【写作备考】2026年高中英语读后续写专练21

2026届重庆高三下学期二诊英语考试试卷

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。

My son Connor is autistic (患自闭症的), and he loves to watch flowing water. In the warmer months, he likes to have the pipe going in the back yard for hours at a time. Not to mention creating all that mud in our small yard.

One night I brainstormed a setup: two small buckets (水桶) connected by a gutter (水槽), with a round-trip pump that takes the water from the lower bucket and feeds it back into the top one, creating a continuous stream without wasting water.

I decided to take a trip to a home improvement store to look at materials in the gutter section and get some ideas as to how to make it work. Plus, I wanted to price pumps, as I knew that would be the biggest part of the investment.

While I was standing in front of the gutters, an employee named Glen approached and offered help. I explained the project and mentioned Connor and his fascination with flowing water, as well as the effect on our water bill. Soon, he brought over two more employees, Jesse and Jeff.

To my amazement, together they stayed with me and helped me figure out the entire setup. Jeff went and got more pieces, and we laid out a relay of buckets, pipes, connectors, and a round-trip pump.

I started to worry whether I’d remember all the connections to tell my husband Roger about later. So I said that maybe I’d buy the connections but leave the pump, which wasn’t quite in the budget, for later.

We talked a moment of prices for a couple of the items, and then suddenly they said they’d see about getting me out of there with everything.

I looked at them. “What do you mean?” I asked.

“We’ll give it to you. For free.”

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I stared at them, unable to believe what I had just heard. 

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When I drove home with the supplies, I felt something different. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

【解析】

【导语】本文以人物为线索展开，主要讲述了作者为患自闭症的儿子设计了一个不浪费水的流水装置，在商店里得到三位员工帮助，他们不仅帮忙规划，还免费提供了所需材料的故事。

【详解】1.段落续写： 

①由第一段首句内容“我盯着他们，无法相信自己听到的话。”可知，第一段可描写作者对员工们慷慨帮助的惊讶与感激，以及他们如何解释自己的善举。

②由第二段首句内容“当我带着这些材料开车回家时，我感觉有些不同。”可知，第二段可描写作者带着材料回家时的感受，以及她对人性善良的信念得到恢复，并期待与儿子分享这份意外的善意。

2.续写线索：作者不敢相信——员工们解释原因——作者感激——作者开车回家——作者感觉不同——作者恢复对人性的信念——作者期待与儿子分享

3.词汇激活

行为类 

①微笑：smile/beam/grin

②理解：make sense of/figure out/comprehend

③搭建装置：build the setup/construct the device/assemble the equipment

情绪类 

①震惊：dumbfounded/shocked/astonished

②感激：gratitude/appreciation/thankfulness

【点睛】【高分句型1】I couldn’t express to them how amazing the whole experience was. (运用了how引导的宾语从句)

【高分句型2】I couldn’t wait to build the setup with Roger and see Connor’s face light up, knowing this little stream of water was also a stream of unexpected human kindness. (运用了现在分词作状语和省略that的宾语从句)

【参考答案】

I stared at them, unable to believe what I had just heard. My mind raced, trying to make sense of their generosity. “Why?” I asked, disbelieving. “It’s what we do,” Glen added, “Because you have an autistic son, and we want to help you out.” Glen smiled warmly, while Jesse and Jeff nodded. These were complete strangers, yet they had gone out of their way to help me and my son, without expecting anything in return. I was dumbfounded. My chest tightened with a mix of disbelief and gratitude. With the manager’s permission, they packed all the pieces into my car and told me to come back if I needed help. I kept repeating, “Thank you,” hoping they knew how much this meant.

When I drove home with the supplies, I felt something different. The weight of constant worry about bills and mess seemed lighter. My faith in the goodness of people was restored and I felt eager to share that kindness with others. I couldn’t express to them how amazing the whole experience was. It was not just the setup that mattered, but the reminder that even in ordinary moments, small miracles could happen — and they could come from the most unexpected places. I couldn’t wait to build the setup with Roger and see Connor’s face light up, knowing this little stream of water was also a stream of unexpected human kindness.