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故事。
It was a Saturday afternoon. The color of the sky was changing, first light gray, then dark gray, and finally dark and dense. The wind was blowing heavily, and the trees were swaying in the strong wind. It began to rain cats and dogs. Soon, the road was filled with puddles from the rain.
On such a stormy afternoon, my mother took my five-year-old brother, Christopher, and me to a new big toy store she had read about in the newspaper. “So many toys,” the advertisement had shouted in full and flashy color, “that we had to get a huge warehouse to fit them all!”
Christopher and I couldn’t have been more excited. We ran across the parking lot, through the cold and biting rain, as fast as our little legs could carry us. We left our mother outside to battle with the frustrating umbrella, which never worked when she wanted it to. “Christine! Take care of your young brother!” Mother shouted at the top of her voice.
“Christine! I’m going to find the Lego section (乐高积木区)! There’s a new pirate ship I want, and I have four dollars! Maybe I can buy it!” Christopher exclaimed and ran off excitedly. I only half heard him. I took a right turn and, to my wide-eyed delight, found myself in the midst of the Barbie (芭比) World.
I was studying a Barbie and doing some simple math in my head when suddenly an earthshaking clap of thunder roared from the storm outside. I jumped at the noise, dropping the doll to the floor. The lights flickered (闪烁) once and died, covering everything in a blanket of blackness. Thunder continued to shake the sky and lightning illuminated the store for seconds, casting frightening shadows on my mind.
注意:
1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2. 至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语；
3. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；
4. 续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。
Paragraph 1:
“Oh no,” I thought, “Where’s Christopher?”
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Paragraph2:
“Christine, I’m here.”
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假定你是高三学生李华，在复习英语的过程中遇到了一些困难，想得到英语老师Michael的帮助。请你给他写一封邮件，内容包括:
1. 描述困难；
2. 寻求帮助。
注意:
1. 词数80左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Today we visit a small museum in the American state of Maryland. It 1. (call) the National Cryptologic Museum (国家密码博物馆). There you will find information 2. was once secret.
The National Cryptology Museum is on Fort George G. Meade, a military base near Washington, DC. 3. tells not only the story of cryptology but also the men and women who have worked in this 4. (usual) profession.
The word cryptology comes 5. the Greek “kryptos logos” It means “hidden word” Cryptology is writing or communicating in ways 6. (design) to hide the meaning of your words. 7. museum has many examples of equipment that was once used to make information secret. It 8. has equipment that was developed to read secret messages. The method of 9. (hide) exact meanings is called coding. People have used secret 10. (code) throughout history to protect important information.
History books are filled with wealthy people who were practically poor compared to me.
I have storm windows, __Croesus, the last king of Lydia who was incredibly rich, did not. The entire population__ before Alexander the Great, but he couldn't buy unpacked cat food. William I, who conquered England some 930 years ago, __ a compound saw （复合锯）.
Given how much ___I am than so many famous __ people, you'd think
I'd be content. However, the__ is that, like most people, I compare my wealth with ___of living persons: neighbors, school classmates, TV personalities. The ___I feei toward my friend Howard's new kitchen is not __ by the fact that no French king __ had a refrigerator with glass doors. There is really no rising or falling ___of living. Over the centuries people simply find different things to __ about. You'd think that merely not having a disease would put us in a good __ , but no, we want a hot bathtub, too.
Of course, one way to achieve happiness would be to __ that even by contemporary standards the things I __ are pretty nice. My house is ___than the houses of many investment bankers, but even so it has a lot more rooms than my wife and I can keep __ .
__to people looking back at our era from a century or two in the future, those bankers* fancy counter tops and my own worn ones will seem __ shabby. I can't __ my neighbor right now. But just wait.
1.A. as B. while C. when D. since
2.A. jumped B. smiled C. laughed D. trembled
3.A. lacked B. possessed C. abandoned D. lost
4.A. well off B. better off C. worse off D. badly off
5.A. living B. alive C. dead D. deadly
6.A. problem B. danger C. pleasure D. question
7.A. those B. this C. that D. one
8.A. surprise B. envy C. anger D. puzzle
9.A. increased B. relieved C. added D. refused
10.A. ever B. never C. often D. sometimes
11.A. condition B. level C. state D. standard
12.A. talk B. care C. complain D. joke
13.A. mood B. expression C. state D. status
14.A. suggest B. realize C. suppose D. expect
15.A. do B. like C. hate D. own
16.A. larger B. prettier C. smaller D. uglier
17.A. clean B. messy C. comfortable D. unpleasant
18.A. However B. Besides C. Therefore D. Thus
19.A. especially B. extraordinary C. equally D. extremely
20.A. keep away from B. keep in with C. keep on at D. keep pace with
How to Overcome Shyness Have you ever found it embarrassing to talk in front of the public? In fact, a great number of people are struggling with shyness. 1..
● Act confidently.
Confidence comes through action, learning, practice, and mastery. Remember when you learned how to ride a bike? It was terrifying at first, but after you just went for it and tried it, you got it, and felt confident. Social confidence works the same way. 2. Remove avoidance and you will overcome your anxiety.
● Engage yourself
This means participating in small talk in the checkout line and talking to strangers at bars, stores, sporting events, and the gym. Additionally, approach the individuals by whom you are attracted romantically. Talk to them. Ask them to dance. Ask them out on dates.
Life is short. Who cares if you get rejected? There are seven billion people on this planet. You’re not expected to like or be liked by all of them. 3..
● 4..
Join a club, a sports team or an outdoor activity. Pick up a new project or learn a new skill. Do something to get out of your comfort zone. Part of overcoming shyness is about developing confidence in several areas of your life and not letting anxiety, fear of failure, fear of rejection, or fear of humiliation get in your way. By practicing new activities, you are confronting your fear of the unknown and learning to handle that anxiety more effectively.
● Talk it out.
5. Be more talkative and expressive in all areas of your life. Whether you’re at work, with friends, with strangers, or walking down the street, you can practice talking more openly. Let your voice and your ideas be heard.
A. Get out more often.
B. Try new things.
C. Shyness can be a characteristic of people who have low self-esteem.
D. Fortunately, there are some effective strategies to overcome shyness.
E. Start practicing giving speeches and telling stories at every opportunity.
F. Take some chances and put yourself out there to meet new people.
G. Feeling anxious is not the problem; avoiding social interactions is the problem.
Mobile phone users in China expected a pleasant surprise this month. Starting from October 1, a new policy adopted by the three giant cellphone operators — China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom — has allowed unused data from individual data packages to be carried over to the next month for use.
At the beginning, users of the three telecommunication companies welcomed this policy, since they would have more free data to use in the next month. However, even before Chinese users could enjoy the free extra package, the users found that since the adoption of the policy, the original data limits seem to be far more easily swallowed up, which means there wouldn’t be any unused data left for the next month. One user of China Unicom claimed that it took him only nine days to use up the data package of a month.
Telecoms have become a necessity in modern life like water or power, and raising or lowering costs significantly affects people’s lives and finances. But disagreements between consumers and service providers cover discussion. It is too early to judge how long the disagreement between telecommunication companies and consumers over data packages will last, since, according to media reports, the measurement of data usage is difficult to track. Companies are using “user privacy” to avoid giving out any information.
But reading through the companies posted online by cellphone users, we can sense the public’s distrust of Stated-owned enterprises (SOEs). A survey done by the people’s Tribune Research Center in 2012 found that the public’s negative impression of SOEs came from the belief that they only rely on government support and their employees usually do easy jobs but get higher pay, yet their sense of service is far behind private and foreign enterprises.
The current argument over the data package of three State-owned telecommunication giants reflects the extent of public anger. Among the country’s anti-corruption campaign (反腐败运动) and reforms, it shows the public’s enthusiasm for deepening reforms and making SOEs benefit domestic consumers.
1.The attitude of the users towards the new policy of the three telecommunication companies at the beginning can be best described as ________.
A. indifferent B. opposed C. positive D. disappointed
2.What is the result of the new policy adopted by the three telecommunication companies?
A. Chinese phone users are allowed to send their unused data to their friends.
B. Chinese phone users are presented with much cheaper individual data packages.
C. Chinese phone users have no need to buy individual data packages.
D. Chinese phone users consume the data much sooner than expected.
3.Which of the following is NOT the public’s impression of SOEs?
A. SOEs are supported by the government to a large extent.
B. SOEs have benefited domestic consumers effectively.
C. SOEs’ employees don’t deserve the high pay.
D. SOEs’ service is worse than private and foreign enterprises.
4.The last paragraph most probably implies that ________.
A. the public are not satisfied with the reforms at present
B. the public do not care about the country’s reforms
C. the public think highly of anti-corruption campaign
D. the public are confident about the reform of SOEs
