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 17, I read a magazine article about a museum called the McNay Art Museum, once the home of a watercolorist named Marian McNay. She had requested the community to turn it into a museum upon her death. On a sunny Saturday, Sally and I drove over to the museum.

“Do you have the address?” Sally asked while we were on the way.

“No, but I will recognize it. There was a picture in the magazine” I answered confidently.

“Oh. There it is.” I pulled my car slowly over a house which seemed like a house with heavy smell of life rather than a former residence(故居). 

Surprisingly, nobody was at the gate and admission was free. We opened the door and entered, excited. A group of people sitting around a table stopped chatting and started at us.

A sweet girl in her teens locked her eyes on us and welcomed us with a sweet smile, “Hello, but who are you looking for?”

A man stood up and said almost at the same time “May I help you?”

“No,” I said. “We’re fine.”

Tour guides got on my nervous. What if they talked a long time about a painting you were not that interested in? Sally had gone upstairs. The people in the hall seemed very confused, keeping their eyes on me with curiosity. What was their problem? Some nice sculptures were well placed along the staircases(楼梯) and some paintings from Van Gogh or Picasso were hanging on walls and I appreciated them and highly praised the most beautiful house. Suddenly a picture of a man surrounded by a warm family caught my eyes and I also spotted the sweet girl among them.

“This is the most beautiful house I have visited.” said I, turning sharply, almost scaring the girl standing behind me.

“The most beautiful house ? The most beautiful house!”She murmured.

“Am I at the McNay Art Museum?” asked I .

注意：

1. 所续写的短文的词数应为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:

She smiled, shaking her head.                                                                

Paragraph 2:

Years later, after a public speech, a woman approached and thanked me, asking whether I once entered a house , thinking it was the McNay Art Museum.                                                               

Answer

Paragraph 1:

She smiled, shaking her head. “Sorry, the McNay Art Museum is on another street.”

“What’s this place?” I asked, still confused.

“It’s my home” she said with a sweet smile and her answer shocked me.

Recovering from the shock, I raced to the staircases and called Sally to come down immediately. I pushed her towards the front door, waving at the family and asking them to forgive us for breaking into their beautiful house. Outside, when I told Sally what had happened, she covered her mouth, laughing.

Paragraph 2:

Years later, after a public speech, a woman approached and thanked me,asking whether I once entered a house , thinking it was the McNay Art Museum .

“Yes. But how do you know? We never told anyone.”I asked in surprise

“That was my home. I was the girl saying hello to you in the hall.”I locked my eyes on her and could figure out the familiar sweet smile. She told me she never felt lucky before we came over and she never realized what a beautiful house she once lived in. Her feeling about her home changed after that and she had always wanted to thank me.

【解析】

这是一篇读后续写作文。

通过阅读所给文章可知，文章主要讲述了作者和朋友开车去参观麦克奈艺术博物馆，结果错入了别人的家里，作者还毫不知情对房子的主人夸奖房子很美丽，在了解了自己误闯入别人之后，作者和朋友请求他们的原谅。多年以后，作者再次遇到了那个房子主人，她告诉作者，在他们来之前她从未感到幸运，她也从未意识到自己曾经住过这么漂亮的房子。从那以后，她对自己家的感觉变了，她一直想感谢作者。

续写部分分为两段，第一段开头是：她笑了，摇了摇头。所以后文应该是讲述作者得知房子不是麦克奈艺术博物馆后的反应，他们为自己闯入了他们的房子而向主人道歉；第二段开头是：多年以后，在一次公开演讲之后，一位女士走过来感谢我，并问我是否曾经进过一所房子，以为那是麦克奈艺术博物馆。本段应该写房子的主人和作者再次重逢后，告诉作者的话。她告诉作者，在他们来之前她从未感到幸运，她也从未意识到自己曾经住过这么漂亮的房子。从那以后，她对自己家的感觉变了，她一直想感谢作者。

续写时要求使用5个以上短文中标有下划线的关键词语增加了写作难度，我们要熟悉所给划线词语，恰当的时候加以运用。最后还要注意所续写短文的词数应为150左右；续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。按要求完成写作任务。