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。

I thought my parents were crazy when they said over dinner one night that I was going to have a brother or sister in about nine months. I always wanted a little brother or sister, and now I was finally going to get one. However, I was at a point in my life where I was used to not having brothers or sisters, and being the center of attention at home.

The next several months were filled with excitement as we prepared for the new addition to the family. My Aunt Dorothy and Aunt Lynda threw her a wonderful baby shower. To my surprise, I also received presents. My family was worried about how I would feel once the baby was born, so they showered me with attention. All of my friends were excited for me. In a way, I thought they were looking forward to me experiencing the pains of being an elder sister.

The following days went by rather quickly. Before I knew it, one summer morning in June my mom was taken to the hospital. I was visiting my Aunt Lynda in Missouri when we got the call that my mom was in labor (分娩), so we drove to the hospital, hoping that we wouldn’t miss the big event. We stepped into the hospital at 12:03 p.m., which was the exact time my sister, Bekah, was born.

My mom had some complications (并发症) after the delivery. What was supposed to be a time of celebration now became a life-or-death waiting game. My first reaction was to hate the baby, since I felt it was all her fault (错误) that this happened. I had my mom to myself for fifteen years of my life, and now it looked as if she was going to be taken away from me forever.

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。

When I saw Bekah for the first time, those bad feelings went away.

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One week later, my mom pulled through, and it was time to go home.

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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 woman remarried a man from Mexico. She already had a 16-year-old daughter named Bethany, while her husband had a 14-year-old daughter named Maria. Maria and Bethany had been in each other’s lives since they were children. Their relationship as stepsisters was good until recently.

The entire family was busy planning Maria’s Quinceanera (成人礼). The woman’s husband and his ex-wife joined forces to get her a beautiful dress to celebrate the occasion. In total, the dress cost $3,000.

Bethany made it clear that she was jealous (嫉妒的) of the party. Her mom had to make her understand that in Mexican culture, a Quinceanera was a great deal, just like how she had a sweet sixteen party. However, Bethany kept comparing her party to that of Maria’s. It was a massive issue for her, and it reflected in the way she behaved around everyone at home.

Knowing how it made Bethany feel, the mom tried to spend more time with her daughter to assure her that she wasn’t being disregarded. They even got her a lovely dress for the Quinceanera, but much cheaper than Maria’s dress.

Two weeks before the big day, Maria and Bethany got into an argument regarding the TV. Bethany retaliated (报复) against her stepsister by tearing off the back part of her Quinceanera dress. After finding out what Bethany did, everyone was angry. The mom couldn’t believe what her daughter did and quickly gave her husband and his ex-wife money to get a new dress.

The mom told Bethany that she needed to get a job to pay back the total price of the dress. It was her punishment for such an unreasonable act against her stepsister. However, Bethany claimed her mom was unfair by choosing Maria over her. This made the mom question whether she was in the wrong for giving her daughter no choice but to find a job. She wrote about the story online, hoping to get opinions from others on whether what she did was wrong.

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。

To her surprise, she got everybody’s support.

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Finally, the mom was determined to teach her 16-year-old a lesson.

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3 . Sara Duncan, a mother of two and teacher from Fredericktown, Missouri, posted a picture on the Internet after she took her younger daughter lo the hospital together with her husband. Joe Duncan. The picture of the father sleeping on the hospital floor is causing a lively _________ about equal parenting.

Sara posted the picture _________, because she knew she didn’t give him enough _________ for how impressive he is as a husband and a father.

Sara _________ why she wanted to photograph the moment. Joe works as a technician and had just _________ a 12-hour shift (轮班) that night on March 23. Sara told him she wanted to bring their daughter to hospital after _________ she was breathing with great _________. Sara knew her husband was _________, and had to return to a morning shift a few hours later. But he was a very _________ person. He didn’t want his wife to __________ to their child on her own in the hospital. Sara said her child received small treatment and was __________ to go home after two hours. When she looked down on the ground, Sara __________ Joe had already fallen fast asleep. She looked at him thinking how __________ she was to him.

Sara’s post was __________ more than 31,000 times. She wrote: “Wives and their husbands __________ shared parenting roles and responsibilities, but the share isn’t always 50/50. Sometimes it’s 60/40, 70/30, or __________ 80/20. The everyday housework heavily __________ women. And husbands have to be __________ to spare no efforts.”

It’s important to discuss your expectations of __________ and responsibilities if parents and all people are to be valued __________ and if we’re going to keep moving forward in our culture.

1.

A．criticism

B．introduction

C．discussion

D．disagreement

2.

A．sincerely

B．honestly

C．hurriedly

D．awkwardly

3.

A．imagination

B．recognition

C．limitation

D．opportunity

4.

A．announced

B．apologized

C．explained

D．complained

5.

A．completed

B．exchanged

C．prevented

D．considered

6.

A．admitting

B．fearing

C．noticing

D．doubting

7.

A．speed

B．pressure

C．confidence

D．difficulty

8.

A．excited

B．exhausted

C．disappointed

D．astonished

9.

A．fortunate

B．intelligent

C．responsible

D．special

10.

A．respond

B．attend

C．contribute

D．reply

11.

A．required

B．ordered

C．refused

D．permitted

12.

A．discovered

B．understood

C．reported

D．remembered

13.

A．helpful

B．polite

C．friendly

D．grateful

14.

A．repeated

B．offered

C．shared

D．needed

15.

A．hate

B．appreciate

C．ignore

D．suspect

16.

A．even

B．never

C．only

D．still

17.

A．hunts for

B．cheers up

C．turns to

D．falls on

18.

A．willing

B．curious

C．interesting

D．unhappy

19.

A．purposes

B．examples

C．solutions

D．roles

20.

A．gradually

B．equally

C．privately

D．unfairly