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。

At Dana’s yard sale, Tim chose a baseball from the toys spread on the card table and asked about the price. Dana told him everything was a quarter except Nezumi, a cotton toy rat. It was grey with some cotton sticking out from the hole where an ear had been torn off.

“Nezumi is extra special, so he is ten dollars. He needs a safe new home.” Dana sighed. Tim laughed saying he didn’t have ten dollars. Dana laughed too and gave Nezumi to Tim as a free gift because he was her friend. When Tim whispered it was sort of old, Dana said old toys were the best. She then invited Tim to her birthday party the next evening, adding that her parents were giving her a real rat for her birthday. Tim was amazed and asked if it was a live rat.

“Of course.” Dana said.

At home, Tim’s mother showed him the gift she had bought for Dana. It was a knitting spool(针织线轴) shaped like a mushroom. Mom said Dana could knit a scarf for her doll. Tim sighed that Dana wasn’t a knitting kind of person but a rat kind of person. Mom laughed after knowing what had happened. Together they drove to the pet store, where Tim searched and searched and selected a clear plastic ball, one in which the rat could run around on the floor safe from cats and dogs. Tim thought of Nezumi’s ear and decided Dana’s new rat would need this ball.

The next day, Dana brought cupcakes to class. When she handed a cupcake to Tim, she asked if Tim brought Nezumi to school as Nezumi liked to ride in backpacks. Tim was at a loss because Nezumi was at home on his bed. Then Dana asked what gift he was giving her. Tim replied it was a surprise. In silence they sat for a while before he heard Dana say her parents were giving her a new bike for her birthday instead of a live rat because they thought rats would bite things.

注意:1. 所续写的短文词数应为 150 左右;

2. 续写部分分为两段,每段的开头语已为你写好;

Para 1:

At home that afternoon, Tim stared at the plastic rat ball.

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Para 2:

All of a sudden, he had an idea.

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Answer

At home that afternoon, Tim stared at the plastic rat ball. Wondering about the use of the clear plastic ball if Dana had no rat, he started walking up and down the room with a frown on his face. Mom was surprised and asked him what was happening. Tim told her Dana wasn’t getting a live rat from her parents but a bike. As they were racking their brains (绞脑汁) to come up with an appropriate gift, Tim turn around and saw Nezumi on his bed.

All of a sudden, he had an idea. He lifted Nezumi and squeezing Nezumi into the plastic ball with great caution so that Nezumi would be safe from cats and dogs. Seeing this, Mom asked Tim whether he was giving Dana an old cotton rat with one ear as a gift, Tim nodded with a smile saying she would definitely like it. Looking at Mom’s confused expression, Tim added that Dana was a Nezumi kind of person who thought old toys were the BEST.

【解析】

这是一篇读后续写作文。

通过阅读所给文章可知，Tim从Dana的庭院旧货出售会得到了有一只耳朵被扯掉了的玩具老鼠Nezumi，Tim很喜欢。Dana的生日快到了，Tim去商店里为Dana喜欢的老鼠买了一个透明的塑料球，可以让它在里面跑，不会被猫和狗咬伤。第二天Tim听到Dana说她的父母给她的生日礼物是一辆新自行车，而不是一只活老鼠，因为他们认为老鼠会咬东西。

续写部分分为两段，第一段开头是：那天下午在家里，Tim盯着塑料老鼠球。所以后文应该是讲述Tim得知Dana不会受到老鼠作为生日礼物后的心理活动，他觉得买的这个塑料老鼠球没有用了，于是他皱着眉头开始在房间里走来走去。妈妈很惊讶，问他发生了什么事。Tim告诉她Dana从她父母那里得到的不是一只活老鼠，而是一辆自行车。当他们绞尽脑汁想出合适的礼物时，Tim转过身，看见Nezumi躺在床上；第二段开头是：突然，他有了一个主意。本段应该写Tim为Dana准备生日礼物的过程，Tim要送Dana一只长着一只耳朵的老鼠。

最后还要注意所续写短文的词数应为150左右。按要求完成写作任务。