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。
A gift of gold
It was the winter of 1937, just after Christmas. The Depression was still going on, but I was in good spirits. I was going to graduate from elementary school, but my mother still dressed me in shorts. Most of my classmates had given up wearing shorts. For the graduation ceremony, all the boys were expected to wear white shirts and dark blue wool pants.
I waited until a week before I told my mother. On a cold Monday afternoon I went home from school.
“Mom,” I said, “about graduation...”
“Yes?” she answered.
“They are going to give me the first-prize medal,” I said.
Still working over the stove, she looked over her shoulder at me and smiled broadly. “That’s wonderful, Babe. Dad and I will be both there, and we’ll be the proudest.”
She must have seen by the look on my face that something was wrong. She turned her back and said, “So?”
“So, I have to get long pants,” I said.
“Babe, we don’t have money for new pants right now,” she said.
“Okay,” I burst out.“Then I won’t go to graduation. Plus, I’m running away from home!”
“If I were you, I wouldn’t pack my bags. We’ll solve the problem of pants somehow,” she said.
The following Saturday, when my mother said “Let’s go shopping”, I knew that she had solved the problem. Then we left home. We took the trolley (有轨电车) and got off at Southern Boulevard, the best shopping street. The clothing store was just a couple of blocks away.
But first we walked a short way down the Boulevard and stopped at a place I had never noticed before.
“Wait here,” she said. Then she entered a storefront that looked like a bank and opened the door with the hand with a gold wedding ring on her ring finger.
She went out about ten minutes later with a purse in her left hand, and then we went to the pants store. I chose a pair of pants. After a patient bargain with the seller, my mother bought it at the price of three dollars and fifty cents and handed it to me.
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。
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I was holding the pants tightly under my arm when my mother went to pay the money.
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We took the trolley back home.
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根据所给汉语或首字母写出空缺处单词的适当形式，使句子完整，语法正确，每空一词。
1.I think I am a little bit color-blind, for I often find it difficult to d________ between blue and green.
2.Doctor Smith finally came to the c________ that the rare disease had little chance of being cured.
3.In the a________ of hard evidence, the thief was set free.
4.It is r________ that people have their teeth examined every year.
5.Much of the information he got is of no p________ use.
6.He___________(忽视) the “no smoking” sign and lit a cigarette in the waiting room, so he was fined.
7.With spring__________(临近), the weather becomes warmer and trees turn green.
8.He___________(抱怨) to me about her rudeness, saying she was the last person that he would like to deal with.
9.I__________(惊慌) when I saw smoke coming out of the engine.
10.No one was injured in the fire, but the building was completely________ (毁坏).
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
You’ve probably seen the term extreme sports in magazines, heard about it on the evening news, and seen it 1. (advertise) in sporting goods stores. So, what exactly are extreme sports?
During the 1970s and 1980s, the term “extreme sports” 2. (use) for sports that were often dangerous and could result in injury or even death. Today, however, extreme sports also include 3. (activity) that give a feeling of adventure without 4. (necessary) putting your life in danger. For every extreme sport there is professional equipment that has been developed 5. (protect) your body and improve your performance.
Extreme sports cover a wide 6. (vary) of activities. Some extreme sports have developed 7. a familiar activity, like mountain biking. Some extreme sports may not be well-known. Bouldering, for example, is a type of rock climbing in 8. no rope is used. It usually takes place in an area with large rocks or in climbing centers.
People have never stopped 9. (develop) new types of extreme activities. These sports are gaining 10. large audience and growing in popularity, especially among young people.
I was planning another garage sale (宅前旧物出售). I was _________ the basement deciding which objects were to be freed when I had an awful _________. The last garage sale I’d taken part in a few years earlier had taken days of sorting and pricing. I’d been _________ I was going to earn much money. _________, I suffered from heat stroke (中暑), and the money I made wasn’t enough to pay for the medical fees.
It occurred to me it might be _________ to try that again. The items I planned on selling this time were usable but inexpensive. I had once _________ some of these things and I’d already made good use of them. Maybe they could be _________ for someone else now. That’s when it _________ me that I could just _________ these good but unneeded things.
That Saturday morning, I put __________ stuff on a piece of wood and __________ it and half my unwanted things out to the driveway. Two hours later, people wandered around starting to take things. __________ by this, I started dragging the rest of the stuff out.
That’s when the __________ began. I offered people empty boxes and told them to __________ them up. One elderly woman __________ me with my beloved tablecloths in her hand. She thanked me, saying she always wanted tablecloths like these but could never __________ them. Then it became a display of __________. It was such an atmosphere of fun that soon I entered the house to find more things.
Looking back, I made no money from those things but I felt __________ that day. Instead of __________ part of my history, I got to add new __________ related those former possessions (财产).
1.A.breaking into B.looking around C.fixing up D.laying out
2.A.journey B.childhood C.presentation D.experience
3.A.sure B.afraid C.sorry D.right
4.A.Instead B.Otherwise C.However D.Therefore
5.A.perfect B.crazy C.possible D.natural
6.A.showed B.observed C.ignored D.treasured
7.A.useful B.unnecessary C.strange D.special
8.A.delighted B.convinced C.hit D.surprised
9.A.throw away B.give away C.put away D.take away
10.A.cheap B.simple C.rare D.free
11.A.dragged B.picked C.figured D.left
12.A.Forced B.Impressed C.Moved D.Encouraged
13.A.exploration B.pleasure C.misfortune D.meeting
14.A.fill B.hold C.cut D.mix
15.A.provided B.charged C.approached D.associated
16.A.borrow B.afford C.abandon D.produce
17.A.regrets B.mercies C.doubts D.thanks
18.A.envy B.joy C.anxiety D.admiration
19.A.losing B.rewriting C.destroying D.reviewing
20.A.amusements B.feelings C.memories D.glories
Everyone is aware that taking good care of our bodies can prevent many medical problems from occurring later. However, we often have less awareness of preventative actions we should take to help with mental health problems. While our mental health may be fine right now, many of us will struggle at some point. 1. It’s impossible to get through life without challenges, but our mental health prevention habits can help us get through difficult times. 2.
Keep active. The more active you physically, mentally and socially are, the higher the level of your mental wellness is likely to be. So go for walks and learn something new. There are many other ways to be active. 3.
Be connected. Regular involvement in social activities with supportive friends and family improves your ability to handle disappointments, and everything else life throws at you. 4. But you can be involved in any manner; even volunteering for an organization can help you be more social.
5. The nature of these activities varies widely from person to person. The key is to identify what gives your life meaning. Volunteering, coaching, teaching, etc. all can contribute to increasing your sense of confidence and satisfaction with life. Many activities can address more than one. The key is to make a plan and stick with it. If you are already struggling, begin to practice these ways to help your recovery.
A.Here are three practical steps.
B.However, good mental health is important.
C.Stresses, disappointments and disasters happen.
D.Overcome life’s challenges before they happen.
E.Be committed to activities that give life meaning.
F.The key is to find what keeps you motivated and interested.
G.This can be difficult when you move to a new town or as you get older.
Waste heat from one of the London Underground’s lines will be used to warm over a thousand homes in the UK capital this winter. The warm air will be channeled from the Northern Line to support the London Borough of Islington’s district heating.
Named Bunhill 2,the heat network is a joint project between Islington Council, Transport for London and engineering firm Ramboll and is considered as the first of its kind in Europe. The council hopes the system will make London more self-sufficient (自给自足的) in energy, cut carbon emissions and reduce heating bills for people.Meanwhile, tube passengers on the underground can also expect cooler air.
District heating, also known as heat networks, is the supply of heat and hot water from a central source to a group of buildings. The Bunhill 2 district heating system is the second phase (阶段) of Islington Council’s Bunhill Heat and Power scheme-a heat network in Islington that was established in 2013 to warm approximately 700 homes.
The network currently channels heat created in the Bunhill Energy Centre power station into local council housing, schools and a leisure centre. Bunhill 2 will extend this network to more community buildings and a further 450 homes.
The central source of the Bunhill 2 heat network is a ventilation shaft (通风井)-a passage that is used to expel waste heat-in the abandoned (废弃的) City Road station. A heat pump designed by Ramboll will capture this extra heat from the ventilation shaft, before it is warmed to approximately 70 degrees Celsius. This will then be transferred (转移) into Islington’s heat network to supply heat and hot water to buildings.
According to the Greater London Authority, there is enough heat wasted in London to meet 38 per cent of the city’s heating demand. The expansion of district heating networks like Bunhill 2 could see this increase to 63 per cent by 2050.
“We believe that the use of large-scale heat in this way connected to urban district heating systems will play a major part in the Uk’s heating energy demand,” explained Lucy Padfield, director of District Heating at Ramboll.
“The use of heat pumps taking advantage of industrial waste heat sources is more carbon efficient than gas-fired combined heat and power, the usual source of heat for district energy schemes,” she continued. “I am convinced that with the increasing use of renewable power sources, large-scale heat pumps connected to district heating systems will play a major role in the future heating of cities in the UK.”
1.What can we learn about Bunhill 2 in London?
A.It is inspired by other cities in Europe.
B.It will be beneficial to London’s environment.
C.It can satisfy the whole city’s need for energy.
D.It is aimed at cooling the London Underground.
2.What does the underlined word “expel” in Paragraph 5 most probably mean?
A.Rely on B.Deal with.
C.Break down. D.Drive out
3.What is Lucy Padfield’s attitude towards Bunhill 2?
A.Concerned. B.Confident
C.Amazed D.Disapproving
4.What is the text mainly about?
A.London’s special way to protect the environment.
B.The development of London’s district heating network.
C.Using waste heat from the underground to warm homes.
D.Ways to deal with the London Underground’s waste heat.
