3 . 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。

Sharing New Year with Strangers

I come from a large multicultural family, spread out across the globe. Despite being found in distant corners of the world, we’re a tight-knit family that makes an effort to stay close and keep in touch. New Year has always been a special time for us and a chance for us all to come together, no matter where in the world we might be.

My aunt Samantha, known affectionately by everyone in the family as Mantha, loved New Year and always went out of her way to make it cosy and magical for everyone around her. Mantha was kind, fun and full of energy so it wasn’t hard to get into the New Year spirit when she was around.

This year was no exception. Mantha drove three hours from her house in Bournemouth to visit everyone two weeks before New Year and to drop off presents to her friends still in the area. We chatted merrily about our plans, laughed at how organized Mantha was — presents already bought and wrapped and the freezer full ahead of the big day — and kissed goodbye when it was time to leave. So just several days before New Year, when Mantha’s son called us saying Samantha had passed away suddenly at home, none of us could quite believe it. I’d only been messaging her the day before, sharing voice notes like we always liked to do.

Mantha had had a blood clot (血块) that had unfortunately travelled to her lung and despite the paramedic’s best efforts, they were unable to save my beloved, fun, wonderful aunt.

So close to New Year, none of us felt like celebrating and we decided we’d have a quiet day at home, surrounded by family. The silence lasted until my sister-in-law, Vera, told us about some colleagues of hers who’d just arrived in the UK far away from friends and family. And they were eager to experience a proper English New Year.

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Hearing this, we were in a dilemma.

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When the day finally came, we welcomed them into our house.

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4 . 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。

I always think of my mother as a superhero, because she never runs out of room in her heart for anyone or anything.

I could write about all of the wonderful things she has done, but I want to focus on one project she does every year that has shaped my whole family and everyone around us: She saves money, and she puts it in a little jar (罐子) that we refer to as “The Charity Jar”. Every year, she takes this money and puts it toward something—an act of kindness, anything that can help someone. Sometimes, she buys something for an organization that needs it.

If you ask her about this tradition, she will tell you that she is carrying on something that her mother used to do around the holidays. If you ask anyone else who knows her, however, they will tell you that she has a huge heart. She manages to get our whole family involved (参与) in this movement every year. Last year, she helped an organization where I volunteered—Ruth’s Place—a homeless women’s shelter in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.

I had been helping a professor run a writing workshop in the shelter when I noticed the wish list on the wall: warm clothes, a coffee maker and supplies. I told my mom, and within a day, she had already asked if our family wanted to help Ruth’s Place. We all agreed and decided that the coffee maker and supplies would be the best things for our family to work on together.

A few days later, Mom found a coffee maker online, and showed it to us. With a few clicks, it was on its way. She also baked(烘焙) fresh chocolate cupcakes for the women in the shelter. We gathered the rest of the supplies and called the shelter to find a day when we could deliver them.

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1. 续写词数应为150个左右；
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That day I drove my mom to the shelter very slowly. _______________________________________________________________________

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As we left, we were met with heartfelt thanks. _____________________________________________________________________________

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5 . “You afraid of heights?” my dad asked, as I climbed up the seemingly ________ ladder to the second-story rooftop. I was up there to help him fix our TV ________. “Not yet,” I replied, as he climbed up after me with tools in hand. I didn’t have much to do up there on the roof — mostly I just held the antenna still and handed my dad ________ — so I began to talk to him as he worked, which put me ________. I could always talk to my dad. Most of my peers would be embarrassed to have their dad ________ them, but not me; in fact, I took great pride in him.

After he finished working on the antenna, we went inside. As I ________ my room, I saw my dad working ________ at his computer in his study, which was adjacent (邻近的) to my bedroom. As I watched him, I had the most incredible ________ to just poke my head in and tell him that I loved him. ________, I quickly brushed that urge away and continued on into my room. I couldn’t possibly say to him “I love you”, but I really ________ to.

The next day seemed like any other. After school, my mom ________ me at the front door, with her face streaming with ________. She told me, in the ________ voice she could manage, the worst news of my life. “Dad’s dead.” I just stood there as she hugged me, unable to move or ________.

I never really told my dad I loved him. I ________ I had. I miss him very much.

1.

A．delicate

B．unstable

C．old

D．steady

2.

A．set

B．series

C．antenna

D．episode

3.

A．tools

B．sharpeners

C．scrapers

D．ladders

4.

A．at a loss

B．at risk

C．at large

D．at ease

5.

A．keep track of

B．break away from

C．hang around with

D．look up to

6.

A．passed

B．left

C．approached

D．tidied

7.

A．attentively

B．casually

C．continually

D．absently

8.

A．courage

B．urge

C．ambition

D．determination

9.

A．Subsequently

B．Moreover

C．Hence

D．Nevertheless

10.

A．meant

B．managed

C．declined

D．guaranteed

11.

A．examined

B．consulted

C．greeted

D．abused

12.

A．smiles

B．waterfalls

C．expressions

D．tears

13.

A．saddest

B．calmest

C．highest

D．sharpest

14.

A．slip

B．collapse

C．react

D．withdraw

15.

A．wish

B．expect

C．hope

D．desire

6 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一斜完整的短文。

What a great year we had had! A new baby daughter, a job promotion (晋升) for my husband, and a new home were among what we had received. My husband and I were grateful for them. We wanted no gifts for Christmas, because our cups were running over. So my husband and I decided to teach them to learn to share.

After dinner, we talked about doing something special for someone else at Christmas. Our oldest son said, “Why don’t we find a family who needs help and give them presents?”

All of us were excited about the idea. We didn’t know exactly how we find our “Christmas family”, but we did know we wanted to help. The next morning I made calls to friends who might know of someone in need. That evening at dinner I described the family I had found. The father was a repairman but lost his job two weeks before. He hadn’t landed a new job yet. There were three children in the family. The wife gave birth to a new baby, who was the same age as ours. But unluckily, the baby had been taking many tests as doctors tried to determine why she wasn’t developing properly. They had spent almost all their savings on the treatment, with little for daily necessities. They were in great trouble. Of course, they had little hope of having gifts for Christmas.

“Can we give them some of our clothes?” asked our daughter. We all agreed that her idea was good, and so the children ran to their bedrooms and began sorting out the clothes they had outgrown. But my husband and I knew that clothes were not enough.

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2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

On Christmas Eve, my family went for holiday shopping.

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Then we were off to deliver Christmas gifts to our special family.

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