An 80-year-old man was sitting on the sofa in his house along with his 45-year -old highly educated son. Suddenly a crow (乌鸦) perched (栖息) on their window.
The father asked his son, “what is this?” The son replied, “It is a crow.”
After a few minutes, the father asked his son for the second time, “What is this?” The son said, “Father , I have just now told you, it is a crow!”
After a little while, the old father again asked his son for the third time, “What is this?”
At this time some expression of irritation (恼怒) was felt in the son’s tone when he said to his father with a rebuff (生硬回绝) . “It’s a crow , a crow.” A little while later, the father again asked his son the fourth time, “ What is this?”
This time, the son shouted at his father, “ Why do you keep asking me the same question again and again, although I have told you so many times ‘IT IS A CROW’. Are you not able to understand this?’
A little while later the father went to his room and came back with an old tattered (发皱的) diary, which he had maintained since his son was born. On opening a page, he asked his son to read that page. When the son read it, the following words were written in the diary:
“Today my little son aged three was sitting with me on the sofa, when a crow was sitting on the window. My son asked me 23 times what it was, and I replied to him all 23 times that it was a crow. I hugged him lovingly each time he asked me the same question. I did not at all feel annoyed but I rather felt love for my innocent son.
注意:
1. 所续写短文的词数应为150词左右;
2. 续写部分分为两段,每段的开头语已为你写好;
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After reading the diary,
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Feeling ashamed , the son got down on his knees before his father.
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A.The woman's husband | B.The woman's father. | C.The woman's son. |
3 . When I was a baby, my parents gave me anything I wanted. I would play with a toy for a while, get
That was when the real estate market (房地产) crashed. My mom had thought buying houses was a good idea as a way to invest her money to
Then
On my birthday, I started opening presents, believing that I would get what I asked for. As I
The feeling of having
A.happy | B.bored | C.excited | D.sad |
A.Then | B.Before | C.Meanwhile | D.Later |
A.wherever | B.however | C.whatever | D.whenever |
A.began | B.crashed | C.closed | D.challenged |
A.take away | B.take after | C.take care of | D.take for |
A.mom | B.dad | C.friend | D.sister |
A.affect | B.allow | C.admit | D.afford |
A.food | B.house | C.love | D.money |
A.delivers | B.requests | C.anxieties | D.concerns |
A.position | B.situation | C.burden | D.question |
A.something | B.everything | C.anything | D.nothing |
A.pay off | B.take off | C.pay for | D.leave for |
A.homework | B.requirement | C.performance | D.birthday |
A.expensive | B.cheap | C.rare | D.precious |
A.anxiously | B.happily | C.carelessly | D.hardly |
A.happy | B.confident | C.content | D.disappointed |
A.accidentally | B.hopfully | C.rarely | D.suddenly |
A.give | B.find | C.support | D.take |
A.finally | B.terribly | C.truly | D.frequently |
A.painfully | B.grateful | C.regretfully | D.sincerely |
4 . When I was about 12, I had an “enemy”, a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings (缺点). Week by week her list grew: I was very thin; I wasn’t a good student; I talked too much; I was too proud, and so on. At last, I couldn’t stand it. I cried and ran to my father. He listened to me quietly. Then he asked, “Sweetie, are the things she says true or not? Didn’t you ever wonder what you are really like? Well, you now have that girl’s opinion. Go and make a list of everything she said and find out the points that are true. Pay no attention to the other things she said.”
I did as he told. To my surprise, I discovered that about half the things were true. Some of them I couldn’t change (like being very thin), but a good number I could and suddenly I wanted to change. For the first time I got a fairly clear picture of myself.
I brought the list back to Dad. He refused to take it. “It’s just the case for you,” he said, “you know better than anyone the truth about yourself. But you have to learn to listen, not just close your ears in anger and feeling hurt. When something said about you is true, you’ll find it will be of great help to you. Our world is full of people who think they know your duty. Don't shut your ears, listen to them all, but hear the truth only and do what you know is right to do.”
Daddy’s advice has returned to me at many important moments. In my life, I’ve never had a better piece of advice.
1. What did the father do when he heard the writer’s statements?A.He told her not to stand what the “enemy” said. |
B.He let her get on well with her “enemy”. |
C.He told her to make a list of all her “enemy” had said about her. |
D.He agreed with her “enemy”. |
A.angry | B.surprised | C.disappointed | D.sad |
A.The writer and her “enemy” became best friends at last. |
B.The “enemy” thought the writer studied hard. |
C.The father thought the writer was pretty good. |
D.The writer is thankful to her father. |
A.We should get along well with our friends. |
B.What people say about you is always right. |
C.It would be helpful to learn how to take the advice. |
D.Friendship will be based on trust |
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The other day, I was invited my friend Sam’s home for dinner. I felt a bit surprising when I saw Bill there. It was two months before we two had quarreled, so I was embarrassed and didn’t know how to do. I sat down on the sofa and began to watch TV. Later, Sam came to ask me to make up with Bill. Until then I realized that Sam has arranged the dinner for purpose. He went up to Bill and greeted him warmly, smile at him. He looked very happily and talked with me excitedly. That night, we had a great fun together.
6 . I was nine when my father first sent me flowers. I had been taking tap-dancing lessons for six months, and the school was holding its yearly
As the years passed, other
As my fortunes grew, my father gradually became
Often in the dozen years since, I have felt a(n)
Then one birthday, the doorbell rang. I was feeling
A.meeting | B.report | C.speech | D.performance |
A.aware | B.proud | C.sick | D.tired |
A.mystery | B.surprise | C.relief | D.regret |
A.teachers | B.dancers | C.winners | D.readers |
A.bench | B.pavement | C.stage | D.floor |
A.carefully | B.politely | C.flatly | D.loudly |
A.movements | B.conditions | C.occasions | D.customs |
A.marked | B.covered | C.impressed | D.left |
A.developed | B.reduced | C.appeared | D.symbolized |
A.moved | B.benefited | C.graduated | D.worked |
A.careless | B.weak | C.busy | D.upset |
A.after | B.while | C.since | D.until |
A.on | B.of | C.with | D.in |
A.urge | B.interest | C.threat | D.opportunity |
A.but | B.or | C.so | D.and |
A.scared | B.sad | C.worried | D.nervous |
A.hard work | B.devotion | C.birthday | D.success |
A.flowers | B.cakes | C.gifts | D.cards |
A.beyond | B.beside | C.behind | D.before |
A.sighed | B.cried | C.looked | D.doubted |
We live in a world where snapping (抓拍) photos of your kids and posting them to social media is about as natural to parents as kissing them. But when enjoying
Now, parents posting pictures of their children on social media could be accused by their sons or daughters under France’s privacy laws. Mothers and fathers are likely
I lay on my bed, legs leaning against the wall, desperately wishing my mother would call. But I remembered the last time I'd seen her, right before the train for Providence pulled out of the station, “You know how expensive it is to call,” she said, then hugged me tight and said good- bye.
This was my first birthday away from home. I missed my mom, missed my sister, and most certainly missed the special pound cake my mother always made for my birthday. Since getting to college that year, I would watch jealously as the other freshmen received care packages from their parents on their birthdays--and even on ordinary days. Big boxes containing summer slacks and blouses, packages of M&M's and Snickers , things they needed and things they didn't. Instead of feeling thrilled about my upcoming eighteenth birthday, I felt empty. I wished my mom would send me something, too, but I knew that she couldn’t afford presents or the postage. She had done her best with my sister and me--raising us by herself. The simple truth was there just was never enough money.
But that didn’t stop her from filling us with dreams. “You can be anything you want to be,” she would tell us. “Politicians, dancers, writers -- you just have to work for it; you have to get an education.”
Thanks to my mom's sacrifices and big dreams, I’d made it to the Ivy League: Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.
As I was recalling these things, my roommate joined me on the bed. “Hey. After we study, let's buy ice cream and cake.” I nodded, closed my eyes, and imagined the cake Mom would have made. Mmm. I could see the golden yellow of each of the twelve eggs, and I could almost smell the vanilla(香草) filling the house while the cake baked.
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;
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After the holidays their mother
“Milton, the house you built is so huge. I only live in one room, but I have to
“Marvin, I am too old to
“Michael, you gave me an expensive building for 50 people to
“Dearest Melvin, you were the
A.fought | B.talked | C.studied | D.slept |
A.gifts | B.chances | C.wishes | D.challenges |
A.warm | B.big | C.safe | D.lonely |
A.book | B.bike | C.car | D.bag |
A.station | B.museum | C.library | D.theater |
A.what | B.how | C.why | D.when |
A.listen | B.feel | C.see | D.walk |
A.nurse | B.writer | C.businessman | D.lawyer |
A.protect | B.beat | C.raise | D.teach |
A.but | B.so | C.unless | D.although |
A.treated | B.impressed | C.threatened | D.hurt |
A.sent out | B.put up | C.took out | D.picked up |
A.sell | B.borrow | C.clean | D.visit |
A.learn | B.work | C.exercise | D.travel |
A.never | B.often | C.regularly | D.sometimes |
A.future | B.hobby | C.idea | D.program |
A.create | B.enjoy | C.bring | D.record |
A.lost | B.admired | C.remained | D.discovered |
A.same | B.last | C.next | D.only |
A.strange | B.unpleasant | C.bitter | D.delicious |