2022高考英语写作之读后续写模拟训练（含答案）
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2022高考英语写作之读后续写模拟训练
(A)
One evening I was resting in a cafe. I wore a pair of newly bought white leather shoes, which were rather expensive. Then a boy came to me.
He was in an unfit shirt, looking pale and about eleven. At sight of my new leather shoes, his big eyes were bright with hope. No sooner had I begun to speak than he opened the box in his hand and took out the tools of shoe-polishing. He quickly bent down, took off my leather shoes, and began to shine them.
He was busy doing his work when heavy rain began to pour down. People rushed to the café for shelter from the rain. More and more people crowded in and gradually separated the boy from me before I realized it. Hours passed, and it turned dark. I had no shoes on my feet and wondered where the boy had been. I thought he would not return my expensive shoes, and I would have to go home on my bare feet.
When it was near midnight the rain ended, and there were fewer and fewer people in the café. The café was to be closed. I had to move slowly to the door, head lowered. Just as I went to the gate, I was surprised to find that a boy of about eleven, looking very familiar, was sleeping at the door with his head leaning against a box and his upper body being bare. He was holding a package made of his shirt tightly in his arms.
注意：
1.续写词数应为 150 左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Paragraph 1. I shook him slightly and woke him up.
Paragraph 2. I felt it necessary to do something for the boy.
(B)
The Principal and the Popcorn Popper
Spring was approaching. Principal （校长）Peters was wandering in the empty part of the huge school yard when the students? request flashed through his mind again. It couldn't be better to eat the cabbages, carrots, or eggplants planted by themselves. But how to raise money for seeds and tools?
The topic came up at the teachers' meeting. Teachers suggested various means of collecting money with enthusiasm； one teacher suggested, “We have a popcorn popper （爆米 花机）in the teachers' lounge （休息室）.How about kids making popcorn to sell?”
When the popcorn proposal reached the students, they jumped with joy. Agreement was reached -every Thursday, in their labor course, by selling popcorn for 25 cents a bag, they could enjoy a snack while raising money to buy seeds and tools for their garden.
Soon the first Thursday came. Principal Peters got to his office as usual just right next to the teachers' lounge. Hearing popping sound, he smiled, for it meant the promise of the potential garden. But it was REALLY loud. He wrapped a scarf around his head to block his ears. When the first Thursday was over, he breathed a sigh of relief. But the next Thursday, popping sound happened again. This time, he had brought earplugs. The day, it seemed, would last forever. But for the kids' garden dream, he put up with it willingly.
The following Thursdays witnessed Principal Peters attempting to pile gym mats against his office walls and asking the fifth grade to practice for their concert in the hallway outside his office. The "unbearable" popping sound seemed to have taken root in his head! But for the kids' vegetable garden dream, he put up with it willingly.
On the 11th Thursday, he went to the teachers' lounge again to see how much money was still needed. Seeing the Principal coming with a hard-hidden painful expression, the students responded cheerfully, “Only with 41 dollars our garden dream will come true.” Hearing this, Principal Peters left without saying anything.
注意：
1.续写词数应为150左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Shortly afterward, Principal Peters came back with 41 dollars.
“POPCORN", the cute students answered the Principal's question jokingly.
(C)
In my thirty-year teaching profession, one of the best teachers I have ever known is Mr Rowe. I was lucky enough to teach fourth grade together with him.
Mr. Rowe had endless patience and understanding and I learned so much from watching him. He could perform miracles, like the one he performed with Steven, one of the unhappiest kids I had ever seen. Steven couldn’t stand school. He didn’t like being picked last for kickball. He didn’t like the kids who raised their hands and knew all the answers, and most importantly, he didn’t like himself.
The first day he walked into Mr. Rowe’s classroom, he ignored the other students, looking angry and annoyed, and slid into his chair, knocking a couple of textbooks onto the floor.
Mr. Rowe walked over to him and touched Steven’s shoulder, but Steven pulled away. Nevertheless, Mr. Rowe welcomed him:“Hi, Steven. I’m happy you are in my class. We are gonna have a great year.” Steven looked around the room as if Mr. Rowe must be mistaken. No teacher in his right mind would want Steven to be part of his classroom. So, while Mr. Rowe seemed cheerful and relaxed that day of school, it seemed like Steven was angry and confused.
That day after classes, Mr. Rowe chose Steven to pitch (投球) the kickball during the break. “Hey, Steven,” Mr. Rowe commented, “You are good at pitching. Let me show you my secret trick.” Mr. Rowe taught Steven one of the tricks that not a single kid could perform. Steven learned fast and did quite well! Everyone cheered for him!
After the kickball, Steven sat as close to Mr. Rowe in classes as he could. When a question was asked, Steven lit up; when he knew the answer, he raised his hand; when he answered the question, his voice shook. However, he got the answer right! He said, with Mr. Rowe, his days of the fourth grade promised wonderful. It was obvious that Steven grew to love Mr. Rowe more and more with each passing day.
Time passed quickly that year, and before we all knew it, it was the last day of school.
Many years later, Mr. Rowe and I were surprised when a handsome young man walked into our classroom, dressed in the army uniform.
(D)
The cost of a smile
Kathy was a young woman in her 20’s who worked in a small restaurant as a waitress. One day, as she went about her shift with her usual angry look, a kind old man walked in and sat down at the counter. He read the menu and politely told her what he wanted.
Kathy took his order and yelled, “Your food will be ready soon.” As she turned to leave, the man said, “A smile costs nothing”. Kathy rolled her eyes at him and walked away.
She brought his order, cleared his plates, and gave him the bill, for which he left a nice tip.
Each time the old man saw her, he smiled and thanked her. This only made her angrier.
A week went by, and every day the man came for lunch and the same thing happened. And each time Kathy took his order he would say, “A smile costs nothing.”
But a week later, Kathy picked up a menu, wrote the words “1 SMILE … $20” at the bottom, and placed it on the counter for the kind old man to see.
He came, and Kathy waited for his reaction as he read the menu. The old man ordered his usual and added, “… and a smile, if you don’t mind.” Kathy was so surprised. She laughed out loud, “Now, now …” The man jokingly scolded. “I ordered a smile, not a laugh.” So Kathy put on a bright smile and said, “Coming right up, sir.” And to her surprise, he left $20 tip!
A few years went by, and the two bonded like family. Charlie, the kind old man, was a retired manager whose wife passed away long ago. He spent most of his time at home, with the exception of his frequent restaurant visits. Every day Kathy spent her break talking to him.
注意: 1. 续写词数应为150左右;
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
One day he didn’t come to the restaurant.
Several days after his death, Kathy received a very important-looking letter in the mail.
（E)
“What a crabby-looking lady（怨妇）,” the cashier at my local convenience store whispered to her coworker. I was grabbing something off the shelf. I had a half dozen kids waiting for me outside in the van, and here's the thing: they were all my own children. No time for polite. No casual conversation with the checkout lady, no nod of approval toward the stock boy, no breathing. Just get the toilet paper, two gallons of milk and some Frosted Flakes and get back to my children!
But my interest was aroused by the crabby-looking lady. Which one was she? Taking a family pack of toilet paper under my arm, I scanned the tiny store for the crabby lady. Let's see, there's a middle-aged guy checking on pork, an older gentleman at the checkout purchasing an egg salad sandwich and a coffee, and... just then I saw her, the crabby-looking lady.
Her eyes were small; her brown hair was pulled back in a ponytail so tight that it looked like her forehead would drop. Her mouth was shut serious. This lady looked like she had smelled something really bad. Then, I turned away from my own reflection in the convex security mirror（安全反射镜）at the back of the store. The crabby-looking lady... was me!
That night, I cried. I was the crabby-looking lady! Me! The girl once voted nicest smile by her high school class! Things must get changed! Right then and there I resolved to do one thing over the next year. One simple resolution: to smile. I didn't need to wait for January 1st--I would start right now.
I resolved to smile at anyone and anything, even though they would let me down. And I also resolved to make a conscious effort to smile, at least ten times a day.
注意：
1. 续写词数应为150左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
On the first day of “Mission Smile” I practiced smiling as planned.
A month later, something different happened.?
（F)
Where were you when you first heard?My Heart Will Go On? You know that love song that took over the world in the late 1990s, the one that ruled radios and television screens, that thrilled through the air when you rang your neighbor’s doorbell, or rang out of a Valentine’s Day musical card--the song?we love to hate now because it is almost?shameful?to admit how much we listened to it in 1998. I’m no fan of the song, but I’ll tell you one thing---it saved my?life.
I remember where I was when I heard the song, 13 years old, only a few weeks away from receiving my?class?eight report card. When my mother and I went to collect it from school, the skies were grey. On the left side of the report card was the failure of my choosing---Maths, Physics and Chemistry---on the bottom of the right hand side it said Not Promoted(不升级)in red ink. My mother, an English teacher in another Calcutta school, was too proud to beg the principal for the three marks I needed in Chemistry to be promoted to class nine. I walked along, thinking of the last song I was?watching?on MTV before we left for school. It was Dion’s all-knowing hit My Heart Will Go On: “You have come to show you,…”
I was a fool to have ever thought that I could get away with not studying?and watching MTV for hours on end. Till class eight, my father had refused?to get a cable connection on the grounds that I would forever be glued to the screen, not study and?fail?the exams. The year after he gave in to his desire to watch late night football, I proved him right. I failed class eight because I was in love with the Backstreet Boys and would watch MTV all the time so that I wouldn’t miss a single video. That’s the whole truth and the band will never know the price I paid for my love.?
注意：
1.?所续写的短文的词数应为150词左右；
2.?续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；
Paragraph1:
Failing the year changed the world as I knew it.
Paragraph2:
Some months later, when the talent competition was announced in school, I was picked for the final round.
参考答案：
A
Paragraph 1. I shook him slightly and woke him up. He jumped up and rubbed his eyes for quite a while before he finally recognized who I was. Then he opened the package in his arms with caution, gave me my leather shoes, and apologized again and again to me shyly. I paid him and wrapped his cold little body with his unfit shirt, which had wrapped my leather shoes. On my way home, the image of the little boy stayed in my mind.
Paragraph 2. I felt it necessary to do something for the boy. The next day I went to the café again and was not surprised to see the boy there, making his way among customers looking for some business. I asked him to sit down and we talked over a cup of coffee. I learnt that he was trying to make some money to help his sick father and to get back to school. “You know what? I just need someone to polish shoes for my employees as they are too busy to do that,” I said, smiling.
B
C
Paragraph 1:
Time passed quickly that year, and before we all knew it, it was the last day of school. Our school had a very special tradition on the last day. All the teachers filled the sidewalk, waving goodbye to the kids as the bused pilled out with their horns honking. But on that particular day, Steven walked slowly to the bus, his head down, tears in his eyes. He boarded the bus reluctantly, hesitated, and then ran back off the bus to hug Mr. Rowe. “I don’t want to leave you.” He sobbed. With red-rimmed eyes, Mr. Rowe comforted him, “I will miss you, too.”
Paragraph 2:
Many years later, Mr. Rowe and I were surprised when a handsome young man walked into our classroom, dressed in the Marine Corps(海军) uniform.?The young man stood tall and proud. It was Steven! Mr. Rowe and I couldn’t believe our eyes. He saluted and hugged Mr. Rowe tightly! “I have come back to school today just to say thanks to you!” It is my hope that every teacher is blessed with such an experience of a former student coming back to say, simply to say a very simple THANKS.
D
Paragraph 1：
One day he didn’t come to the restaurant. Kathy couldn’t concentrate on her work the whole day. Even when the restaurant was going to close, Charlie didn’t show up, and she was trapped in anxiety. After work, Kathy hurried to Charlie’s home, only to be told by his neighbors that he had passed away last night. Not until then did she know that he had fought against cancer alone during the past years. Kathy was totally overwhelmed by grief when she heard this.
Paragraph 2：
Several days after his death, Kathy received a very important-looking letter in the mail. She opened the letter with her hands shaking slightly. At the sight of the familiar handwriting, tears welled up in Kathy’s eyes. Charlie expressed his gratitude for her company these years. Looking at the words “...and you must continue to smile at life”, she couldn’t contain her sorrow and tears poured down her cheeks. Only then did she realize the true meaning of smile: bring others warmth and company.
E
who peed on my daughter’s new school shoes while she was in them, the salesman to the door, three of my six children, a librarian who asked me if I was aware of the global overpopulation problem, and my bathtub. I even smiled at my husband over the phone when he called to say he’d be late from work. And I smiled at myself in the mirror twice, just to remind myself what a smile looked like.
After practicing a month, unexpectedly, something different happened. I didn't even try to find things to smile at and I'd still notice smile take over my face. When my daughter loaded the dishwasher with her socks, I smiled. When we were really late for church, I smiled. One day I was meeting a couple of friends at a local coffee shop. I overheard the cashier remark to her co-worker, “What a happy-looking lady!" And I didn't even have to look around to know who she was talking about. It was me!
F
Failing the year changed the world as I knew it. Overnight, it seemed as though everything had changed. I lost my friends in school because every conversation was filled with pity, theirs, and?shame, mine. I was stopped from watching TV. At school, some teachers ignored my raising hands because I’d already?studied?the text before but?failed. I used to love singing, now my?lifewas filled with sadness.
?Some months later, when the talent competition was announced in school, I was picked for the final round.?On the day of the contest, I stood before the entire school, closed my eyes and sang the?song. In that moment, I realized what “You have come to show you” meant to me---I had come to show me to my classmates and my teachers, to show them that I wasn’t just a girl who got held back, that failed, that I was good for something, that I was enough the way I was. Sometimes, when you sing like you mean the words, chances are you might win.
(A)
One evening I was resting in a cafe. I wore a pair of newly bought white leather shoes, which were rather expensive. Then a boy came to me.
He was in an unfit shirt, looking pale and about eleven. At sight of my new leather shoes, his big eyes were bright with hope. No sooner had I begun to speak than he opened the box in his hand and took out the tools of shoe-polishing. He quickly bent down, took off my leather shoes, and began to shine them.
He was busy doing his work when heavy rain began to pour down. People rushed to the café for shelter from the rain. More and more people crowded in and gradually separated the boy from me before I realized it. Hours passed, and it turned dark. I had no shoes on my feet and wondered where the boy had been. I thought he would not return my expensive shoes, and I would have to go home on my bare feet.
When it was near midnight the rain ended, and there were fewer and fewer people in the café. The café was to be closed. I had to move slowly to the door, head lowered. Just as I went to the gate, I was surprised to find that a boy of about eleven, looking very familiar, was sleeping at the door with his head leaning against a box and his upper body being bare. He was holding a package made of his shirt tightly in his arms.
注意：
1.续写词数应为 150 左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Paragraph 1. I shook him slightly and woke him up.
Paragraph 2. I felt it necessary to do something for the boy.
(B)
The Principal and the Popcorn Popper
Spring was approaching. Principal （校长）Peters was wandering in the empty part of the huge school yard when the students? request flashed through his mind again. It couldn't be better to eat the cabbages, carrots, or eggplants planted by themselves. But how to raise money for seeds and tools?
The topic came up at the teachers' meeting. Teachers suggested various means of collecting money with enthusiasm； one teacher suggested, “We have a popcorn popper （爆米 花机）in the teachers' lounge （休息室）.How about kids making popcorn to sell?”
When the popcorn proposal reached the students, they jumped with joy. Agreement was reached -every Thursday, in their labor course, by selling popcorn for 25 cents a bag, they could enjoy a snack while raising money to buy seeds and tools for their garden.
Soon the first Thursday came. Principal Peters got to his office as usual just right next to the teachers' lounge. Hearing popping sound, he smiled, for it meant the promise of the potential garden. But it was REALLY loud. He wrapped a scarf around his head to block his ears. When the first Thursday was over, he breathed a sigh of relief. But the next Thursday, popping sound happened again. This time, he had brought earplugs. The day, it seemed, would last forever. But for the kids' garden dream, he put up with it willingly.
The following Thursdays witnessed Principal Peters attempting to pile gym mats against his office walls and asking the fifth grade to practice for their concert in the hallway outside his office. The "unbearable" popping sound seemed to have taken root in his head! But for the kids' vegetable garden dream, he put up with it willingly.
On the 11th Thursday, he went to the teachers' lounge again to see how much money was still needed. Seeing the Principal coming with a hard-hidden painful expression, the students responded cheerfully, “Only with 41 dollars our garden dream will come true.” Hearing this, Principal Peters left without saying anything.
注意：
1.续写词数应为150左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Shortly afterward, Principal Peters came back with 41 dollars.
“POPCORN", the cute students answered the Principal's question jokingly.
(C)
In my thirty-year teaching profession, one of the best teachers I have ever known is Mr Rowe. I was lucky enough to teach fourth grade together with him.
Mr. Rowe had endless patience and understanding and I learned so much from watching him. He could perform miracles, like the one he performed with Steven, one of the unhappiest kids I had ever seen. Steven couldn’t stand school. He didn’t like being picked last for kickball. He didn’t like the kids who raised their hands and knew all the answers, and most importantly, he didn’t like himself.
The first day he walked into Mr. Rowe’s classroom, he ignored the other students, looking angry and annoyed, and slid into his chair, knocking a couple of textbooks onto the floor.
Mr. Rowe walked over to him and touched Steven’s shoulder, but Steven pulled away. Nevertheless, Mr. Rowe welcomed him:“Hi, Steven. I’m happy you are in my class. We are gonna have a great year.” Steven looked around the room as if Mr. Rowe must be mistaken. No teacher in his right mind would want Steven to be part of his classroom. So, while Mr. Rowe seemed cheerful and relaxed that day of school, it seemed like Steven was angry and confused.
That day after classes, Mr. Rowe chose Steven to pitch (投球) the kickball during the break. “Hey, Steven,” Mr. Rowe commented, “You are good at pitching. Let me show you my secret trick.” Mr. Rowe taught Steven one of the tricks that not a single kid could perform. Steven learned fast and did quite well! Everyone cheered for him!
After the kickball, Steven sat as close to Mr. Rowe in classes as he could. When a question was asked, Steven lit up; when he knew the answer, he raised his hand; when he answered the question, his voice shook. However, he got the answer right! He said, with Mr. Rowe, his days of the fourth grade promised wonderful. It was obvious that Steven grew to love Mr. Rowe more and more with each passing day.
Time passed quickly that year, and before we all knew it, it was the last day of school.
Many years later, Mr. Rowe and I were surprised when a handsome young man walked into our classroom, dressed in the army uniform.
(D)
The cost of a smile
Kathy was a young woman in her 20’s who worked in a small restaurant as a waitress. One day, as she went about her shift with her usual angry look, a kind old man walked in and sat down at the counter. He read the menu and politely told her what he wanted.
Kathy took his order and yelled, “Your food will be ready soon.” As she turned to leave, the man said, “A smile costs nothing”. Kathy rolled her eyes at him and walked away.
She brought his order, cleared his plates, and gave him the bill, for which he left a nice tip.
Each time the old man saw her, he smiled and thanked her. This only made her angrier.
A week went by, and every day the man came for lunch and the same thing happened. And each time Kathy took his order he would say, “A smile costs nothing.”
But a week later, Kathy picked up a menu, wrote the words “1 SMILE … $20” at the bottom, and placed it on the counter for the kind old man to see.
He came, and Kathy waited for his reaction as he read the menu. The old man ordered his usual and added, “… and a smile, if you don’t mind.” Kathy was so surprised. She laughed out loud, “Now, now …” The man jokingly scolded. “I ordered a smile, not a laugh.” So Kathy put on a bright smile and said, “Coming right up, sir.” And to her surprise, he left $20 tip!
A few years went by, and the two bonded like family. Charlie, the kind old man, was a retired manager whose wife passed away long ago. He spent most of his time at home, with the exception of his frequent restaurant visits. Every day Kathy spent her break talking to him.
注意: 1. 续写词数应为150左右;
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
One day he didn’t come to the restaurant.
Several days after his death, Kathy received a very important-looking letter in the mail.
（E)
“What a crabby-looking lady（怨妇）,” the cashier at my local convenience store whispered to her coworker. I was grabbing something off the shelf. I had a half dozen kids waiting for me outside in the van, and here's the thing: they were all my own children. No time for polite. No casual conversation with the checkout lady, no nod of approval toward the stock boy, no breathing. Just get the toilet paper, two gallons of milk and some Frosted Flakes and get back to my children!
But my interest was aroused by the crabby-looking lady. Which one was she? Taking a family pack of toilet paper under my arm, I scanned the tiny store for the crabby lady. Let's see, there's a middle-aged guy checking on pork, an older gentleman at the checkout purchasing an egg salad sandwich and a coffee, and... just then I saw her, the crabby-looking lady.
Her eyes were small; her brown hair was pulled back in a ponytail so tight that it looked like her forehead would drop. Her mouth was shut serious. This lady looked like she had smelled something really bad. Then, I turned away from my own reflection in the convex security mirror（安全反射镜）at the back of the store. The crabby-looking lady... was me!
That night, I cried. I was the crabby-looking lady! Me! The girl once voted nicest smile by her high school class! Things must get changed! Right then and there I resolved to do one thing over the next year. One simple resolution: to smile. I didn't need to wait for January 1st--I would start right now.
I resolved to smile at anyone and anything, even though they would let me down. And I also resolved to make a conscious effort to smile, at least ten times a day.
注意：
1. 续写词数应为150左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
On the first day of “Mission Smile” I practiced smiling as planned.
A month later, something different happened.?
（F)
Where were you when you first heard?My Heart Will Go On? You know that love song that took over the world in the late 1990s, the one that ruled radios and television screens, that thrilled through the air when you rang your neighbor’s doorbell, or rang out of a Valentine’s Day musical card--the song?we love to hate now because it is almost?shameful?to admit how much we listened to it in 1998. I’m no fan of the song, but I’ll tell you one thing---it saved my?life.
I remember where I was when I heard the song, 13 years old, only a few weeks away from receiving my?class?eight report card. When my mother and I went to collect it from school, the skies were grey. On the left side of the report card was the failure of my choosing---Maths, Physics and Chemistry---on the bottom of the right hand side it said Not Promoted(不升级)in red ink. My mother, an English teacher in another Calcutta school, was too proud to beg the principal for the three marks I needed in Chemistry to be promoted to class nine. I walked along, thinking of the last song I was?watching?on MTV before we left for school. It was Dion’s all-knowing hit My Heart Will Go On: “You have come to show you,…”
I was a fool to have ever thought that I could get away with not studying?and watching MTV for hours on end. Till class eight, my father had refused?to get a cable connection on the grounds that I would forever be glued to the screen, not study and?fail?the exams. The year after he gave in to his desire to watch late night football, I proved him right. I failed class eight because I was in love with the Backstreet Boys and would watch MTV all the time so that I wouldn’t miss a single video. That’s the whole truth and the band will never know the price I paid for my love.?
注意：
1.?所续写的短文的词数应为150词左右；
2.?续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；
Paragraph1:
Failing the year changed the world as I knew it.
Paragraph2:
Some months later, when the talent competition was announced in school, I was picked for the final round.
参考答案：
A
Paragraph 1. I shook him slightly and woke him up. He jumped up and rubbed his eyes for quite a while before he finally recognized who I was. Then he opened the package in his arms with caution, gave me my leather shoes, and apologized again and again to me shyly. I paid him and wrapped his cold little body with his unfit shirt, which had wrapped my leather shoes. On my way home, the image of the little boy stayed in my mind.
Paragraph 2. I felt it necessary to do something for the boy. The next day I went to the café again and was not surprised to see the boy there, making his way among customers looking for some business. I asked him to sit down and we talked over a cup of coffee. I learnt that he was trying to make some money to help his sick father and to get back to school. “You know what? I just need someone to polish shoes for my employees as they are too busy to do that,” I said, smiling.
B
C
Paragraph 1:
Time passed quickly that year, and before we all knew it, it was the last day of school. Our school had a very special tradition on the last day. All the teachers filled the sidewalk, waving goodbye to the kids as the bused pilled out with their horns honking. But on that particular day, Steven walked slowly to the bus, his head down, tears in his eyes. He boarded the bus reluctantly, hesitated, and then ran back off the bus to hug Mr. Rowe. “I don’t want to leave you.” He sobbed. With red-rimmed eyes, Mr. Rowe comforted him, “I will miss you, too.”
Paragraph 2:
Many years later, Mr. Rowe and I were surprised when a handsome young man walked into our classroom, dressed in the Marine Corps(海军) uniform.?The young man stood tall and proud. It was Steven! Mr. Rowe and I couldn’t believe our eyes. He saluted and hugged Mr. Rowe tightly! “I have come back to school today just to say thanks to you!” It is my hope that every teacher is blessed with such an experience of a former student coming back to say, simply to say a very simple THANKS.
D
Paragraph 1：
One day he didn’t come to the restaurant. Kathy couldn’t concentrate on her work the whole day. Even when the restaurant was going to close, Charlie didn’t show up, and she was trapped in anxiety. After work, Kathy hurried to Charlie’s home, only to be told by his neighbors that he had passed away last night. Not until then did she know that he had fought against cancer alone during the past years. Kathy was totally overwhelmed by grief when she heard this.
Paragraph 2：
Several days after his death, Kathy received a very important-looking letter in the mail. She opened the letter with her hands shaking slightly. At the sight of the familiar handwriting, tears welled up in Kathy’s eyes. Charlie expressed his gratitude for her company these years. Looking at the words “...and you must continue to smile at life”, she couldn’t contain her sorrow and tears poured down her cheeks. Only then did she realize the true meaning of smile: bring others warmth and company.
E
who peed on my daughter’s new school shoes while she was in them, the salesman to the door, three of my six children, a librarian who asked me if I was aware of the global overpopulation problem, and my bathtub. I even smiled at my husband over the phone when he called to say he’d be late from work. And I smiled at myself in the mirror twice, just to remind myself what a smile looked like.
After practicing a month, unexpectedly, something different happened. I didn't even try to find things to smile at and I'd still notice smile take over my face. When my daughter loaded the dishwasher with her socks, I smiled. When we were really late for church, I smiled. One day I was meeting a couple of friends at a local coffee shop. I overheard the cashier remark to her co-worker, “What a happy-looking lady!" And I didn't even have to look around to know who she was talking about. It was me!
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Failing the year changed the world as I knew it. Overnight, it seemed as though everything had changed. I lost my friends in school because every conversation was filled with pity, theirs, and?shame, mine. I was stopped from watching TV. At school, some teachers ignored my raising hands because I’d already?studied?the text before but?failed. I used to love singing, now my?lifewas filled with sadness.
?Some months later, when the talent competition was announced in school, I was picked for the final round.?On the day of the contest, I stood before the entire school, closed my eyes and sang the?song. In that moment, I realized what “You have come to show you” meant to me---I had come to show me to my classmates and my teachers, to show them that I wasn’t just a girl who got held back, that failed, that I was good for something, that I was enough the way I was. Sometimes, when you sing like you mean the words, chances are you might win.