Question

Twenty years ago, I drove a taxi for a living. One night I went to pick up a passenger at 2:30 a. m. When I arrived to collect, I found the building was dark except for a single light in a ground floor window.

I walked to the door and knocked, "Just a minute," answered a weak, elderly voice.

After a long time, the door opened. A small woman in her eighties stood before me. By her side was a small suitcase.

I took the suitcase to the car, and then returned to help the woman. She took my arm and we walked slowly towards the car.

She kept thanking me for my kindness. "It's nothing," I told her. "I just try to treat my passengers the way I would want my mother treated."

"Oh, you're such a good man." She said. When we got into the taxi, she gave me an address, and then asked, "Could you drive through downtown?"

"It's not the shortest way," I answered quickly.

"Oh, I'm in no hurry," she said. "I'm on my way to a hospice (临终医院). I don't have any family left. The doctor says I don't have very long."

I quietly reached over and shut off the meter (计价器). For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once worked, the neighborhood where she had lived, and the furniture shop that had once been a ballroom where she had gone dancing as a girl.

Sometimes she'd ask me to slow down in front of a particular building and would sit staring into the darkness, saying nothing.

At dawn, she suddenly said, "I'm tired. Let's go now." We drove in silence according to the address she had given me.

"How much do I owe you?" she asked.

"Nothing." I said.

"You have to make a living," she answered. "Oh, there are other passengers," I answered. She said thanks to me, but she looked so sad.

注意：1.所续写的短文词数应为150左右；

2.应使用5个以上短文中标有下划线的关键词语；

3.续写部分分为二段，每段的开头语已经为你写好；

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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Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug.

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I was on my way to visit her.

Answer

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Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug. She held onto me tightly. Before the woman left , I said to her, “My mother treated everyone kindly, she is a great person, but she passed away years ago. you are like my mother,” the woman said, “thank you. If you want to visit me, I’ll tell you my story.” Then the woman left. After a long pause, I drove the taxi to go home.

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The next day, I was on my way to visit her. The old woman told me that she used to be a millionaire. She became immersed in making money. She was the owner of a particular building we saw last night. But she neglected her family. Her only son died one year ago because of cancer. She sold everything to save him, but failed. How sad！ At last, the old woman said to me, “Life is short, but please be in no hurry. Though everyone has to earn money to make a living, always remember that family is the most important thing to you,” I said nothing but nodded hard.

【解析】

试题分析：本文为读后续写。文章讲述的是作者去接了一个即将即开这个世界的老人去医院，路上对老人非常友善，并免费带老人去市中心转了一圈。文章给了两段的第一句话用来提示，学生可据此展开联想。注意要求词数应为150左右；应使用5个以上短文中标有下划线的关键词语；续写完成后，要用下划线标出关键词语。

【亮点说明】Before the woman left , I said to her,时间状语从句用在句中；If you want to visit me,I’ll tell you my story.条件状语从句用在其中；The old woman told me that she used to be a millionaire.使用宾语从句；She was the owner of a particular building we saw last night.定语从句运用巧妙；Though everyone has to earn money to make a living, always remember that family is the most important thing to you, Though引导的让步状语从句和宾语从句完美结合；另外，续写内容符合要求，结构严谨，前后呼应，文中关键词使用得当。

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