【写作备考】2026年高中英语读后续写专练33

河南部分学校联考2026-2027学年高二上学期9月阶段检测英语试题

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In a quiet neighbourhood in Pune lived an old gardener named Mohan Kaka. His small house had the most beautiful garden in the entire area — roses of every colour, jasmine vines (茉莉花藤) climbing the walls, and a very big and beautiful mango tree that bore sweet fruit every summer. With weathered hands that told the story of decades spent in the soil, Kaka tended his garden carefully every morning, watering, pruning (剪枝), talking gently to his plants.

One day, a young software engineer named Vikram moved into the house next door. Ambitious and always in a hurry, Vikram was used to instant satisfaction — fast food, fast Internet, fast career growth. One morning, he saw Kaka planting a young tree. Curious, he walked over. The old man told him it was a sandalwood (檀香) tree. When Vikram learned it would take twenty to thirty years to mature, he laughed, “Kaka, you’re seventy! You won’t live to see it grown. Why waste your time?”

Kaka looked up at Vikram, his eyes twinkling with wisdom. He led Vikram to the mango tree. “My grandfather planted it when I was five,” he said. “He never lived to taste its fruit. My father watered it for years before he passed away. Now I sit under its shade, eat its mangoes, and think of them both. They planted it for me, for you, for everyone who comes after.” Vikram fell silent.

“That sandalwood tree?” Kaka continued. “I may never see it grown. But maybe your children will. Maybe they will sit under its shade and thank an old gardener they never met. That’s enough for me.” He reminded Vikram that while his work brought quick results, life’s most important things — relationships, character and legacy (传承) — could not be rushed.

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Vikram felt something shift inside him. 

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Soon, Vikram decided to plant a young tree of his own. 

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Vikram felt something shift inside him. He thought about his own life — constantly chasing the next achievement. He never stopped to think about what he was building would last beyond his own lifetime. From that day on, Vikram started spending his mornings with Kaka in the garden. The old man taught him how to plant, how to wait, how to care for something without expecting immediate results. Vikram gradually understood that patience wasn’t wasting time, but sowing seeds for a future we might not see.

Soon, Vikram decided to plant a young tree of his own. He chose a small sandalwood sapling, just like Kaka’s. He watered it patiently every morning. As months passed without visible growth, sometimes his old impatience returned. He still couldn’t help rushing. But when he saw Kaka’s young tree and thought about his words, he comforted himself that legacy isn’t about speed — it’s about care. Underneath that soil, the tree’s roots are spreading wider than the branches above. We just can’t see them yet.