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山东省 潍坊2025 届高三下学期二模英语试题
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 sun burned hot( 系表结构) over Gudewadi, a small village in Western 
Maharashtra where the earth smelled of ripe cashew(腰果)and dust(环境描写,续写可衔接点). I 
was the village
 
   bad boy
 
 (人物形象定位,为后续解决冲突做背景信息) because I had no interest in school or 
studies. Mud on my knees( 怎么就想到了,we will rock you
), dirty words on my tongue and a 
pack of restless troublemakers at my heels(3 个独立主格形态并列,描写人物的痞子形象), I was the boy 
mothers warned their sons about. School? A prison. Books? Useless weight( 设问?). 
The only lessons I cared about were what the fields taught: how to climb a 
cashew tree without being hurt, how to tell 
 
 when the fruit was sweetest
 
 , how to 
outrun the teacher catching me 
 
 skipping school 
 
 again
 
 (3 个宾从并列).(刻画人物的不知进取的性格)
No one thought I would do anything worthwhile with my life. "why waste 
time on him?" they'd tease, watching me whistling
 
  through the lanes
 
 (现在分词短语做后置定语).
 " He'll end up back on the farms anyway. Some boys are just weeds, amounting 
 
 to
   
nothing(现在分词做结果状语)." Even the cashew trees seemed to whisper it when the wind 
blew. It seemed the village had already written my fate.
But my mother( 人物2 出场), uneducated(adj 做主语补语), visualised a different future, 
refusing 
 
 to let the world bury me alive
 
 (现在分词做伴随动作).Every time I 
 
 collapsed onto the
 
  
bed intending 
 
 to skip school
 
 (现在分词做伴随动作), she seized my arm and beat me until I 
got dressed. "You will not rot here!" she shouted, marching 
 
 me to the classroom
 
  
door 
 
 and watching
 
  me enter
 
 (现在分词做伴随动作,刻画母亲的形象) her shadow like a stubborn 
cashew tree.(独立主格)
This bad boy image troubled me(无灵主语句). I didn't believe I was a bad boy and 
never wanted to be one. These thoughts 
 
 lingered 
 
 in my mind
 
 (无灵主语句,心理描写), like 
mosquitoes buzzing 
 
 around our cashew apples
 
 (现在分词做后置定语). For years, I had been 
torn by this contradiction.(刻画主人公的挣扎) Then, one evening, as I sat on the farm's edge 
watching
 
   the sun bleed into the cashew fields
 
 (现在分词短语做伴随动作), the truth bit harder 
than any insect( 无灵主语句,醒悟): I was becoming exactly what they said-a boy with 
nothing. No respect. No future.
注意:
1.续写词数应为 150 个左右;
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答
Paragraph 1 :It hit me that education was my only way out.
Paragraph 2: I put in some cashew seeds when packing and headed for the university.
山东省 潍坊2025 届高三下学期二模英语试题
第二节(满分 25 分)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 sun burned hot over Gudewadi, a small village in Western Maharashtra 
where the earth smelled of ripe cashew( 腰果)and dust. I was the village bad boy 
because I had no interest in school or studies.Mud on my knees, dirty words on my 
tongue and a pack of restless troublemakers at my heels, I was the boy mothers 
warned their sons about. School? A prison. Books? Useless weight. The only lessons I 
cared about were what the fields taught: how to climb a cashew tree without being 
hurt, how to tell when the fruit was sweetest, how to outrun the teacher catching me 
skipping school again.
No one thought I would do anything worthwhile with my life. "why waste time 
on him?" they'd tease, watching me whistling through the lanes. " He'll end up back 
on the farms anyway. Some boys are just weeds, amounting to nothing." Even the 
cashew trees seemed to whisper it when the wind blew. It seemed the village had 
already written my fate.
But my mother, uneducated, visualised a different future, refusing to let the world 
bury me alive.Every time I collapsed onto the bed intending to skip school, she seized 
my arm and beat me until I got dressed. "You will not rot here!" she shouted, 
marching me to the classroom door and watching me enter her shadow like a stubborn 
cashew tree.
This bad boy image troubled me. I didn't believe I was a bad boy and never 
wanted to be one. These thoughts lingered in my mind, like mosquitos buzzing around 
our cashew apples. For years, I had been torn by this contradiction, Then, one 
evening, as I sat on the farm's edge watching the sun bleed into the cashew fields, the 
truth bit harder than any insect: I was becoming exactly what they said-a boy with 
nothing. No respect. No future.
注意:
1.续写词数应为 150 个左右;
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答
Paragraph 1 :It hit me that education was my only way out.
Paragraph 2:I put in some cashew seeds when packing and headed for the university.
1. 文章分类及续写思路分析
文章类型:
该读后续写属于 “人物成长与转变” 类型,讲述一个叛逆的乡村少年在母
亲的影响下,意识到教育的重要性,最终决心改变自己的故事。
续写构思与布局:
步骤
内容
具体实施
1. 承接原
文
延续主角的心理转变,从
“叛逆少年”到“决心求
学”
第一段开头已给出:“It hit me that 
education was my only way out.” 需描
写主角如何坚定信念,克服困难。
2. 提炼框
架
心理描写 + 行动描写 + 象
征手法
① 内心挣扎 → ② 决定改变 → ③ 
付诸行动(如学习、告别过去)→ 
④ 象征性举动(如带走腰果种子)
3. 巧妙设
计
利用环境、动作、心理描写
增强感染力
如:用“腰果树”象征成长,用“母
亲的眼神”体现期望,用“书本”代
表新生活。
4. 注意事
项
① 保持人物性格一致性;
② 衔接原文伏笔(如腰果
树、母亲的期望);③ 避
免突兀转折
2. 故事山模式分析
故事阶段
原文内容
续写衔接点
背景介绍
主角是村里的“坏孩子”,厌恶
学校,喜欢田野
续写需承接他对教育的态度转
变
冲突出现
村民和母亲对他的不同看法
(“杂草” vs “必须读书”)
续写需体现他如何解决内心矛
盾
高潮转折
主角意识到自己“正在变成他们
所说的无用之人”
续写第一段:“教育是我唯一
的出路”
故事阶段
原文内容
续写衔接点
结局解决
交给你了。
续写第二段:带走腰果种子,
象征新旧生活的结合
3. 原文关键分析(表格)
分析角
度
内容
原文反应句
人物刻
画
主角叛逆但内心矛盾
“I was the village bad boy... These 
thoughts lingered in my mind”
情感层
次
对教育的厌恶 → 自我怀疑 
→ 决心改变
“Books? Useless weight.” → “I was 
becoming exactly what they said”
关键情
节点
母亲强迫上学 + 自我觉醒
“she seized my arm and beat me...” + 
“the truth bit harder...”
语言特
色
乡土气息,比喻生动
“the earth smelled of ripe cashew”, “like 
mosquitos buzzing”
关键词
分析
“腰果树”(象征束缚与成
长)、“母亲”(代表希
望)
“stubborn cashew tree”, “her shadow”
心理描
写
内心挣扎与顿悟
“I didn’t believe I was a bad boy... the 
truth bit harder”
动作描
写
叛逆行为 vs 母亲强制行动
“whistling through the lanes” vs “she 
seized my arm”
环境描
写
乡村环境烘托人物心境
“the sun bleed into the cashew fields”
隐含主
题
教育改变命运,自我救赎
“You will not rot here!”
情感转
折
从无所谓到焦虑再到决心
“No one thought I would do anything...” 
→ “It hit me...”
伏笔与
冲突
村民的偏见 vs 母亲的坚持
“Some boys are just weeds” vs 
“marching me to the classroom”
分析角
度
内容
原文反应句
隐含线
索
腰果树(象征主角的根与未
来)
续写可呼应“带走腰果种子”
4. 续写设计建议
第一段:聚焦心理转变,可描写主角如何开始学习(如熬夜读书、向老师请
教),并受到村民的质疑或母亲的鼓励,最后考上理想大学。
第二段:用“腰果种子”作为象征,体现他对过去的不舍与对新生活的期待
(如:“I put in some cashew seeds... a reminder of where I came from”)。
衔接原文:重复关键词(如“cashew”“mother’s shadow”),保持语言风格
(比喻+乡土气息)。
3. 动作、心理、环境描写
动作描写
1. He clenched his fists, staring at the dusty textbook.
(他攥紧拳头,盯着那本布满灰尘的课本。)
2. She yanked my arm, dragging me toward the school gate.
(她拽着我的胳膊,硬把我拖向校门。)
3. I scrambled up the cashew tree, ignoring the scratches on my legs.
(我爬上腰果树,不顾腿上的划痕。)
4. The teacher’s gaze bore into me as I slunk into the classroom.
(当我溜进教室时,老师的目光刺穿了我。)
5. I flung the bag onto the bed, sending a cloud of dust into the air.
(我把书包扔到床上,扬起一阵灰尘。)
6. He kicked a pebble across the dirt road, scowling.
(他踢了一颗石子穿过土路,皱着眉头。)
7. She shoved the book into my hands, her eyes blazing.
(她把书塞进我手里,眼神灼热。)
8. I hunched over the desk, scribbling furiously.
(我弓着背趴在桌子上,疯狂地写着。)
9. The wind whipped through the fields, rustling the cashew leaves.
(风呼啸着穿过田野,沙沙作响地吹动腰果树叶。)
10. He trudged home, his shoulders slumped in defeat.
(他拖着沉重的脚步回家,肩膀耷拉着,一副挫败的样子。)
心理描写
1. A pang of guilt shot through me as I met my mother’s eyes.
(当我与母亲的目光相遇时,一阵内疚感袭来。)
2. The weight of their expectations pressed down on me like a stone.
(他们的期望像石头一样压在我身上。)
3. Doubt gnawed at my mind—was I really just a weed?
(怀疑啃噬着我的大脑——我真的只是一株杂草吗?)
4. A flicker of determination sparked inside me.
(一丝决心在我心中闪现。)
5. I wrestled with the thought of giving up, but something held me back.
(我挣扎着想要放弃,但有什么东西阻止了我。)
6. The whispers of the villagers echoed in my head.
(村民们的窃窃私语在我脑海中回荡。)
7. A strange mix of fear and excitement churned in my stomach.
(一种奇怪的恐惧和兴奋在我胃里翻腾。)
8. I longed to prove them wrong, but didn’t know where to start.
(我渴望证明他们是错的,但不知从何开始。)
9. The realization hit me like a punch to the gut.
(这个认知像一记重拳击中我的腹部。)
10. Hope, fragile yet stubborn, took root in my heart.
(希望,脆弱却固执,在我心中扎根。)
环境描写
The sun blazed mercilessly over the parched fields.
(太阳无情地炙烤着干裂的田野。)
Shadows stretched long across the dirt path as evening fell.
(夜幕降临,影子在土路上拉得很长。)
The scent of ripe cashews hung heavy in the air.
(成熟的腰果香气在空气中弥漫。)
Crickets chirped in the tall grass, a quiet symphony of dusk.
(蟋蟀在高草丛中鸣叫,黄昏的静谧交响曲。)
Dust swirled in the golden light of the setting sun.
(灰尘在落日的金色光芒中盘旋。)
The village slept under a blanket of stars.
(村庄在星空下沉睡。)
A lone cashew tree stood defiant against the wind.
(一棵孤独的腰果树在风中倔强挺立。)
The classroom walls, cracked and yellowed, seemed to close in on me.
(教室的墙壁开裂发黄,仿佛在向我逼近。)
Raindrops tapped lightly on the tin roof, a soothing rhythm.
(雨滴轻轻敲打着铁皮屋顶,舒缓的节奏。)
The horizon burned red, as if the sky itself was on fire.
(地平线燃烧成红色,仿佛天空在燃烧。)
4. 高级替换词 & 场景分类
场景
基础词
高级替换词
决心
try
strive, endeavor, resolve
改变
change
transform, reshape, revolutionize
痛苦
pain
anguish, torment, agony
希望
hope
aspiration, yearning, optimism
愤怒
angry
furious, enraged, indignant
5. 常见搭配 & 词法解析
固定搭配
Clench one’s fists(攥紧拳头)He clenched his fists in frustration.
Bury someone alive(活埋;比喻“毁掉某人”)She refused to let the world 
bury me alive.
Outrun fate(逃脱命运)Can I outrun the fate they’ve written for me?
Take root(扎根)A new determination took root in his heart.
Bleed into(渗入;比喻“融入”)The sunset bled into the horizon.
可积累的语料
单词/短
语
词义
词
性
近义词
反义词
例句
Defiant
反抗
的
adj.
rebellious
obedient
The tree stood defiant in 
the storm.
Linger
徘徊
v.
hover, remain
vanish
The smell of cashews 
lingered in the air.
Torment
折磨
n./v.
agony, torture
relief
Doubt tormented his mind.
Resolve
决心
n.
determination
indecision
His resolve hardened like 
steel.
Yearning
渴望
n.
longing, 
desire
indifference
A deep yearning for 
change filled him.
6. Possible Versions(4)
Version 1
Paragraph 1: It hit me that education was my only way out. My mother’s 
voice echoed in my ears—"You will not rot here!"(衔接原文)—as if her every
 
     had 
 
 
planted a seed of sense. Next day, for the first time, I didn’t sneak off to the fields. 
I waked up early, reached school and entered our classroom with a strange 
feeling(动作串). The letters swam before my eyes(无灵主语句), but I clenched my teeth and 
kept going. At school, teachers raised their eyebrows when I began to answer 
questions. My classmates whispered in disbelief—wasn’t I the boy who skipped 
lessons? Their doubt became my fuel. I studied beneath flickering oil lamps, 
replacing 
 
 mischief with determination
 
 (现在分词做伴随动作). Each test I passed, each page I 
filled, I felt something shifting inside me. I wasn’t just escaping a label—I was 
rewriting it(递进描写). When the university admission letter finally arrived, my hands 
trembled. I ran home, the paper pressed to my chest(独立主格刻画人物), and my mother 
cried, her tears 
 
 glistening
 
   with
 
   new
 
   hope
 
 (独立主格刻画母亲神态). I whispered a silent 
promise—I would not waste this chance.
Paragraph 2: I put in some cashew seeds when packing and headed for the 
university. Those seeds, small and dry(adj 做后置补语), reminded me of home—and of 
how far I had come. University life overwhelmed me at first(无灵主语句), but I stayed 
grounded, like the roots of the cashew trees I once climbed(衔接原文). I joined study 
groups, asked questions without shame, and explored libraries(动作串并列) that 
smelled nothing like the village dust(衔接原文). In one presentation, I spoke about the 
cashew harvest cycle. My classmates listened, eyes wide(独立主格刻画人物), surprised(adj 做主语
补语) that something so rural could be so rich with science. That moment lit a fire 
in me(无灵主语句)—to prove that where you come from(主从) doesn’t define where you 
can go. Years later, when my research on sustainable cashew farming won an 
international award, I flew home. My mother stood at the village center, holding 
 
 the
 
  
certificate high(现在分词做伴随动作). I wasn’t a weed—I was a tree(递进描写) grown 
 
 strong by 
 
 
her hope(过去分词做好欧洲定语), and my roots would always stretch back to her.
Version 2
Paragraph 1: It hit me that education was my only way out. That night, I 
couldn’t sleep—the words of the villagers echoed in my head, but louder still was 
my mother’s voice(倒装的样子强调): “You will not rot here.” Determined 
 
 to prove her 
 
 
right(adj 做主语补语), I forced myself to change. I began to arrive at school before the 
teacher and left after the last bell. Though my hands still remembered the feel of 
soil(无灵主语句), they now held pens and books tightly. The subjects I once mocked 
now intrigued me, and every formula solved, every essay completed(过去分词做后置定语) 
felt like a small act of rebellion against the fate (无灵主语句)others had written for me. 
Still, doubt sometimes crept in(情绪描写), but I remembered my mother’s calloused 
hands dragging 
 
 me to class
 
 (现在分词做后置定语) and her eyes that burned with unspoken 
hope. Each passing test score became a stepping stone. Finally, the day came when I 
received the university admission letter, and my fingers trembled(人物状态描写) as I 
whispered to the cashew trees, “I did it.”
Paragraph 2: I put in some cashew seeds when packing and headed for the 
university. They weren’t just seeds—they were(递进句式) reminders of where I came 
from and why I had to succeed. At the university, everything felt foreign—
students debated fearlessly, professors spoke in polished English, and libraries 
stretched endlessly(刻画大学的环境,并列). I felt lost at first, but when asked to write about 
my roots, I shared tales of Gudewadi’s cashew harvests, its scent of dust and 
dreams(衔接原文). My stories sparked unexpected interest, and I decided to dive into 
agricultural research, focusing 
 
 on improving cashew yields
 
 (现在分词做后置定语) using 
sustainable methods(现在分词做伴随动作). Years later, as I stood at an international 
conference, presenting 
 
 a project
 
 (现在分词做伴随动作) inspired 
 
 by my village
 
 (过去分词做后置定语), I 
saw my mother’s photo tucked in my notebook(过去分词做后置定语). Her stubborn 
strength had become my foundation(衔接原文). That dirty-kneed boy had not only left 
the village—he’d grown into the kind of man(衔接原文) who flourished from there, 
not rotting.
Version 3
Paragraph 1: It hit me that education was my only way out. But changing 
wasn’t easy. My old ways clung to me like the dust of Gudewadi(无灵主语句,衔接原文). 
Yet each time I thought of skipping school, I remembered my mother’s 
 
 every
 
   
single
 
   word
 
 —not out of anger, but desperation
 
 (衔接原文,递进描写). Slowly, I began to 
find rhythm in my studies. I used the early mornings to revise, my only 
companions the chirping birds and the soft light creeping through the window(独
立主格刻画人物的变化). My classmates, once amused by my failures, grew curious(对比描写) as my 
marks climbed. I no longer laughed the loudest or ran the fastest(衔接原文), but I 
carried a new pride—quiet, steady, and growing(adj 并列). The first time I placed in 
the top three of my class, I didn’t boast. I simply went home and knelt beside 
my mother’s feet. Her eyes welled up(独立主格刻画人物). She didn’t say a word, but I knew. 
That silent approval fueled me through the final year(无灵主语句)  until that life-changing 
 
 
envelope arrived.
Paragraph 2: I put in some cashew seeds when packing and headed for the 
university. As the train pulled away from Gudewadi(衔接点), I pressed my forehead to 
the glass, the cashew seeds in my bag whispering promises(独立主格刻画人物心理). 
University life was nothing like I’d imagined. I stumbled, failed a few quizzes, 
and felt invisible among polished peers(动词并列). But I kept going, driven 
 
 by 
 
 
something deeper(过去分词做原因状语, Driven by the passion to win, ....♪♪). When I introduced myself, I 
always spoke of my village—the land, the trees, the taste of ripe cashews(名词并列). 
Professors encouraged me to explore agricultural science. Soon, I immersed 
myself in research that connected modern techniques with traditional wisdom. 
Eventually, I led a student team to Gudewadi to implement irrigation projects. 
My neighbors, once skeptical, welcomed me home. My mother, standing 
 
 tall in 
 
 
the crowd(现在分词做伴随动作), held a bowl of fresh cashews. I had returned—not as a weed, 
but as one of the strongest branches from the old tree(递进描写).
Version 4
Paragraph 1: It hit me that education was my only way out. The moment of 
truth came(无灵主语句) as I 
 
 thought
 
   about
 
  my mother's weary eyes 
 
 - the same eyes that 
had witnessed countless sunsets over the cashew fields, now brimming 
 
 with 
 
 
quiet desperation
 
   although
 
   she
 
   refused
 
   to
    accpet
 
   the
 
   ‘
  truth
 
 ’   (现在分词做后置定语). 
Something inside me snapped. I began rising before dawn(与原文衔接), my once-lazy 
limbs now moving with purpose(独立主格刻画变化). The village school's cracked 
chalkboard became my battlefield(变化描写), each equation 
 
 conquered
 
 (过去分词做后置定语,这个必
须理解好) a small victory over my old self. Days melted into weeks(时间过渡,想起来blur 了吗), my 
hands gradually losing their calluses from climbing trees(独立主格刻画人物变化), gaining 
instead the smooth marks of a diligent student(现在分词做伴随动作). When the university 
acceptance letter 
 
 arrived
 
 (无灵主语句), its crisp paper felt foreign yet familiar in my 
work(无灵主语句), a tangible proof that the "village bad boy" could indeed change his 
fate(同位从).
Paragraph 2: I put in some cashew seeds when packing and headed for the 
university. These seeds, carefully 
 
 wrapped 
 
 in my mother's faded headscarf
 
 (过去分词
做后置定语), held the essence of everything(无灵主语句) I was leaving behind - and 
everything I hoped to become. The university's towering libraries and buzzing 
lecture halls were a world away from Gudewadi's dusty lanes(衔接原文), yet 
whenever I felt overwhelmed, Mom
 
 ’ s    words
 
   lingering
 
   with
 
   me
  (独立主格刻画人物衔接妈妈), 
I'd press a seed between my fingers, its familiar ridges reminding me(独立主格刻画人物) 
how far I'd come. Those seeds became my silent companions through all-night 
study sessions(无灵主语句,强调种子重要性), their presence a constant whisper(独立主格): 
"Remember where you started and why you begin."
亮点词汇:
brim with (phr.) 充满
替换词:overflow with, be filled with
例句:Her eyes brimmed with unshed tears.
callus (n.) 老茧
替换词:hardening, thickening
例句:The guitarist's fingers developed protective calluses.
tangible (adj.) 有形的
替换词:concrete, palpable
例句:The award gave him tangible proof of his success.
地道搭配:
moment of truth 关键时刻
crack chalkboard 破裂的黑板
fade headscarf 褪色的头巾
官方:
It hit me that education was my only way out. Since then, I said goodbye to my 
bed to be the early bird every morning in my class and even stayed late at school after 
everyone left, my fingers marked with pen ink instead of dirt. While my old friends 
were stealing fruit, l was stealing time to study under the dim light of our oil lamp. I 
struggled for exams like hell and my grades inched up gradually until the day the 
university's admission letter arrived. Clutching the letter, I dashed home excitedly and 
eagerly told my mom the great news. But as the rush of joy faded, I knew this paper 
was just the first step toward what awaited me in university life.
I put in some cashew seeds when packing and headed for the university. It was an 
eye-opener.lecture halls humming with debates, library shelves cradling with 
knowledge. When I mentioned the cashew trees of my hometown during my 
presentation, the blank yet fascinated expressions drew my thoughts back to the 
cashew seeds in my backpack, sparking my determination to research on this Years
later, my research received global recognition, but better than that was the proud 
moment when my mother, that same stubborn figure, held my papers up high to the 
neighbors. The former “ bad boy' finally blossomed-not with mud. but with the seeds 
of perseverance.