school. It turned out that Catherine had passed on her anxiety about swimming to her little boy.
She was always worried about keeping her child safe around water and was starting to realize that the best way to do that was making him learn how to swim. Words of comfort were of no use to Chirag. He still sat outside the pool during his classes. It was obvious that he needed professional lessons to help build his confidence. She needed to challenge herself to encourage her son.
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2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
So Catherine signed up for swimming classes with her son.
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To Catherine’s amazement, she didn’t drown!
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We went to New York a few years ago and I had a wonderful time living there. I made many good friends both in the neighbourhood and at school. Then one night, Dad told me, "We're moving back to L.A. You'll go first, and then your mom and I will follow."
It was hard for me to adapt to the new school. I didn't like this school, a high school with some strange rules that I had never heard of. I had no friends there and struggled a lot with study. Besides, I disliked living in the house of my aunt. Luckily, my parents returned and we moved into a small apartment.
However, living with them didn't make my school life much better. They were busy unpacking and managing to adapt to the new environment and their work. They even didn't know what I was experiencing at school, I felt lonely and helpless. "Come on, darling. This move has been difficult for all of us." Mom encouraged me. However, her words didn't help at all.
Then one Friday night, my mom said to me delightedly, "I'm taking you to your grandma's house tomorrow. She has said you're welcome to spend this weekend with her. "But I wasn't happy about this idea. I had never seen my grandma since I was 5. What was I going to do there with her? The next morning, my mom drove me to my grandma's house in the country.
On the long ride, my mom kept reminding me to help grandma do housework and listen to her suggestions. But I just thought, "Grandma isn't anything like me. She can't possibly understand what I am going through. What good suggestions or encouragement can she offer?"
After arriving, my mom left for work. "Hi, Barbie," Grandma said excitedly." Come in. I've got many fun things planned." I just entered the room and said all I wanted was to watch TV.
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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。
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Then I walked forward，wanting to turn on the TV.
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After hearing that，Grandma told me a story of her to encourage me to adapt to my new life.
Jared was a boy who was raised by his single father, Steve, and his grandfather Michael. Although he didn’t have much in life, Jared was grateful for what he had. He enjoyed living a simple life with his dad and grandfather.
After school, Jared would often go into his grandfather’s garage and they would repair his car together. Jared was a skilled mechanic and it was all thanks to his grandfather’s patient teaching. And Jared wished one day he would open a car repair shop using his grandfather’s garage. Michael supported it.
Unfortunately, Michael died when Jared was 14. Jared continued to look after his grandfather’s car. One day, his dad entered his room and handed him the key to his grandfather’s car. “Your grandpa wanted me to give this to you on your eighteenth birthday. He said you could decide what to do with the car—either sell it or keep it,” his dad said.
Jared smiled. He was thankful that he now had a car. And he was happy it was a special car that he and his grandfather maintained together. “I’ll keep it! I don’t have to take the bus to school anymore. I can just drive!” Jared replied excitedly.
Then Steve returned to his own room. He hoped Jared would not sell the car. And he hoped someday Jared would find the envelope Michael had secretly left for him. The envelope was put under the driver’s seat of the car. In the envelope, Michael left Jared $15,000. And he had left a note. It read, “I knew you wouldn’t sell my car. Thank you, Jared! I hope the money can help you. Be a good man!”
The following day, when Jared arrived at school, many students saw his car. They didn’t think highly of it because it was old and noisy. But Jared valued it. Later that day, after school, he couldn’t start the car. There appeared to be a problem with it.
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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。
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Jared decided to repair the car himself.
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Confused, Jared quickly opened the envelope.
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William Preston was sorry to see his mother Krystal Preston struggle. Finding herself newly single with three children and three dogs inside her home, Krystal Preston said she was at a "low point" in her life. The family had just made a fresh start, but with no car or means of transportation, Krystal was struggling to make ends meet. "The last couple of weeks have been filled with so many tears, anger, confusion, and heartache," Krystal wrote.
William was only 13, but as the oldest boy, he already considered himself the man of the family. He was a hard worker who often helped out around the neighborhood to earn extra cash for his family, doing everything including odd jobs. After watching a YouTube video of someone gifting their mother a car, William immediately began setting his plan in motion.
William went on Facebook's marketplace and soon located an inexpensive car. The boy looked around his house and his eyes landed on the only valuable object he owned: his Xbox (微软游戏机). If he combined the value of the Xbox with his own ability to trade work for cash, perhaps it was possible for him to help his mother out. He quickly typed an email to the seller.
"It was really cheap so I asked her if I could trade it or earn it. And at first she said no, but after she thought about it, then she said yes," William recalled. William negotiated (谈判) a trade with the woman, providing house and yard work along with his Xbox in exchange for the car. When the deal was done, the seller even came to his house with him. Krystal said that the day her son walked into the kitchen and told her he'd bought her a car, and that she didn't believe him at first. After she met the seller, however, she began to see that he was absolutely telling the truth.
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Krystal was so moved by her son's actions.
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Krystal says that her son's actions have been life-changing in many ways.
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An eight-year-old child heard her parents talking about her little brother. All she knew was that he was very sick and they had no money. Only a very expensive operation could save him now and there was no one to lend them the money.
When she heard her daddy say to her tearful mother, “only a miracle(奇迹)can save him now.” The little girl went to her bedroom and pulled her money from its hiding place and counted it carefully.
She hurried to a drugstore (药店) with the money in her hand. At that moment, only a salesman and a well-dressed man were in the drugstore. The girl went to the salesman directly. “What do you want?” asked the salesman. “It’s for my little brother,” the girl answered. “He’s really sick and I want to buy a miracle.” “Pardon?” said the salesman.
“My brother Andrew has something bad growing inside his head and my daddy says only a miracle can save him. So how much does a miracle cost?” “We don’t sell a miracle here, child. I’m sorry,” the salesman said with a smile.
“Please! If it isn’t enough, I can try and get some more. Just tell me how much it costs.” said the little girl, almost crying with anxiety.
注意：
1)所续写短文的词数应为150左右;
2) 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头部分已为你写好。
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Paragraph 2: Having known about what happened from the girl, the well-dressed man took up the girl’s hand.
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Once a man was driving down the road when he noticed an elderly lady stood on one of the most deserted sections of the read. Even though the light was not bright in the evening, the man saw that she needed some help. So, he parked his car in front of hers and approached her.
The older woman became concerned because no one had stopped to help her in the past few hours, and saw this guy was approaching her with a smile. She became worried that the man would hurt her because he appeared poor and hungry.
The man could see she was scared and understood how she felt.“I’m here to help you. My name is Bryan Anderson”, he continued addressing bet. Despise her fear, the older woman told him that her car’s tire was flat.
“Ma’am, It’s cold outdoors: why don’t you want inside my warm car while I change the tires,” the man replied. Having said this, the man took his toolbox and began changing the flat tire of the Lady’s car. The man quickly repulsed the tire. The older woman rolled down her car window and started talking to him as he finished.
She introduced herself said she was from a far distant place and was passing through, and expressed her gratitude to him for helping her. After setting aside tools and a flat fire to her automobile，the man simply smiled as he shut the trunk(后备箱).
“How much should I pay you?” asked the elderly lady.
The man had reason for being paid because this was not his job He was assisting her in her time of need. Instead, he told her that if she genuinely wanted to repay him, she should help someone in need the next time she saw one“ And at that time, think of it as payment for this deed of mine” the man added.
On the way back to her destination, the old lady noticed a small cat a few miles down the road. She pulled over and went in to relax and grab a bite before the final leg of her journey.
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1．续写的同数应为150左右：
2．请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答，(pregnant怀孕的)
After she was seated, a pregnant waitress brought a towel to wipe her wet hair
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While the waitress was wandering where the lady was. she found a note.
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I go to work by bus almost every day, although I have my own car, because it is cheaper and I like the feeling of being with others. I’m the kind of person who likes to watch people. I live in a small town, so I see many of the same people getting on the bus with me every day, on their way to and from work. For many months, I noticed an elderly man get on at one of the stops and always head to the back of the bus.
He wore the same clothes every day. The clothes were well-worn, but clean. I could tell he led a simple life. I had never spoken to this gentleman, but he usually gave me a smile when he passed by. One day, it was snowing so I drove to work, for I didn’t want to be late. I noticed the gentleman standing on a street corner. He held a sign in his hand asking for money.
I went home that day and wrote him a note saying I was grateful for what I had in my life and that I wanted to share some of it with him. In the note I wrote: Hi, I am Larissa. Maybe I seem like a stranger to you, but I am on the same bus as you almost every day. I saw you the other day on the street, and I hope this money can help you. I wish you a pleasant week.
注意：1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右;
2. 续写部分分为两段，每段开头语已为你写好;
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I put a small amount of money in an envelope...
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The note read: " Hi Larissa...
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