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。

The Perfect Christmas Tree

In our house in Middle Cove, Newfoundland, the tradition was to find the perfect tree before Christmas Eve. And this year, my brother Gilbert and I were being trusted to do it entirely on our own. And we took the challenge very seriously. So, axe in Gilbert’s hand, saw in mine, we set out for all the spots we imagined we might find a magnificent fir (冷杉树).

We were young, but we knew the rules. Trees could not be taken from personal land and not near any road.

We started out with the best of intentions. We were on Pine River Lane, and looking at the firs in the fields, but none of them looked quite good enough. It was getting dark but we still had no luck. On the way home, it was Gilbert who stopped, grabbed my arm and said, “I see it!”

“You see what?” I said.

“Right there, look. It’s perfect.”

And he was right. It was a young tree, two metres tall, standing alone. It was the classic Christmas tree. In all my years, I had never seen such a perfect one.

Perfect except for one small problem. The tree was pretty close to the road. Also, it was behind a fence, so the tree was in someone’s yard. And not just any someone. It was in the yard of Timmy Green, my best friend.

        However, the chances of our finding another one like it were slim to none.

“You stand guard,” Gilbert said. And with that, we were over the fence and on our bellies crawling toward the target. I lay in the snow and put the Greens’ house under surveillance (监视). I was to whistle or cough if I saw anyone coming.

Within a few minutes, it fell.

“Grab the end,” Gilbert said, and we lifted it over the fence. Now we were on the road.

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，每段的开头语已为你写好；

Suddenly Gilbert’s eyes widened. “Our footprints!” he said.

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So it shocked me when I found Mr. Green in our house with my parents, drinking tea on Christmas Eve.

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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。

A week before Halloween, my young children wild with great happiness were walking and running around our home in their Halloween costumes. Just then the babysitter called, telling me that she was extremely sorry for asking for a day off. I knew that emergencies did occur, and I told her that I completely understood. But what was actually going through my mind were feelings of frustration and self-pity. And I had to pack my three kids into the car, and then drove to the hospital.

On the way, numerous things flooded into my mind, and I especially thought about how life should be going. I was thirty years old, a mother of three girls-five-year-old twins and a one-year-old baby. At this moment, I should be playing with them in the park or visiting the library together. But I was, once again, going to see the doctor. It had been a year since I was diagnosed with cancer. I knew that I was one of the lucky ones. I was grateful that surgery and chemotherapy (化疗) were over, and this was just a routine blood test. As always, there was the remaining fear that the cancer would come back. To be honest, my family and friends were great during the past year when I was in bad condition, but they were also busy with their lives. Therefore, I did not want to burden them with my feelings of unhappiness. What I just wanted to see were the positive things in life and I really wanted to express my heartfelt gratitude to them.

When we finally arrived, we sat in a crowded waiting room. Nothing special occurred until my youngest daughter, dressed up as an angel, walked up to a woman who was in a wheelchair and accompanied by her caregiver. My daughter looked at the woman and pointed to the vending (售货) machine next to her, saying sweetly, “Tweet.” This was how she said “Trick or Treat”, who had been coached previously by her twin sisters.

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。

Surprisingly, the woman, a complete stranger to us, knew exactly what my daughter meant.

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My daughters thanked everyone who gave them treats.

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6 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

“Happy Camp”, the king of all Chinese variety shows, started airing in 1997. Since then, it     1     (gain) hundreds of millions of followers. The age range of its viewers is     2     (extreme) broad, from people born in the 1970s all the way to the 2010s.

“Happy Camp” has some of the best show hosts in the country,     3     are the backbone of the entire show. Not only do they create     4     fun and exciting atmosphere for guests and audience, but they also throw in plenty of     5     (humorous).

Every episode (集) of “Happy Camp” has a different theme. Everything in the episode is centered around that theme,     6     (range) from the games the hosts and the guests play to the food     7     (serve) to them as a reward or punishment! And the trendy, fun and relatable themes appeal especially to the younger generation. Actually, young people make     8     the majority of viewers.

“Happy Camp” embraces interculturalism. When there are foreign guests on the show, they talk about their culture as well as teach them about Chinese culture. This, in return,     9     (allow) the audience to learn more about cultures around the world!

After     10     (broadcast) for more than 20 years, “Happy Camp” has survived it all. They have learned to adapt and fit the needs of the audience.

10 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Crosstalk, Xiangsheng in Chinese, is a     1    (tradition) Chinese comedic performing art and one of China's most popular cultural forms. It's     2    (general) believed that crosstalk developed sometime in the Qing Dynasty. After the People's Republic of China     3    (found) in 1949, this art became increasingly popular. Today, it is     4    important part in the CCTV Spring Festival Gala and other countless shows in China.

There are four     5    (skill) in crosstalk: speaking, imitating, teasing and singing. Most of the time, it is performed by two actors-one serves as the leading actor while the other plays a supporting role. However, sometimes it is performed as a monologue (独白)，    6    is completed by one person mainly telling jokes, and at other times it is performed by more than two actors,     7     (call) group performance. Crosstalk is humorous and its language is lively and rich     8    puns (双关语).

Jump into a taxi in Beijing, and chances are that your driver will be listening to a radio broadcast of a crosstalk show. These days, more and more foreigners are becoming interested in     9     (study) the art of crosstalk. Crosstalk is a huge part of Chinese culture and it appears as if it's getting even     10    (big).