Question

阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。 续写的词数应为150左右。

David knew the waterfall was coming. It wasn't his first visit to the river in central California. He figured he would hop out of his raft into the sallow water, rappel down the rocks (沿岩壁下降)on either side of the fall, and continue on his way, as he had on a previous trip.

But this year was different. Heavy snow and spring rains had turned the usually manageable falls into something fierce. And this year, instead of his friends, David's companions were his girlfriend, Sara, and his l3-year-old son, Hunter. As the three of them approached the falls late in the afternoon of the third day of their camping trip, David could tell from the increasing roar of water in the narrowing valley that they were in serious trouble. There was no way they 'd be able to rappel down the rocks as planned.

They could wade (蹚水) to the shore, but would anyone find them there? They had no phone service, and they hadn't seen a single person in the past three days. And David knew they'd be sharing the ground there with snakes and mountain lions.

As he wondered what to do, David hit on a bit of luck he heard voices coming from the other side of the fall. He yelled, but the sound of the rushing water drowned him out.

We had to do get these people a message, David thought. He caught a branch and pulled out his pocketknife to carve“Help" in it. Then he tied a rope to it so the people would know it wasn't just any branch. He tried flying it over the falls, but it floated away in the wrong direction.

Then he spotted his green water bottle David grabbed it and carved “Help!” on it Sara also reminded him that he had a pen and paper, which she'd brought to play games with, in his backpack.

David knew it was just an attempt. But he wrote down“6- 15-19 We are stuck here at the waterfall. Get help please”and pushed the note into the bottle.

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This time, his throw over the waterfall was perfect.

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The next morning. they heard a helicopter hovering (盘旋) above them.

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Answer

Paragraph1:

“All right, that’s all we can do,” David told Sara. Then they went back to the beach where they’d had lunch. They made a fire and laid out a tarp. As the evening wore on, they placed a headlamp with a flashing light on a ledge. By about 10:30 p.m.，they decided they probably weren’t going to get rescued that night, so they pulled out their sleeping bags. Before sleeping， David added more wood to the fire to keep the mountain lions away.

Then, just after midnight, David suddenly woke up because he dreamed that they heard a helicopter hovering above them and they heard the magic words: “This is Search and Rescue. You have been found. “Unfortunately, looking around, he could see nothing but endless darkness. He then fell into sleep again.

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David’s dream became true! The helicopter circled as the pilot looked for a good place to land. Finally the helicopter landed safely and it was a moment of pure happiness as the three chatted with the officers who had rescued them.When the officers dropped them back at the Finch Campground, the family learned more about the long shot events that had saved them: Some hikers had seen the water bottle in the water. When they picked it up, they noticed the writing on it — “Help!”. Then they realized there was a note inside. After they read it, they hightailed it to the campground, turned the bottle in. David is planning on having a big barbecue to meet the hikers — and thank them.“I imagine it’s going to be one of the greatest moments of my life.” he says.

【解析】

这是一篇读后续写。

前文主要讲述了David一家去野营，大雪和春雨把通常可以控制的瀑布变成了水流汹涌的瀑布，使得他们一家困在了山上，他们听到瀑布另一侧有人的声音，下决心要把信息传递给这些人，最后他们在所携带的绿色水壶上刻下了“帮助”两个字，并用所带的纸笔写下了“ 6- 15-19我们被困在瀑布了。 请寻求帮助”，然后将纸条塞入瓶子。根据给的第一段开头This time, his throw over the waterfall was perfect.（这次，他完美地将水壶扔过了瀑布。），可知本段是续写水壶被扔过瀑布之后，David他们等待救援的过程。第二段是以The next morning. they heard a helicopter hovering (盘旋) above them.（第二天早上。 他们听到一架直升机盘旋在他们上方。）开头，由此可知他们最后获救了，所以这段重点写他们是如何被救以及被救之后的事情。