There lived two brothers, John McNeil and James, in a village in Kentucky in the north of America, who had lost their parents in a terrible earthquake ten years before. Worse still, ten-year-old John McNeil suffered from serious autism. He often stayed at a corner without saying anything with others and frequently ran everywhere, so his brother James was concerned about his safety.
On a windy, cold day, John McNeil forgot to put on his shoes and ran out the door. He headed straight for the 125-foot electrical tower behind the McNeiI home and didn’t realize the dangers of the structure. That day his thoughts were set on climbing to the top of that tower, touching the sky. Maybe he thought he could meet his parents in the sky. What a poor boy!
His seventeen-year-old brother, James, was always close by. James always made sure that no danger came to his little brother. But today was different. Today, John ran out the door unnoticed. He was making his way to the sky step by step by the time James saw him. John, like most autistic children, had no idea about fear or danger. James, on the other hand, realized that he had to face his greatest fear of all — the fear of heights.
However, James understood the danger of the electrical tower but chose to follow his younger brother secretly, trying not to look down, all the way to the top. He finally reached his brother and held him with his right hand. With his left hand, he held a metal bar to help stabilize them both. What a thrilling scene!
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James was shaking. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Hundreds of people came together at the base of the tower. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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A young boy loved football with all his heart. But being half the size of the other boys, he got absolutely nowhere. At all the games, he hardly ever played. This teenager lived alone with his father. Even though the son was always on the bench during games, his father was always in the stands(看台)cheering.
This young man was still the smallest of the class when he entered high school. His father continued to encourage him. The young man was determined to try his best at every practice, and perhaps he’d get to play when he became a senior. All through high school he never missed a practice or a game, but remained a bench-warmer all four years.
His father was always in the stands, always with words of encouragement for him. This persistent young athlete never missed practice. but he never got to play in a game. It was the end of his senior football season, and as he was practising for the game on Saturday, the coach met him with a telegram. The young man read the telegram and became completely silent. Struggling to speak, he said to the coach, “My father died this morning. Is it all right if I miss practice today’’
The coach put his arm gently around his shoulder and said, “Take the rest of the week off, son. And don’t even plan to come back to the game on Saturday.’’ Saturday arrived, and the game was not going well. When the team was ten points behind, a silent young man quietly slipped into the empty locker room and put on his football uniform. As he ran onto the sidelines, the coach and his players were surprised to see their faithful teammate back so soon.
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“Coach, please let me play. I’ve just got to play today,’’ said the young man.
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After the team had left the locker room, the coach noticed that this young man was sitting quietly in the corner all alone.
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最近你校正在组织英语作文比赛，题为“The person I respect”，请你写一篇短文参赛。文章的标题与开头已给出，请你续写这篇短文。续写内容如下：(他的身份职业，外貌特征，他的性格或品质，他的爱好或者才华，他对我的影响。)至少用一个定语从句。
The person I respect
There are many respectable people around us. The person I respect most is.....
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After an accident in January, 8-year-old Thomas was badly injured. His dream of winning this year’s inter-school football championship was destroyed overnight.
“It would be at least a year and a half before your son walks again unless there is a miracle,” doctors told Thomas’ single mother, Beth. After knowing this fact one night, Thomas cried sadly on the hospital bed. Beth tried to encourage him. During it, she fished inside her pocket and pulled out the inhaler (吸入器) when suddenly feeling dizzy — Beth had asthma (哮喘), and the inhaler could help her breathe more easily.
In September, after staying in hospital for months, Thomas returned home and had to completely rely on a wheelchair to move around, feeling hopeless. Beth tried to cheer him up.
One afternoon, the mother was near the door reading for Thomas, while the boy was relaxing on the sofa in the living room, listening. Suddenly, Thomas heard a strange loud sound coming from the porch (走廊).
“It’s just... my book fell!” Beth said. But Thomas could tell she was struggling to breathe. It seemed that something was stuck in her throat.
Normally, Thomas’ wheelchair would be right by the sofa, and he could easily roll towards his mother. But earlier that afternoon, while Thomas was asleep, Beth pushed the wheelchair into the yard to let it get some sunshine.
Beth tried to get up for her inhaler put on a shelf inside the room, but she lost her balance and fell onto the floor. When Beth wasn’t able to respond to Thomas’ calling out her name, Thomas realized this was an emergency.
He hurried to take out the phone from his pocket and quickly informed the police of what was happening. Although help was on the way, Thomas knew he couldn’t just sit and wait.
He looked at his mother’s inhaler. It could help save her life, but it was on that shelf seven meters away from him. “I must go there to get it,” he said to himself. Despite knowing his legs probably wouldn’t listen to him, he was determined.
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Paragraph 1: He held the couch’s seat as tightly as he could, using his weak hands.
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Paragraph 2: After amazingly standing up, Thomas began struggling to walk to that inhaler.
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William Allard is a photographer for National Geographic magazine whose pictures often appear in it. As Mr. Allard travels around the world, he looks for good photos to share.
All of Mr. Allard's pictures show interesting people and places. But one photograph of a young boy tending his sheep in Peru is different.
One spring afternoon, he was driving down the road. The scenery was so peaceful and quiet, and the fresh air was fragrant with scents, awakening all his cells to breathe them in. The sun cast a warm golden glow on his face. All these were enjoyable. Suddenly, he saw a little figure standing at the edge of the road. One more look and he noticed a boy crying. William pulled over and set the brake. He was told that another driver had come down the road and driven straight through the boy's dozen sheep. About half of them were dead. The driver never stopped. But William did.
The boy was nine or ten years old. His name was Eduardo. Eduardo's family depended on those sheep to earn money and he was responsible for them. Now he must go home and tell his family that half of their sheep were dead. However, he was frustrated to imagine the disappointed look on his parents faces.
William just took a few photos. He saw that Eduardo was very upset, but left quickly. He did not give the boy anything because he had nothing to give. He did not give the boy any money because it is not something he did when he was working. However, when he got back to his hotel, he thought about Eduardo, his dead sheep and his tears. He also thought about Eduardo's family. He realized what it would mean to lose that many sheep: the mountains of Peru can be a hard place to live and work.
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As soon as William returned home, he spoke with the people at National Geographic magazine.
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Thanks to the published pictures, William gave the money donated by readers to Eduardo's family.
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I was an impatient mother and frustration always kept me from enjoying life, until some strange insects came to my family.
It was Friday. We were having friends over for dinner, but Mike had to stay late at work. I was now on my own to get everything ready for the night. I could feel my frustration increasing as I drove to pick up Haydn and Michael from school. I rushed them into the car and told them that we were making a few stops before heading home, and that they needed to help me tidy the house. Both of them started complaining immediately. I turned and gave them fair warning that I was not in the mood to listen. For the next hour, I dragged the boys from one place to the next…
Just as we finished our last task, the boys reminded me that we needed to stop at the pet store to pick up crickets for their lizards. Fifteen minutes later, I pulled into the driveway with only forty-five minutes left to unpack the car, clean the house, and set the table before my guests arrived. How would I make it?
I started barking orders at the boys, but they were focused on pouring the crickets from the plastic bag into the top of their little cricket container. I just let off steam and yelled at them to hurry up.
I don’t really know how it happened, but the next time I looked up, one hundred crickets were jumping all over my kitchen…
My frustration exploded. I could feel myself about to start yelling in a way I rarely do. I watched my two sweet boys try anxiously to chase the crickets, screaming with laughter. Strangely, I felt something different.
In that split second, I realized I had two choices. Could I continue feeling annoyed and angry, or could I let go and enjoy this silly moment?
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I jumped off the chair and started chasing crickets with my boys.
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Our guests arrived and we had a wonderful dinner party.
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I'm Marcus, and I love to play video games. So much that my mom thinks I'm hooked on them. She might be right. I do spend a lot of time playing them. “Marcus, will you feed Patches, please?” That's my mom, and Patches is my dog. I'm right in the middle of this awesome game where I have to find my way through an Egyptian pyramid, and then I'll feed Patches.
“Just list a minute, Mom.”
“All right, but don't forget I need to get the casserole out of the oven for lunch,” Mom says.
This game is really difficult. I'll try getting to the amulet from the sphinx one more time. Then Fil feed my favorite pet. Forty-five minutes and several tries later, I hear Mom again.
“Marcus, time to eat.”
I go to the table, and Mom asks if I feed Patches. I'm in big trouble. I got so into my game that I forgot about my dog. I bet Patches is starving by now. I know I am.
“Mom, I forgot, I'll feed her now.”
I go to the back yard to bring Patches in, but I can't find her. She’s not lying under her favorite shade tree. She's not watching our neighbors walk by through the gate.
Wait, the gate's open. Oh no! Patches is gone, lost, and nowhere to be found. I must have left the gate unlatched when I took her out this morning. I'm in even bigger trouble now.
“Mom, Patches isn't in the yard. I think I might have left the gate open this morning. I think she escaped.” “She's not there? Marcus, this is bad news.” Mom says, “very bad news.” I know she's right, but I'm torn between being excited about beating the sphinx and sad about Patches being gone. I hear Mom making telephone calls trying to locate Patches. From what I can hear, it sounds like no one has seen her, and I'm worried. I know what I'll do—I'll make signs so people can contact us if they see Patches. Then I'll go look for her.
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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。
Mom helps me make signs even though she's still disappointed in me.
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I'm happy Patches is safe.
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