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。

Old Man Donovan was a mean man who hated children. He threw rocks at them and even shot at them with a shotgun. At least that's what we had heard.

His small farm bordered our neighborhood where my younger sister, Leigh Ann,and I lived when we were growing up. His farm was long,narrow,and quaint. It held two treasures. One was his beautiful fruit.

There were many varieties of fruit:pears,apples,and lots more I just can't think of. The fruit naturally drew the children to his land. It made them into thieves. But my sister and I didn't dare to take his fruit because of the horrible rumors we had heard about Old Man Donovan.

One summer day,we were playing in a nearby field. It was time to head back home. My sister and I were feeling very daring that day. There was a short cut to our house that went through the Donovan farm. We thought he wouldn't be able to see us run across his property around the luscious fruit trees. We were almost through the farm when we heard, "Hey,girl! "in a gruff,low voice. We stopped dead in our tracks! There we were,face to face with Old Man Donovan. Our knees were shaking. We had visions of rocks pounding our bodies and bullets piercing our hearts. "Come here, "he said,reaching up to one of his apple trees. Still shaking,we went over to him. He held out several ripe,juicy,red apples. "Take these home, "he commanded. We took the apples with surprised hearts and ran all the way home. Of course, Leigh Ann and I ate the apples.

As time went on,we often went through Old Man Donovan's farm,and he kept on giving us more luscious fruit. One day,we stopped by to see him when he was on his front porch. We talked to him for hours. While he was talking,we realized that we had found the other hidden treasure: the sweet,kind heart hidden behind his gruff voice. Soon,he was one of our favorite people to talk to. Unfortunately,his family never seemed to enjoy our company. They never smiled or welcomed us in.

注意：

a.所续写短文的词数应为150左右；

b.应使用5个以上短文中标有下划线的关键词语；

c.续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；

d.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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Every summer,we would visit Mr. Donovan and talk to him.

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Paragraph 2:

The next winter,word got around that Old Man Donovan had died.

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Answer

Paragraph 1

Every summer, we would visit Mr. Donovan and talk to him. We shared with him our colorful experience at school while he kept giving out his luscious fruits to us as usual. As time went by, we seemed to be more a family than good friends and his family gradually came to greet us with a warm smile. But one summer, we were informed that he was seriously ill and we were anxious and restless, feeling like sitting on pins and needles. The next day, we rushed straight to the hospital to see his health condition. Weak as he was, he comforted us that it wasn’t a big deal. It was from his family that we knew the truth. Old Man Donovan had fell from a tree while looking after the fruits and his head was seriously hurt and need an operation. The operation might not succeed and it was a gamble whether he would live or die.

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The next winter, word got around that Old Man Donovan had died. Hearing the bad news, my sister and I just couldn’t believe it until we went back home and saw his smiling face on the wall. I felt a lump in my throat, tears welling up in my eyes. The family approached and welcomed us. “ I’m sorry for your loss.” I gave them a big hug. On my way back home, the wind whistled through the trees, as if mourning for the death of Donovan. I realized gone were the days when we sat together chatting with each other. I realized gone were the days when we were lucky enough to have a taste of the luscious fruit grown by him. However, he left us a hidden treasure-- his kind heart, which shall never die away with the passage of time.

【解析】

本篇书面表达是读后续写。通过阅读所给文章可知，作者小时候听说Donovan老头讨厌孩子。他的果园里有两件宝物，一个是果园里的水果。作者和妹妹Leigh Ann从来不敢去他的果园。但是有一天，一个偶然的机会，作者和妹妹进入了Donovan老头的果园。Donovan老头并没有像听说的那样把他们当小偷，相反还给他们苹果吃。从那以后，作者和妹妹经常去Donovan老人的农场，和他聊天。作者发现他的果园里的另一件宝藏是藏在他粗哑声音背后的那颗善良的心。

续写部分分为两段。

第1段开头是：每年夏天，我们都会去拜访多Donovan老人，和他交谈。接下来应该写作者和Donovan老人聊学校的事情，他给作者品尝他种的甘甜的水果。但是有一年夏天，Donovan老人从果树上掉了下来，头部严重受伤。作者到医院去看望他。

第2段开头是：第二年冬天，Donovan老人去世的消息传开了。下面应该写作者和妹妹去哀悼Donovan老人。作者意识到和老人坐在一起边聊天、边品尝到他种的甘甜水果的日子已经一去不复返了。然而，老人给作者留下了一笔宝藏——他那颗善良的心，它永远不会随着时间的流逝而消失。

续写时要求使用5个给出短文中标有下划线的关键词语，增加了写作的难度。阅读文章时，要熟悉有下划线的词语，以便在写作的时候恰当地加以运用。最后还要注意所续写短文的词数应是150左右。续写完成后，需要用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语，按要求完成写作任务。