1 . 阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的短文。

A Little Boy

A little boy selling magazines for school walked up to a house that people rarely visited. The house was very old and shabby and the owner hardly ever came out. When he did come out, he would not say hello to his neighbors or passers-by but simply just glared at them.

The boy knocked on the door and waited, sweating from fear of the old man. The boy’s parents told him to stay away from the house, and a lot of other neighborhood children were told the same thing from their parents.

Dusk found the boy lingering on and hesitating what to do. As he was ready to walk away, the door slowly opened. “What do you want?” the old man said impatiently. The little boy was very afraid but he had a quota (定额) to meet for school with selling the magazines. So he got up the courage and said, “Uh, Sir, I am selling these magazines and, uh, I was wondering if you would like to buy one from me.”

The old man just stared at the boy without a word. The boy could see inside the old man’s house and saw that he had dog figurines (小雕像) on the fireplace mantle. “Do you collect dogs?” The little boy asked. “Yes, I have many collections in my house. They are my family here and they are all I have.” The boy then felt sorry for the man, as it seemed that he was a very lonely soul.

“Well, I do have a magazine here for collectors. It is perfect for you. I also have one about dogs since you like dogs so much.” The old man was ready to close the door on the boy and said, “No, boy. I don’t need any magazines of any kind, now goodbye.”

The little boy was sad that he was not going to make his quota with the sale. He was also sad for the old man being so alone in the house that he owned. The boy went home and then had an idea. He had a little dog figurine that he got some years ago from an aunt. The figurine did not mean nearly as much to him since he had a real live dog and a large family.

注意:
1. 续写词数应为150左右；
2. 请按如下格式作答。

The little boy headed back down to the old man’s house.

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From that day on something changed inside the old man.

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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。

Catherine was the coolest kid in her class. Whenever she went, she was in the spotlight, with a bunch of kids following her and doing everything she did.

Her deskmate, Landy, however, was not in the cool kids’ group. Being the tallest kid in her class, she was teased by her classmates, who were always chanting “Landy, Landy, long as spaghetti (意大利面 )”. Every time Landy heard those silly chants, she could feel her face burst into flames. God knew how she wished the ground to crack and swallow her!

Catherine didn’t really like it when the kids chanted “Landy, Landy, long as spaghetti”. But she never told them to stop either, and nor did she ever talk to her. She liked being popular.

One weekend, Catherine went over to her grandfather for Thanksgiving. Her grandfather lives on a farm at the opposite end of town, where he keeps chickens. While helping to feed the chickens, Catherine noticed a peculiar one. Curling in the corner, it looked smaller than the others and was almost half-bare!

“What’s the matter with it?” She asked her grandfather, with a puzzled frown on her face. Her grandfather told her how chickens could act. “They have a pecking (啄) order,” he explained, wrinkles of concern spreading around his forehead. “If one chicken is different, the others will push it away and keep pecking it. Sometimes they peck it so much that it dies.”

“Oh, what a poor little thing!” Catherine let out a sigh as she scooped the frightened chicken up in her arms, whose heart was beating fast in the bony little body. Suddenly, she thought of Landy, the girl being “pecked” by her classmates. “I’m going to take it home and take good care of it,” she said with a determined look.

Back in school, Catherine told the cool kids about the chicken. “It’s looking healthy,” she said proudly. “It’s fatter and its feathers are growing. Even the cat likes it. She carries it around the garden, and...” Everyone was entertained by Catherine’s story of her lovely chicken, laughter lingering around the classroom.

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。

Paragraph 1. Then Catherine spotted Landy sitting by herself in a corner.

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Paragraph 2. But Catherine walked directly toward Landy, regardless of what they said.

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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。

Dad and Madison were walking through the party store, gathering decorations for Madison’s upcoming birthday party.

“But I don’t want to invite Lucy Gilbert! I don’t like her!”

“Madison, you are being unreasonable. If every girl in your class is invited to a party but you, you’ll feel left out. It would be a big mistake not toinvite Lucy to the party. ”“She never even talks to me! ”

Dad sighed and moved down the aisle ( 走廊). “Lucy is a new girl in class. She just moved here a little over a month ago. Think about how that must feel. She doesn’t know one single person in the school. She left all of her old friends behind and now she has to try to make new friends. Your party will be a great chance for her to get to know everyone. ”

“No, it won’t. She will probably sit in the corner and not talk to anyone. Every day at lunch she sits all by herself. She wants to eat alone!" Madison shrugged and rolled her eyes (翻白眼).

“Madison, I’m done discussing this. You will invite every girl in your class, including Lucy Gilbert!"

On Saturday morning, the family blew up balloons and decorated the house cheerfully. Madison was dressed beautifully for the day, wearing her new blue dress. It was not typical of her to dress herself like this. She usually wore sports clothes because she loved to be outside riding her horse Star with a lead rope (缰绳).

Madison greeted her friends at the doorstep, picturing (想象)various presents her friends would bring her. In the meanwhile, she was wondering whether Lucy would ruin the party if she came. Anyhow, all the girls she invited came finally, including Lucy. The girls had a fantastic time by singing and dancing while Lucy sat in the corner silently alone. Later, all the girls gathered around the table as Madison opened her presents. Opening them one by one, Madison thanked her friends, with a bright smile on her face.

注意：
1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；2. 请按如下格式作答。
Paragraph 1：

Lucy’s present was the very last to be opened.

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Paragraph 2:

Deeply moved by what she said, Madison held the lead rope tightly in her hands.

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6 . “Don’t worry. Those are just age spots (老年斑),” the doctor said. “Are you ______ that these are age spots?” I questioned, pointing to the dark spots on my hands. Angie, the doctor, smiled warmly and ______, “I’m 100% sure.”

I let out a scream of ______. “You’ve no idea how long I’ve waited for these to ______,” I said. Angie looked slightly ______, and I realized there was no possible way I could explain my excitement. What Angie didn’t know was that I shouldn’t have ______ to see age spots! At age forty, there was not much hope that I would live long enough to see any signs of ______. I was in the battle of my life—fighting lung cancer.

After the five-year mark of being cancer free, I started to have hope. When I got my first white hair, I quickly pointed to my husband, “look, honey, a white hair.”

______ I was taking a trip down the memory path, Angie ______ my thoughts. “Here’s the fade cream (增白霜) that you can ______ your hands twice a week before going to bed,” she reminded. And then she mentioned another _____ , “of course, you can always have the spots removed with lasers (激光).”

“Remove them?” I questioned. “ ______ would anyone want to do that?” Angie stared at me, not understanding the meaning of those words, while I explained, “I’d like to ______ them.” As I walked out of the hospital, I was ______ that I had such wonderful age spots!

Later that year, I celebrated two milestone (里程碑)—my sixtieth birthday and twenty years of being ______ from cancer. I’m excited to be growing older with white hairs, wrinkles (皱纹) and now age spots. And I can see the beauty in all of them!

1.

A．right

B．certain

C．worried

D．afraid

2.

A．admitted

B．explained

C．replied

D．admired

3.

A．sadness

B．surprise

C．pain

D．joy

4.

A．appear

B．recover

C．increase

D．disappear

5.

A．disappointed

B．surprised

C．nervous

D．angry

6.

A．changed

B．left

C．returned

D．lived

7.

A．aging

B．growth

C．success

D．progress

8.

A．While

B．Although

C．Because

D．Unless

9.

A．collected

B．interrupted

C．controlled

D．expressed

10.

A．carry on

B．put on

C．clean up

D．cheer up

11.

A．choice

B．answer

C．example

D．duty

12.

A．When

B．Why

C．Where

D．How

13.

A．recover

B．ignore

C．gather

D．keep

14.

A．stressed

B．frightened

C．thankful

D．concerned

15.

A．different

B．tired

C．safe

D．free

7 . 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。

One afternoon after school, Mary and her brother, Keith, were eating at a cafe near their home. That afternoon, they had to share their table with another person. That person was a young lady in her twenties. After eating, she went to the restroom. Without realizing, she had left her cellphone on the table. Five minutes later, she came out and walked out of the cafe without looking back.

Mary saw the cellphone on the table. She quickly told Keith, “Keith, the girl left behind her cellphone.”Keith looked at the cellphone. It took his breath away. It was one of the latest models on the market. Keith had always wanted a cellphone. But his parents had told him, “You don’t need one. You can always use the house phone.” He stared at it for some minutes. Then, he said slowly, pausing on every word, “I want to take the cellphone.” Mary could not believe her ears. She only stared at her brother, “You can’t! What if the owner comes to look for it?”

After making the decision, Keith quickly got the cellphone and put it in his schoolbag. Then, he took Mary’s hand and led her out of the cafe quickly.

Once back home, Keith locked his room door with trembling (颤抖的) hands. Inside his room, he took out the piece of beauty. Oh, he liked it so much. He had his own cellphone. Soon, he was polishing it happily. But Mary told him, “Keith, you cannot keep the cellphone. What will you tell our father about this? He will ask you how you got the cellphone.” Keith said quickly, “I will say a friend lent it to me.” Mary said, “Now you are lying too. Oh dear! When had Keith turned so dishonest?”

Then, Mary saw a house phone number on the cover of the cellphone. “This is the girl’s phone number. Why don’t we just call this number? We will talk to her and ask her to come and take back her cellphone,” she was trying to talk some sense into him.

注意：1. 续写词数应为150个左右;
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

That night, Keith turned over in bed from time to time.

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Mary was very happy to hear that.

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8 . Milo is a rescue dog, adopted by 20-year-old Makayla Swift. One morning in November 2021, Swift opened her front door and Milo ________ running. “I couldn’t catch him,” she said.

Milo ran to a house across the street. He seemed ________ with this house, so he ran to the one next door, Swift on his ________. When it started scratching (抓挠) on the front door, Swift was ________. Not everyone wants a ________ dog on their property. But as she tried to________ a Milo away, she could hear a sound coming through an open upstairs window. It was a voice crying “Help!”

Hours earlier, Sherry Starr, 85, had just ________ around 4 am. “All of a sudden, standing there between the toilet and the bathtub, I ________ ,” she said, “I went down hard on the floor.”

“I could not move at all,” said Starr, who was ________ between the toilet and the bathtub. Starr was feeling ________ all over, but more than anything, she was scared. “I’m thinking: I’m just going to die here.”

Her best ________ , she decided, was to listen for the letter carrier in the afternoon. For the next few hours, Starr ________ crying: “Help! Help! Help! ”

“Her voice was very ________ , ” said Swift. “You had to be right on the spot to hear Mrs. Starr cry for ________ unless you were Milo, who had ________ heard Starr the instant I had opened the own front door.” Swift called 911 and soon medical staff helped her out.

1.

A．took off

B．cleared off

C．came around

D．wandered around

2.

A．concerned

B．annoyed

C．impressed

D．delighted

3.

A．tail

B．right

C．back

D．front

4.

A．depressed

B．inspired

C．amused

D．embarrassed

5.

A．cute

B．faithful

C．strange

D．gentle

6.

A．send

B．turn

C．drag

D．throw

7.

A．calmed down

B．lain down

C．sat up

D．risen up

8.

A．dived

B．delayed

C．skipped

D．slipped

9.

A．found

B．stuck

C．hidden

D．placed

10.

A．pain

B．ease

C．strength

D．anger

11.

A．bet

B．result

C．role

D．guess

12.

A．imagined

B．regretted

C．practiced

D．stopped

13.

A．familiar

B．clear

C．soft

D．different

14.

A．freedom

B．mercy

C．peace

D．help

15.

A．eventually

B．apparently

C．randomly

D．frequently

9 . A friend who was in low spirits wrote me a letter a few weeks ago. His life was full of problems. His heart was full of anxieties.

He ended his letter to me with this question: “We can’t really change this crazy world we live in. can we?” I answered him immediately, “Yes, we most ________ can!”

I can still remember such a teacher who ________ me to change my world. She was a music teacher at my elementary school, the guitarist at our church, and a family friend.

I adored her very much, ________ to impress her deeply. However, I had no talent at any instrument. Besides, my singing was quite ________, though it is enthusiastic.

One day she asked me to try playing her guitar. I did my best but always made mistakes. When I was done, I ________ my head down, feeling upset. “I guess I am not very good,” I told her.

She looked at me with her kind eyes, smiled, and said: “We are all good at something. You just need to ________ what you are good at. Then you can share it with the world.”

Those simple words ________ me. They planted a seed in my ________ that continues to grow to this day. I came to realize that I had something wonderful to ________ to others.

I had something inside me that was good and that could change this world for the ________. I just had to find it, bring it out and share it. And that is what I have tried to do all of the years since that ________ day.

________, can you change the world? Yes, you can! You can ________ your strength to make the world around you better. In your daily life, you can change it, just with one choice, or one kind act at a time. ________ you have to do is share your goodness. All you have to do is ________ your love. Make your love great then! Live well! Do good! Change the world!

1.

A．intently

B．certainly

C．incredibly

D．eagerly

2.

A．inspired

B．forced

C．attracted

D．tricked

3.

A．adjusting

B．denying

C．desiring

D．demanding

4.

A．pleasant

B．artificial

C．wonderful

D．awful

5.

A．hung

B．raised

C．nodded

D．posed

6.

A．mount up

B．figure out

C．relate to

D．wrestle with

7.

A．annoyed

B．prohibited

C．transformed

D．dominated

8.

A．heart

B．capacity

C．body

D．promise

9.

A．expand

B．give

C．switch

D．urge

10.

A．worse

B．stronger

C．wider

D．better

11.

A．decisive

B．grateful

C．optimistic

D．initial

12.

A．However

B．Though

C．Therefore

D．Instead

13.

A．pull out of

B．boil down to

C．take advantage of

D．give way to

14.

A．Where

B．What

C．How

D．When

15.

A．tackle

B．share

C．defend

D．proceed