【写作备考】2026年高中英语读后续写专练35

广东佛山市第一中学2026-2027学年高三上学期9月阶段检测英语试题

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。

The moment Michael Armus set foot into the Bank of the West in Woodland, California, to deposit a check, he felt the tension. “Something’s not right.”

The cheerful greetings he usually received were absent. Tellers avoided eye contact, their faces pale. The bank manager sat rigidly at his desk, head lowered.

Armus looked to his left and noticed a man at another window with his striped T-shirt pulled up to partially hide his face. “This is a robbery,” thought Armus.

He heard the man say, “I don’t want to hurt anybody.” Minutes earlier, the man had passed a note to the teller demanding cash and saying he had a gun. Armus looked again and the man’s shirt had dropped a bit, exposing more of his face. Just at that moment, Armus recognized the would-be robber as someone he’d passed several times on a street corner reading aloud from his Bible and speaking to passersby.

Walking closer, Armus gently asked, “What’s wrong? Don’t you have a job?” The man froze, tears spilling down his cheeks. “There’s nothing in this town for me! I just want to go to prison!”

The raw despair reminded Armus of his own dark past — down and out, been to prison. His life was a mess. But he got another chance. Suddenly, instead of being frightened, Armus felt compassion for him, and a thought popped into his head: Maybe I can help.

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“Let’s talk outside,” Armus suggested, putting his arm around the man. 

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Praised for easing a tense situation by a warm hug, Armus was modest. 

“Let’s talk outside,” Armus suggested, putting his arm around the man. Remarkably, the man agreed and the two walked out of the bank. Once outside, Armus wrapped the man in a warm hug, and the would-be robber began to sob in his embrace. Armus sat him down on a bench and listened intently as the man poured out his woes. He’d lost his job, his family drowning in debt, and he saw no way out. Armus shared his own story of redemption, offering hope. Slowly, the man’s shoulders relaxed, and he began to see a glimmer of a different future. It turned out that the man, who was eventually charged with attempted robbery, never had a gun. The police arrived, but Armus pleaded for mercy, believing everyone deserved a second chance.

Praised for easing a tense situation by a warm hug, Armus was modest. “I heard something in his voice,” Armus explained. He empathized how desperate the man had to be, to be throwing his life away like this for Armus himself deeply knew what it’s like to feel hopeless and helpless. “I just saw myself in him,” he said. “We all make mistakes, and sometimes all it takes is for someone to show a little kindness.” Armus even offered to help the man find a job and get back on his feet. His actions not only averted a tragedy that day but also became a powerful reminder that compassion and understanding can transform lives and turn desperate situations around.