Question

【题目】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.

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

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

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Answer 1

【答案】Paragraph 1

Every summer, we would visit Mr. Donovan and talk to him. We shared with him our colorful experiences 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. But one summer, we were informed that he was seriously ill and we were anxious and restless, so we rushed straight to the hospital. It was from his family that we knew that he had fell from a tree while looking after the fruits and his head was seriously hurt and needed a dangerous operation.

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The next winter, word got around that Old Man Donovan had died. Hearing the bad news, I felt a lump in my throat and tears welled up in my eyes. 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，要求根据所给情节续写两段。

第1步：根据提示可知，本文要求续写两段：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，时态应为一般过去时。

第2步：根据写作要求，确定关键词（组），如； colorful（多姿多彩的），luscious（甘美的），inform（通知），anxious（担忧的），restless（不安的），gamble（冒险），hidden（隐藏的）及treasure（财富）等。

第3步：根据提示及关键词（组）进行遣词造句，注意主谓一致和时态问题。

第4步：连句成文，注意使用恰当的连词进行句子之间的衔接与过渡，书写一定要规范清晰，保持卷面的整洁美观。