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。续写的词数应为150左右。

A light rain was falling as my sister Jill and I ran out of the shop, eager to get home and play with the presents that our parents had prepared for us and our baby sister, Sharon. Across the street from the shop was a gas station where the bus stopped., which was closed for New Year, but I saw a family standing outside the locked door, gathering closely together under the narrow overhang in an attempt to keep dry. I wondered briefly why they were there but then forgot about them as I raced to keep up with Jill.

Once we got home, there was barely time to enjoy our presents. We had to go off to our grandparents’ house for our annual family dinner. As we drove down the highway through town, I noticed that the family was still there, standing outside the closed gas station.

My father was driving very slowly down the highway. The closer we got to the turn-off for my grandparents’ house, the slower the car went. Suddenly, my father made a U-turn in the middle of the road and said that he couldn't stand it. "What?” asked my mother. " It's those people back there at the station, standing in the rain. They've got children. It's New Year. I can't stand it.”

When my father pulled in to the service station, I saw that there were five of them: the parents and three children-----two girls and a small boy, who were getting wet standing there. My father rolled down his window, “Happy New Year, " he said.

“Thanks. You, too,” the man replied. He was very tall and had to bend slightly to look into the car. Jill, Sharon, and I looked at the children, and they looked back at us.

​“Are you waiting for the bus?” my father asked. The man said that they were. They were going to Birmingham, where he had a brother and chances of a job. Knowing the bus wouldn't come along for several hours, my father invited them to our home to shelter from the rain.

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The man thought about it for a moment, but then refused. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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When we got out of the car at our house, the three children ran through the front door happily. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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One possible version:

Paragraph 1:

The man thought about it for a moment, but then refused. He said he didn't want to put us to any bother. My father explained that the rain would last long and our house was near the station. After my parents' strong persuasion, he finally agreed and thanked us all the time. They climbed into the car. They had no luggage,; only the clothes they were wearing. Once they settled in, my father looked back over his shoulder handing them some tissues to wipe the rainwater from their faces.

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When we got out of the car at our house, the three children ran through the front door happily. My mother noticed all their clothes were wet, so she found some of ours for them to change. Jill and I decided to share our New Year presents with the children. One of the girls chose Jill’s doll and immediately hugged it to her breast. When the rain stopped, my father drove them to the station. As we drove away, I watched out the window as long as I could, looking back at their happy faces. That was the day when Jill and I learned the joy of making others happy.

解析：【名师点评】文章开头用并列句引出主题,简单明了。

第二、三段分别用 To tell you the truth和 If you don' t mind引出内容,言语间充满了真挚的感情。第三段用倒装句 Only by communicating with others... difficulties收尾,在结构上使文章的精彩之处得以升华。此外,文章运用了大量的亮点词语 (如be willing to, independent, instead of, overcome等)和高级句式 (如主语从句 that you are missing your parents and want to go home, 非限制性定语从句 which will improve your Chinese a lot,倒装句 Only by communicating with others can you overcome your difficulties等)。

第二节

【短文大意】过新年那天,看到一家人冒雨在等车,作者的爸爸好心邀请他们到家中避雨。

【写作指导】 Paragraph1的开头是"这个男人想了一会,但是拒绝了",再结合第二段的开头可知,最终他们答应了爸爸的邀请,故第一段应该主要描述作者一家人如何劝说那家人同意来家中避雨以及他们上车后的情形。

Paragraph2的开头是“当我们到家下车时,三个孩子高兴地从前门跑进去”, 显然接下来的内容应该是描述他们来到家中,我们给予他们帮助,以及父亲后来又开车将他们送回等车处的情形,还可以适当升华一下主题,揭示“我”对这件事的感悟。