Question

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。

In the busy city of New York , such an amazing thing ever happened. On a cold Friday night , a poor artist stood at the gate of the subway station, playing his violin.. The young violinist was a student at an Arts College named Joseph, who did so every day in order to earn his tuition fees. He planned to attend advanced studies in Vienna and had booked the flight the next morning. Though the music was great, people were quickly going home for the weekend.. Joseph was playing his last chapter when a middle _aged man looking pretty excited slowed down his pace and put 50 dollars into the hat, for which Joseph was grateful..

The next night, the young artist came to the gate of the subway station as usual, and put his hat on the ground gracefully. Different from the day before , he took out a large piece of paper and laid it on the ground and put some stones on it. Then he began playing the violin.

Before long , the young artist was surrounded with many passers—by , who Were all attracted by the words on that paper. It said, “Last night, a gentleman named George Sang put an unexpected thing into my hat by mistake. Please come to claim it as soon as possible.”

It caused a great excitement and curiosity. They were dying to know what the unexpected thing could be.. After about half an hour, a middle _aged man

ran there in a hurry and rushed through the crowd to the violinist and grabbed his shoulders and said, Yes, it”s  you. You did come here. I knew that you are an honest man and would certainly come here.”

The young violinist asked calmly ,”Are you Mr George Sang?”

The man nodded .The violinist asked, “ Did you lose something?”

“Lottery.  It’s lottery,” replied the man.

The violinist took out a lottery ticket on which George Sang”s name was seen.。“Is it?” he asked .

George nodded promptly and seized the lottery ticket and kissed it, and then he danced with Joseph.

注意：

1.所续写短文词数应为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。

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The story turned out to be this: George Sang is an ordinary office clerk.

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This was the scene just now. Out of curiosity ,some passers _by asked Joseph__________________________

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Answer

The story turned out to be this: George Sang is an ordinary office clerk. He bought a lottery ticket the other day. To his surprise, he was exactly the lucky dog .Overjoyed, George took out 50 Dollars when hearing wonderful music on his way home. However, the lottery ticket was also thrown in. When Joseph was cleaning up his hat after ending a day’s work, he found the unexpected thing. Thinking the owner must be anxious, he cancelled the flight and returned to where he was given the lottery ticket.

This was the scene just now. Out of curiosity, some passersby asked Joseph why he didn’t take it for himself since he was badly in need of money. Joseph answered, “ It goes without saying that if I took it in a dishonest way , I would succeed temporarily. But in the long run , I am bound to be a loser.” Just as the saying goes , honesty is the best policy. Therefore we should bear in mind that being honest is what makes us a good man.

【解析】

此文为读后续写，要求学生首先理解所给短文的文章内容以及深层含义，此外牢牢抓住关键词，为故事的后续发展设计合理的情节。

第一段主要介绍George Sang 为什么购买了彩票，为什么回来找这张彩票，是怎们把彩票扔到了这位年轻的小提琴手的帽子里的。此段中可用上George Sang, Joseph, the subway station, a lottery ticket ，50dallars 等词。

而第二段则围绕着这位年轻的提琴家为什么来归还彩票展开陈述。第二段可用上unexpected，honest等词赞扬这位年轻的小提琴家的诚实。