1 . 读后续写

For the most part, Hank, a two-year-old tan-and-white rescue cat, is a homebody - and for good reason. The one time he got out his yard in Washington. DC, he managed to get stuck in a 12-metre-tall tree for two days with no food or water.

Hank’s big adventure started last November 6. Delores Bushong his 75-year-old owner, had just returned from a farmers market when she realized Hank hadn’t come in for his midday snack. She called his name in alleys and streets around her home. As it got dark, she began to worry. Then she heard mewling, looked up and spotted Hank, seated on a branch near the top of a neighbor’s tree.

Bushong believes Hank got under a fence and then became scared by some dogs. The more scared he got, the higher he climbed.

“Cats have an amazing ability to climb up trees, but actually they aren’t that good at climbing down,” said Dan Eramo, director of field services for the Humane Rescue Alliance (HRA).

Bushong, now worried about getting Hank down, asked the HRA to take the lead, but it was no easy task. HRA called the fire department, but it refused to help, citing safety concerns. Then Bushong called a construction company to ask about renting scaffolding(脚手架) but was told she would have to book the equipment 48 days in advance.

Next she reached out of a local tree company, Casey Trees, where volunteers helping with planting and trimming. But the crew that came out analyzed Hank’s predicament(困境)and said it wasn’t safe for a person to go up into the tree because the branches weren’t strong.

Bushong was quite upset. “To realize something you love is in trouble and you personally can’t do anything about it is very frustrating,” she said.

Paragraph1. Seeing this, the neighbors came to Hank’s rescue.

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Paragraph2. Once on the ground, Bushong picked Hank into her arms holding him close.

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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。

Kate double—checked the words on her spelling test. Ms. Cormack said that whoever won in her class’s Spelling Challenge today, they’d win a brand new dictionary. Plus, the teacher had promised to do a handstand if anyone got a perfect score.

Three more words to go. N—i—c—e—l—y. Q—u—i—c—k—ly. H—o—n—e—s—t—y. Wait! She’d spelled “honesty”, not “honestly”. She hurriedly erased the t—y and wrote l—y before handing in her paper.

Ms. Cormack graded the test papers at break. Meanwhile, Kate sat restlessly in her seat with her fingers crossed. Then, Ms. Cormack walked to the front of the class and cleared her throat. As if she were an Olympic gymnast, Ms. Cormack did a perfect handstand.

“Congratulations, Kate! You did it!” she announced while standing on her hands.

The whole class broke into applause! Ms. Cormack righted herself and presented Kate with her prize. Kate smiled as she read the label on the box:

To Kate Carter, for her perfect score in the Spelling Challenge.

“Is everything OK?” Mom asked as Kate rushed through the front door after school. Kate didn’t answer. As if by magic, she took out her spelling test paper and prize and showed them to her mother. Mom hugged her, asking her to put the test paper on the fridge so that Dad could see it when he got home.

Kate took another look at the test paper before putting it on the fridge. Suddenly, her hands stopped in mid—air. She just couldn’t believe her eyes. “Honesly”?

YES! H—O—N—E—S—L—Y!

Mom sensed something unusual and asked why. Kate put the test paper into her backpack and explained that she was just too excited. Mom brought her some tea. Yes, a “t” was exactly what she needed.

After drinking a little, Kate kept walking in her bedroom, lost in thought. How could she tell the class she hadn’t earned the prize and that Ms. Cormack did the handstand for nothing?

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Two hours later Dad came home.

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Eventually, she knew what she should do.

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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。

Every Christmas Eve, a small white envelope is stuck among the branches of our Christmas tree. It has been there for the past ten years or so. There is a story behind such a special tradition.

It all began because my husband Justin hated Christmas—oh, not the true meaning of Christmas. Overspending was one thing, but compared to the difficult experience of choosing gifts—running around at the last minute to get a tie for Uncle Harry and a pair of gloves for Grandma…., spending money is nothing. I felt too tired to think of any special gifts.

Knowing Justin felt the same way, I decided one year not to buy the usual shirts, sweaters, ties and so on. I had an intention that I should reach for something special just for Justin. But it was really hard for me to decide what to do.

The inspiration came in an unusual way. Our son Kevin, who was 12 that year, was wrestling at the junior level at the school which he studied in and shortly before Christmas, there was a match against a team which was sponsored by an inner-city church. These youngsters were dressed in such worn-out shoes that shoe strings seemed to be the only thing holding them together. They even didn’t have their own team uniform while our boys were in their blue and gold uniforms and new wrestling shoes. Despite these facts, they seemed eager to win their medals and their eyes were full of self-confidence. But before the match, I seemed to have expected the result of the match.

As the match began, I was shocked to see that the other team was wrestling without wearing helmets (头盔) to protect their ears. Nothing was unexpected, our boys ended up defeating them. Our son’s team took every weight class.

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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。

Justin, seated beside me, shook his head sadly.

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Soon the Christmas Eve came that year.

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