Question

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 the first time that my father had asked me to help him. By the time we finished, herring (鲱鱼) covered the bottom of the boat as deep as my knees. For the first time in days, my father seemed happy.

Then he looked at the western sky, and his smile disappeared.

They are called Northwesters. They're storms that sweep out of Canada hard and fast. No one can predict their arrival. All fishermen fear them.

“We're going back,” my father said.

He started the motor. We were only two miles out, but the shore looked to me to be as far away as the moon. Over the distant hills, black clouds ran toward us like wild horses. My father set a course directly for them.

We made it only halfway home before we met the storm.

The wind came first. It lifted the lake in whitecaps. The weight of the herring made us ride low in the water, and the waves broke over our bow(船头).

By the time the rain came, we'd put more distance behind us. Although we were now only half a mile from shore, the rain fell so hard that we couldn't see the land.

I was scared, but I saw my father sitting straight in the stern(船尾), holding the boat steady into the wind, and I felt hopeful.

I was starting to think we were going to make it. That's when the motor died. My father tried many times to restart it, but failed. I saw that the boat was coming about. I knew what that meant.

We would sink in no time.

"Grab an oar(浆), "he shouted above the wind.

We set the oars in the locks and began to pull hard. My father dug his oar into the water, bringing the boat around, bow into the wind again. With all my strength, I pulled on my own oar.

The wind pushed hard against us. We seemed to be fighting the anger of the whole lake.

注意:

1. 所续写短文的词数应为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:

I was tired.

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Paragraph 2:

My mother rushed through the rain to greet us.

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Answer

I was tired. My arms were really heavy and I felt as if they were on fire. We were made up and down by the waves. I didn't know how much longer I could pull that oar through the water. As if he heard my thinking, my father called to me, "I need you, Karl. Only a little longer. "So I kept pulling. Just when I thought I had no more strength, I heard it-the sound of waves breaking against the shore. It refreshed us greatly and we kept pulling. At last we moved into the shelter with all the herring.

My mother rushed through the rain to greet us. "I've been so worried, "she said. She hugged me tightly and then my father. "Nothing to worry about, "he assured her. He put his hand on my shoulder."You did well, son. How do you feel?"Tired as I was, I managed a smile."Fine. And Daddy, you are a hero."

【解析】

本文是一篇读后续写作文，考查学生的读写能力。要求考生用150词写出接下来的两段，且必须使用5个以上文章中标出的关键词语，并标出这些关键词。

考生在动笔前，一定要认真阅读所给故事，充分理解文字内容，认真看清题目要求，把握文章的脉络和串起文本的关键词，判断关键词语与主题内容的关联程度，在此基础上，确定要选用的词语以及所在的段落位置，判断故事情节发展的方向，写作下文。重点阅读每一段的首句，写第一段的内容时，要兼顾两段的首句；第二段的首句决定第一段的走向。比如这篇文章中根据第二段的首句My mother rushed through the rain to greet us.可知，他们虽然经历了很多困难，但是还是安全地回到了家。注意故事要连贯，要完整。同时注意综合运用语法与句法结构，按照行文逻辑组织语言，写作时要准确运用正确的时态。尽量使用自己会的单词、词组和句型，不要刻意追求运用高级、新颖的词汇，强行运用复杂句型等语法结构，而忽略了与原文语言环境的符合度和连贯度。最后也要注意不要出现单词拼写错误。