2022届高考英语二轮复习：读后续写专练（含答案）
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读后续写专练
（一）
A
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。
I had insisted on dropping out of college after my first semester (学期) in order to try and join the Merchant Marine. Using an article from Life as my guide I decided to hitch-hike down to New Orleans and see the world.
My family was relatively poor and my youth had been in the workers' section of a large New England mill town. My father and I had spent a difficult time ever since my mother passed away. It often seemed as if we were more like roommates rather than father and son. He thought I was foolish to drop out of school; I didn't inform him of my plans.
One day in February, I left a note on the kitchen table, telling him I was going to New York for a few days and would be back soon. I walked to a highway near where I lived, stuck out my thumb, and was “on the road.”
My trip to New Orleans was a mistake. The Merchant Marine wasn't taking on any people for a while. I decided to wait in New Orleans until it did. I lasted over a week, living in a dirty hotel until my money started to run out. I had to sleep in the park for a few days. Life seemed to become a continuous adventure. I wrote embarrassingly terrible poetry to express my bitterness.
From New Orleans I went to New York and stayed with a friend for a few weeks, then Martha's Vineyard, living on the beach in April. After that Nantucket and a deserted house and, finally, an extended stop in Boston. There was no word from the Merchant Marine. I felt so desperate. My close friend Jimmy called me one day and asked me how everything was going. I had to tell him the truth and he soon persuaded me to go back.
注意：1. 续写词数应为150左右；2. 请按如下格式在相应位置作答。
When I came back to my father's I had been gone for over two months.
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Finally, he put his paper down and looked at me.
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B
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。
The Lunar New Year for 2019 fell on February 5th. Public Schools in New York gave the kids the day off to celebrate. It was sunny. How should I spend such a nice day I decided to take my daughter to an ice rink (溜冰场). I used to ice-skate in my childhood and I assumed ice-skating was a skill like riding a bike. My 6-year-old was desperate to learn. I couldn't think of a better day to take her for her first spin around the pond.
We arrived at the Wollman Rink near the south end of Central Park and I got us both laced up. We awkwardly worked our way to the entrance of the rink and stepped onto ice that was more slippery than I remembered. No sooner had our blades (冰刀) touched the frozen ice than both my daughter and I felt ourselves rushing toward the ground. I managed to keep my balance by clinging to (紧贴着) the wall surrounding the rink and my daughter stayed upright by clinging to me. I caught my breath and made a game plan: Don't fall down. In my mind, as a middle-aged woman, falling was to be avoided at all costs.
Falling hurts. It's hard to get back up. The ice is cold. I decided if we could just stay upright, I could count our day as a success. So around the rink we went, me holding tightly to my daughter's hand. Any time our balance changed, I would push our hands skyward, leaving her swinging above the ice like a fish on a line. We repeated this move for two rotations (圈) around the rink and then I gave up. The stress of keeping us both standing was too much. “Maybe we can come back another time,” I told her.
注意：1. 续写词数应为150左右；2. 请按如下格式在相应位置作答。
At that moment, one of her friends from school appeared.
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My daughter wanted to keep skating, but I explained that I had already taken my skates off and wasn't going back to the ice.
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C
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。
Jessica O'Connor and Dion Reynolds are typical of Kiwis their age. They have a very strong free spirit and passion for outdoor adventure. O'Connor is a guide in New Zealand's famous Abel Tasman National Park. Reynolds is the more outgoing of the pair, a long-haired chef full of energy. They often partner to hike in their spare time.
O'Connor and Reynolds set off into Kahurangi National Park, intending to follow the river and camp for a few days, then come out sometime before May 15. They initially followed their planned route but soon ran into trouble. At their first campsite, they tried to dry their clothes after walking with an effort through the river. They ended up burning three out of the four socks that they had.
What unfolded next was a series of critical mistakes. The pair misjudged their distance — they walked further than they had expected. Fog set in and made it difficult for them to know where to go. They eventually realized that they were completely lost. After a heated discussion, they made the decision to stay put. They had some food, enough to last several days, and they planned to ration (限定……的量) it so it would last for as long as possible.
New Zealand is a country known for adventure tourism. Kahurangi is New Zealand's newest national park. It's situated across both the Tasman and West Coast regions and covers an enormous 452, 002 hectares. It is a complex place — the area was heavily forested and rugged (多岩石的), the search was a difficult one to say the least. Some areas in the park don't even have trails. New Zealand's diverse climate means conditions can change rapidly, making weather an additional danger to the challenging geography. In these conditions, three main things put life at risk: freezing temperatures, injury and starvation.
注意：1. 续写词数应为150左右；2. 请按如下格式在相应位置作答。
Luckily, O'Connor and Reynolds had high-quality tents and sleeping bags.
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A large search party including 50 people, five tracking experts, three dog teams and two helicopter crews were sent to find O'Connor and Reynolds.
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答案
（一）
A
When I came back to my father's I had been gone for over two months. I had expected he would explode with violent anger because I hadn't called or even sent a postcard since I left. I walked into the living room and sat down, waiting for a volcano to erupt. My father was reading a newspaper, glanced up, nodded at me, and then went back to his paper. He kept on reading for what seemed an hour but in fact it was probably only 5-10 minutes.
Finally, he put his paper down and looked at me. He sighed and shook his head. “I made my mistakes in my youth; it looks as if you have to make yours. Just, please, be careful and don't get hurt,” he said. He then went back to reading. I felt so shocked and bowed my head in shame. I had prided myself on my talent and turned a deaf ear to my father's advice. I felt deep regret at the missed opportunity. I decided to go back to college and finish my degree.
B
At that moment, one of her friends from school appeared. “I want to skate with her!” My daughter looked at me with anxious eyes. Desperate to take my own skates off, I agreed. Her friend took her hand and I headed back to the benches. Seconds later, my daughter fell. I was just about to jump over the wall to help her when I realized she was struggling only because she was laughing so hard. I watched her reach for her friend's hand, get back on her feet, and skate off only to fall three paces later. They finally came back to the benches because the friend had to head home.
My daughter wanted to keep skating, but I explained that I had already taken my skates off and wasn't going back to the ice. “I can skate on my own!” she insisted. I had to agree. I spent the next hour watching my daughter circle the rink: stepping at first, falling, hanging on to the wall, stepping, falling and getting up; falling, then stepping and moving along smoothly until she could make it all the way around without a single fall.
C
Luckily, O'Connor and Reynolds had high-quality tents and sleeping bags. They could preserve them indefinitely from the cold. However, they carried only five or six days of food. They also desperately needed to be nearer water. Heavy rain paused rescue attempts for a number of days. Temperatures dropped to -8 C on some nights. Yet the pair stayed calm and maintained their spirit. Instead of wandering off and tiring themselves, they saved their energy.
A large search party including 50 people, five tracking experts, three dog teams and two helicopter crews were sent to find O'Connor and Reynolds. What saved them was the decision to stay put. They found water, lit a fire and stayed in a small clearing in the woods. The smoke from the fire saved their life, as it helped the search team to spot their location. The pair had some injuries and had been without food for some time. However, they were in good spirits. O'Connor was very emotional when seeing her mother — she was in tears and couldn't talk much. Both of them expressed their great thanks to the rescuers.
（二）
A
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。
When I was in high school in the late 1990s, class schedules were handed out on the first day of class in the new school year, and students had approximately one week to make changes to their course load and class selection. This system generally worked out well for all involved.
On the first day of my senior year, however, I looked over my schedule and realized a problem with my courses. When I'd selected my senior classes at the end of junior year, I'd chosen Creative Writing and Mythology as two English electives because I enjoyed both and had heard great things about the Mythology class, which was taught by one of my favorite teachers. Instead, my schedule showed Creative Writing during the second semester, but Public Speaking in the first semester in place of Mythology. I was disappointed. Public Speaking was something I did not like in the slightest.
I went to the guidance office and spoke with my guidance counselor about my problem. The counselor looked through my paperwork about the classes and explained, “Well, Mythology just didn't work with your schedule, so we had to put you into another elective to make sure you got your full English credit for graduation, and Public Speaking worked with your class schedule.”
I just gave her a confused look. This time, the counselor spoke more slowly. “You need one full credit of English to graduate, and Creative Writing is only half a credit, so we had to choose another elective for you.”
I pointed to the top line of my schedule, first period. “I'm in AP English.” AP English not only had a full-hour class period, it also had a full-hour every-other-day lab period immediately after. It was worth one and a half credits of English and took up the top line and a half of my schedule.
注意：1. 续写词数应为150左右；2. 请按如下格式在相应位置作答。
The counselor gave me a surprised look and asked, “Then ... why did you sign up for two electives ”______________________________________________________
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On Monday morning, I had a new schedule in hand.
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B
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。
Last weekend, my 8-year-old son Nicholas' baseball team was playing in a tournament in Rockwall, Texas. After having a win in our first game on Sunday morning, we had a short break before our next game. Since it was lunchtime and I hadn't packed much that was healthy, we decided to go grab a quick bite.
I didn't know the layout of the town we were in, so it took me a few minutes to find a decent place to eat. With the clock ticking, we ate our burgers quickly. We didn't get far when out of the corner of my eye I spotted a 7-Eleven — suddenly I realized that I desperately needed a large cup of coffee. The wind had made the morning a little chilly (寒冷的), so I figured that adding some coffee to the cheeseburger would help me make it through the next game.
When we got there, I saw about eight coffee pots, each of which contained about one cup of coffee. The store clerk was only about five feet away doing some cleaning. Since there were no other customers, I got his attention and asked if he knew which pot had the freshest remains. He said he didn't know, but that he would make a fresh pot for me.
I quickly responded that we were short on time because Nicholas had to go back to the field. The clerk assured me that it wouldn't take long, and as anxious as I was to get going, I really didn't want to walk out of the store empty-handed.
As promised, the coffee was ready in a flash. The extraordinarily helpful clerk called me over once the pot was about half full. He served me right away, so I wouldn't have to wait any longer.
注意：1. 续写词数应为150左右；2. 请按如下格式在相应位置作答。
A few customers walked in and built a short line at the checkout counter.
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I thanked him several times as we walked to the door.
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答案
（二）
A
The counselor gave me a surprised look and asked, “Then … why did you sign up for two electives ” “Because I wanted to take them,” I said simply. The counselor said, “We'll take Public Speaking off of your schedule for you, which means you'll have another free period. You'll have your new schedule by Monday.” I breathed a sigh of relief and expressed my thanks to her.
On Monday morning, I had a new schedule in hand. This change would give me two free periods in a row. A few weeks later, a friend of mine mentioned that there was a second Mythology class during my original free period — the one right after Public Speaking on my original schedule — and it wasn't even full. I could have had Mythology after all if someone had been willing to replace my free period, which I didn't really need. At least the extra free periods during senior year let me get homework done at school rather than having to spend time at home doing it. A silver lining, I guess.
B
A few customers walked in and built a short line at the checkout counter. Right as I got behind the last customer, the clerk raised his hand and signaled to us to go around to him. At first, I thought he wanted me to cut in front of someone. Then, he made it very clear that the coffee was free. I was really caught off-guard as I stood there in disbelief. I reached into my pocket to pull out some money, but the clerk said, “No, you don't need to pay. Good luck today.”
I thanked him several times as we walked to the door. As I pulled out of the parking lot, I looked through the glass window of the convenience store and saw the clerk happily serving the customers who had been ahead of me in line. I felt my eyes water as I considered the kindness of this clerk. Nicholas and I made it to the field just in time. Nicholas' team won that game and the two games that followed.
（一）
A
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。
I had insisted on dropping out of college after my first semester (学期) in order to try and join the Merchant Marine. Using an article from Life as my guide I decided to hitch-hike down to New Orleans and see the world.
My family was relatively poor and my youth had been in the workers' section of a large New England mill town. My father and I had spent a difficult time ever since my mother passed away. It often seemed as if we were more like roommates rather than father and son. He thought I was foolish to drop out of school; I didn't inform him of my plans.
One day in February, I left a note on the kitchen table, telling him I was going to New York for a few days and would be back soon. I walked to a highway near where I lived, stuck out my thumb, and was “on the road.”
My trip to New Orleans was a mistake. The Merchant Marine wasn't taking on any people for a while. I decided to wait in New Orleans until it did. I lasted over a week, living in a dirty hotel until my money started to run out. I had to sleep in the park for a few days. Life seemed to become a continuous adventure. I wrote embarrassingly terrible poetry to express my bitterness.
From New Orleans I went to New York and stayed with a friend for a few weeks, then Martha's Vineyard, living on the beach in April. After that Nantucket and a deserted house and, finally, an extended stop in Boston. There was no word from the Merchant Marine. I felt so desperate. My close friend Jimmy called me one day and asked me how everything was going. I had to tell him the truth and he soon persuaded me to go back.
注意：1. 续写词数应为150左右；2. 请按如下格式在相应位置作答。
When I came back to my father's I had been gone for over two months.
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Finally, he put his paper down and looked at me.
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B
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。
The Lunar New Year for 2019 fell on February 5th. Public Schools in New York gave the kids the day off to celebrate. It was sunny. How should I spend such a nice day I decided to take my daughter to an ice rink (溜冰场). I used to ice-skate in my childhood and I assumed ice-skating was a skill like riding a bike. My 6-year-old was desperate to learn. I couldn't think of a better day to take her for her first spin around the pond.
We arrived at the Wollman Rink near the south end of Central Park and I got us both laced up. We awkwardly worked our way to the entrance of the rink and stepped onto ice that was more slippery than I remembered. No sooner had our blades (冰刀) touched the frozen ice than both my daughter and I felt ourselves rushing toward the ground. I managed to keep my balance by clinging to (紧贴着) the wall surrounding the rink and my daughter stayed upright by clinging to me. I caught my breath and made a game plan: Don't fall down. In my mind, as a middle-aged woman, falling was to be avoided at all costs.
Falling hurts. It's hard to get back up. The ice is cold. I decided if we could just stay upright, I could count our day as a success. So around the rink we went, me holding tightly to my daughter's hand. Any time our balance changed, I would push our hands skyward, leaving her swinging above the ice like a fish on a line. We repeated this move for two rotations (圈) around the rink and then I gave up. The stress of keeping us both standing was too much. “Maybe we can come back another time,” I told her.
注意：1. 续写词数应为150左右；2. 请按如下格式在相应位置作答。
At that moment, one of her friends from school appeared.
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My daughter wanted to keep skating, but I explained that I had already taken my skates off and wasn't going back to the ice.
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C
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。
Jessica O'Connor and Dion Reynolds are typical of Kiwis their age. They have a very strong free spirit and passion for outdoor adventure. O'Connor is a guide in New Zealand's famous Abel Tasman National Park. Reynolds is the more outgoing of the pair, a long-haired chef full of energy. They often partner to hike in their spare time.
O'Connor and Reynolds set off into Kahurangi National Park, intending to follow the river and camp for a few days, then come out sometime before May 15. They initially followed their planned route but soon ran into trouble. At their first campsite, they tried to dry their clothes after walking with an effort through the river. They ended up burning three out of the four socks that they had.
What unfolded next was a series of critical mistakes. The pair misjudged their distance — they walked further than they had expected. Fog set in and made it difficult for them to know where to go. They eventually realized that they were completely lost. After a heated discussion, they made the decision to stay put. They had some food, enough to last several days, and they planned to ration (限定……的量) it so it would last for as long as possible.
New Zealand is a country known for adventure tourism. Kahurangi is New Zealand's newest national park. It's situated across both the Tasman and West Coast regions and covers an enormous 452, 002 hectares. It is a complex place — the area was heavily forested and rugged (多岩石的), the search was a difficult one to say the least. Some areas in the park don't even have trails. New Zealand's diverse climate means conditions can change rapidly, making weather an additional danger to the challenging geography. In these conditions, three main things put life at risk: freezing temperatures, injury and starvation.
注意：1. 续写词数应为150左右；2. 请按如下格式在相应位置作答。
Luckily, O'Connor and Reynolds had high-quality tents and sleeping bags.
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A large search party including 50 people, five tracking experts, three dog teams and two helicopter crews were sent to find O'Connor and Reynolds.
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答案
（一）
A
When I came back to my father's I had been gone for over two months. I had expected he would explode with violent anger because I hadn't called or even sent a postcard since I left. I walked into the living room and sat down, waiting for a volcano to erupt. My father was reading a newspaper, glanced up, nodded at me, and then went back to his paper. He kept on reading for what seemed an hour but in fact it was probably only 5-10 minutes.
Finally, he put his paper down and looked at me. He sighed and shook his head. “I made my mistakes in my youth; it looks as if you have to make yours. Just, please, be careful and don't get hurt,” he said. He then went back to reading. I felt so shocked and bowed my head in shame. I had prided myself on my talent and turned a deaf ear to my father's advice. I felt deep regret at the missed opportunity. I decided to go back to college and finish my degree.
B
At that moment, one of her friends from school appeared. “I want to skate with her!” My daughter looked at me with anxious eyes. Desperate to take my own skates off, I agreed. Her friend took her hand and I headed back to the benches. Seconds later, my daughter fell. I was just about to jump over the wall to help her when I realized she was struggling only because she was laughing so hard. I watched her reach for her friend's hand, get back on her feet, and skate off only to fall three paces later. They finally came back to the benches because the friend had to head home.
My daughter wanted to keep skating, but I explained that I had already taken my skates off and wasn't going back to the ice. “I can skate on my own!” she insisted. I had to agree. I spent the next hour watching my daughter circle the rink: stepping at first, falling, hanging on to the wall, stepping, falling and getting up; falling, then stepping and moving along smoothly until she could make it all the way around without a single fall.
C
Luckily, O'Connor and Reynolds had high-quality tents and sleeping bags. They could preserve them indefinitely from the cold. However, they carried only five or six days of food. They also desperately needed to be nearer water. Heavy rain paused rescue attempts for a number of days. Temperatures dropped to -8 C on some nights. Yet the pair stayed calm and maintained their spirit. Instead of wandering off and tiring themselves, they saved their energy.
A large search party including 50 people, five tracking experts, three dog teams and two helicopter crews were sent to find O'Connor and Reynolds. What saved them was the decision to stay put. They found water, lit a fire and stayed in a small clearing in the woods. The smoke from the fire saved their life, as it helped the search team to spot their location. The pair had some injuries and had been without food for some time. However, they were in good spirits. O'Connor was very emotional when seeing her mother — she was in tears and couldn't talk much. Both of them expressed their great thanks to the rescuers.
（二）
A
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。
When I was in high school in the late 1990s, class schedules were handed out on the first day of class in the new school year, and students had approximately one week to make changes to their course load and class selection. This system generally worked out well for all involved.
On the first day of my senior year, however, I looked over my schedule and realized a problem with my courses. When I'd selected my senior classes at the end of junior year, I'd chosen Creative Writing and Mythology as two English electives because I enjoyed both and had heard great things about the Mythology class, which was taught by one of my favorite teachers. Instead, my schedule showed Creative Writing during the second semester, but Public Speaking in the first semester in place of Mythology. I was disappointed. Public Speaking was something I did not like in the slightest.
I went to the guidance office and spoke with my guidance counselor about my problem. The counselor looked through my paperwork about the classes and explained, “Well, Mythology just didn't work with your schedule, so we had to put you into another elective to make sure you got your full English credit for graduation, and Public Speaking worked with your class schedule.”
I just gave her a confused look. This time, the counselor spoke more slowly. “You need one full credit of English to graduate, and Creative Writing is only half a credit, so we had to choose another elective for you.”
I pointed to the top line of my schedule, first period. “I'm in AP English.” AP English not only had a full-hour class period, it also had a full-hour every-other-day lab period immediately after. It was worth one and a half credits of English and took up the top line and a half of my schedule.
注意：1. 续写词数应为150左右；2. 请按如下格式在相应位置作答。
The counselor gave me a surprised look and asked, “Then ... why did you sign up for two electives ”______________________________________________________
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On Monday morning, I had a new schedule in hand.
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B
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。
Last weekend, my 8-year-old son Nicholas' baseball team was playing in a tournament in Rockwall, Texas. After having a win in our first game on Sunday morning, we had a short break before our next game. Since it was lunchtime and I hadn't packed much that was healthy, we decided to go grab a quick bite.
I didn't know the layout of the town we were in, so it took me a few minutes to find a decent place to eat. With the clock ticking, we ate our burgers quickly. We didn't get far when out of the corner of my eye I spotted a 7-Eleven — suddenly I realized that I desperately needed a large cup of coffee. The wind had made the morning a little chilly (寒冷的), so I figured that adding some coffee to the cheeseburger would help me make it through the next game.
When we got there, I saw about eight coffee pots, each of which contained about one cup of coffee. The store clerk was only about five feet away doing some cleaning. Since there were no other customers, I got his attention and asked if he knew which pot had the freshest remains. He said he didn't know, but that he would make a fresh pot for me.
I quickly responded that we were short on time because Nicholas had to go back to the field. The clerk assured me that it wouldn't take long, and as anxious as I was to get going, I really didn't want to walk out of the store empty-handed.
As promised, the coffee was ready in a flash. The extraordinarily helpful clerk called me over once the pot was about half full. He served me right away, so I wouldn't have to wait any longer.
注意：1. 续写词数应为150左右；2. 请按如下格式在相应位置作答。
A few customers walked in and built a short line at the checkout counter.
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I thanked him several times as we walked to the door.
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答案
（二）
A
The counselor gave me a surprised look and asked, “Then … why did you sign up for two electives ” “Because I wanted to take them,” I said simply. The counselor said, “We'll take Public Speaking off of your schedule for you, which means you'll have another free period. You'll have your new schedule by Monday.” I breathed a sigh of relief and expressed my thanks to her.
On Monday morning, I had a new schedule in hand. This change would give me two free periods in a row. A few weeks later, a friend of mine mentioned that there was a second Mythology class during my original free period — the one right after Public Speaking on my original schedule — and it wasn't even full. I could have had Mythology after all if someone had been willing to replace my free period, which I didn't really need. At least the extra free periods during senior year let me get homework done at school rather than having to spend time at home doing it. A silver lining, I guess.
B
A few customers walked in and built a short line at the checkout counter. Right as I got behind the last customer, the clerk raised his hand and signaled to us to go around to him. At first, I thought he wanted me to cut in front of someone. Then, he made it very clear that the coffee was free. I was really caught off-guard as I stood there in disbelief. I reached into my pocket to pull out some money, but the clerk said, “No, you don't need to pay. Good luck today.”
I thanked him several times as we walked to the door. As I pulled out of the parking lot, I looked through the glass window of the convenience store and saw the clerk happily serving the customers who had been ahead of me in line. I felt my eyes water as I considered the kindness of this clerk. Nicholas and I made it to the field just in time. Nicholas' team won that game and the two games that followed.