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。

When I was seven years old, I went into my parent’s bedroom and saw my mother sitting at her sewing machine making doll clothes. When I asked her who the doll clothes were for, she told me that they were for the poor people, so I never gave it another thought. On the Christmas morning when I opened my present, there were those beautiful doll clothes. I said to her, “I thought the doll clothes were for the poor people.” My mother just smiled and said, “They are for the poor people. We’re poor.”

When I was nine years old my greatest desire in life was to own a pogo stick(弹簧单高跷). I had recently learned to walk on a pair of sticks my dad had made for me, and I thought that if I had a pogo stick surely I would be proud of my unbelievable skills.

When Christmas season rolled around again, I told my mother that the only thing I wanted was a pogo stick. My mother told me they were too expensive and that we simply couldn’t afford one. On a Saturday afternoon a couple of weeks before Christmas, my mom and dad told me we needed to go to Sears to pay our credit bill. While my mother and I were at the counter paying the bill, my dad said, “I’ll be right back. I need to see something in the tool department.” After the bill was taken care of, my mother and I went ahead and got in the truck. Soon my dad came walking out with a long box. I remember wondering at that very moment if it was a pogo stick in that box.

When we arrived back at home, my dad put the box in the barn(谷仓). While my parents were busy with their things, I walked out to the barn and found the box. I was so excited and I knew that as soon as I opened that magical box my bright shiny pogo stick would appear.

No such luck! Inside the box was a silly old broom. And so Christmas morning was both great and disappointing. I got some nice gifts but I didn’t get the present that I really wanted.

注意：1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；

2. 使用5个及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:

After all the wrapping(包装) paper was cleaned up, my dad said he needed to tend to something in the barn.

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Paragraph 2:

I couldn’t believe how they were able to get the money for it and how they tricked me with the broom.

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Answer

Paragraph 1：

After all the wrapping paper was cleaned up, my dad said he needed to tend to something in the barn. I thought it must be my greatest desire in life—a pogo stick and thanked my dad in my heart. So I followed him to the barn. He held a box in his hand, which I thought must have had a pogo stick in it. After my father left, I couldn’t wait to open the box. When I opened it secretly, to my great surprise, it was just a broom in it. How disappointed I was.

Paragraph 2：

I couldn’t believe how they were able to get the money for it and how they tricked me with the broom. I was so excited that I couldn’t let the pogo stick out of my sight. When I went to bed that night, I made sure my pogo stick was on the floor next to me. I’m surprised that I didn’t fall out of bed because I slept right on the edge so that I could hold onto my pogo stick as I fell asleep. My parents probably got quite a chuckle from the trick they played on me and I wonder if they were secretly watching me from the window as I snuck out to the barn to snoop for my Christmas present．

【解析】

这是一篇读后续写。文章主要讲述了作者小时候因为家境贫寒，没有钱买圣诞节礼物。她九岁那年以为爸爸给她买了她想要的玩具——弹簧单高跷，因此很高兴。后来却发现爸爸把一把扫帚装在礼盒里。经过这件事，作者即体验的兴奋也体验了失落。

续写分为两段。第一段的开头是：包装纸被清理过后，父亲说他要去谷仓看看……所以应该接着写：我想盒子里一定装着我日思夜想的弹簧单高跷。可是当我打开时，发现里面除了一把旧的扫帚外什么都没有，很伤心，很失望。第二段的开头是：我不知道他们哪儿来的钱买弹簧单高跷，也不知道他们怎么想到用一把旧扫帚来戏弄我……所以因该接着写：那天晚上我躺在床上兴奋地睡不着。我把弹簧单高跷放在床边，随时都可以碰到它。尽管这样，我也睡不着，所以睁大眼睛盯着它，心想可能爸爸妈妈现在正躲起来笑我。

续写时用5个划线词加深了写作难度，考生应熟悉划线词，然后在适当时候加以运用。续写字数应为150词左右，完成写作后要给关键词加下划线，按要求完成写作。