4．阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。
The Water of Life
It was one of the hottest days of the dry season. We had not seen rain in almost a month. The crops were dying. Cows had stopped giving milk. The creeks and streams were long gone back into the earth. It was a dry season that would bankupt several farmers before it was through. Every day, my husband and his brothers would go about the tiring process of trying to get water to the farm. If we didn`t see some rain soon, we would lose everything.
It was on his day that I learned the true lesson of sharing and witnessed the only miracle I have seen with my own eyes. I was in the kitchen making lunch for my husband and his brothers when I saw my six-year old son, Billy, walking toward the woods. He wasn't walking with the usual carefree abandon of a youth but with a serious purpose. I could only see his back. He was obviously walking with a great effort trying to be as still as possible Minutes after he disappeared into the woods, he came running out again toward the house. I went back to make sandwiches, thinking that whatever task he had been doing was completed.
Moments later, however, he was once again walking in that slow purposeful stride toward the woods. This activity went on for over an hour: walking carefully to the woods, and then running back to the house. Finally, my curiosity got the best of me. I crept out of the house and followed him on his journey.
He was cupping both hands in front of him as he walked, very careful not to spill the water he held. Maybe two or three tablespoons were held in his tiny hands. I sneaked closer as he went into the woods. Branches and thorns slapped his little face but he did not try to avoid them. He had a much greater purpose. As I leaned in to spy on him, I saw an amazing sight. A mother deer with a huge pair of deer horns appeared in front of him, with a baby fawn（幼鹿）lying on the dry ground. I almost screamed to get him away.
注意：
1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2. 至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语；
3. 续写部分分为两段，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语。
Paragraph 1
However, Billy walked right up to them.
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Paragraph 2
I witnessed the most beautiful heart working hand to save a life.
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【答案】Paragraph 1
However, Billy walked right up to them. Cautiously he knelt down by the weak baby fawn, seemingly familiar with the two creatures. The fawn suffering from dehydration and heat exhaustion lifted its head up with great efforts and eagerly lapped up the water cupped in my beautiful boy's hands. The mother deer stood by as if in guard. Not until the fawn licked the last drip of water did Billy move a little bit. I contained myself not to make a slightest sound, for fear of scaring them. （81 words）
Paragraph 2
I witnessed the most beautiful heart working hard to save a life. With the water gone, Billy jumped to his feet and met my smiling eyes. Before he tried to explain, I strode to him and held him tight. As the tears that rolled down my face began to hit the ground, they were suddenly joined by other drops and more drops and more. I looked up at the sky. It was as if God, Himself, was weeping with pride. The rain that came that day was a miracle, saving our farm, just like my boy saved a life. （87 words）
【分析】
本文以人物为线索展开，讲述了在一个旱季，几乎有一个月没见过雨了。庄稼快死了，奶牛已经不产奶了。而作者有一天却发现6岁的儿子Billy正向树林里走去，且不停在树林与房子之间往返。作者于是尾随儿子，发现他在给树林里的鹿群送水。
【详解】
1.段落续写：
①由第一段首句内容“然而，比利径直朝他们走去。”可知，第一段可描写作者尾随儿子之后，看到儿子用水喂小鹿的过程。
②由第二段首句内容“我目睹了最美丽的心努力拯救生命。”可知，第二段可描写Billy发现作者之后，想要解释，作者被深深地感动了。
2.续写线索：
Billy跪在小鹿旁边——小鹿经受折磨——小鹿费力地抬起头——热切地舔着水——作者控制自己，怕吓着他们——看到父亲，Billy尝试解释——作者仅仅抓住他——作者感到骄傲
3.词汇激活：
行为类
跪在：kneel down/go down on one’s knees
遭受：suffer from/undergo
抬头：lift one’s head up/raise one’s head
舔：lap up /lick
解释：explain/account for
情绪类
害怕：fear/dread
骄傲：be proud of/take pride in
【点睛】
[高分句型1]
Not until the fawn licked the last drip of water did Billy move a little bit.（not until位于句首，使用部分倒装）
[高分句型2]
The rain that came that day was a miracle, saving our farm, just like my boy saved a life.（that引导定语从句，saving为现在分词作状语）
The Water of Life
It was one of the hottest days of the dry season. We had not seen rain in almost a month. The crops were dying. Cows had stopped giving milk. The creeks and streams were long gone back into the earth. It was a dry season that would bankupt several farmers before it was through. Every day, my husband and his brothers would go about the tiring process of trying to get water to the farm. If we didn`t see some rain soon, we would lose everything.
It was on his day that I learned the true lesson of sharing and witnessed the only miracle I have seen with my own eyes. I was in the kitchen making lunch for my husband and his brothers when I saw my six-year old son, Billy, walking toward the woods. He wasn't walking with the usual carefree abandon of a youth but with a serious purpose. I could only see his back. He was obviously walking with a great effort trying to be as still as possible Minutes after he disappeared into the woods, he came running out again toward the house. I went back to make sandwiches, thinking that whatever task he had been doing was completed.
Moments later, however, he was once again walking in that slow purposeful stride toward the woods. This activity went on for over an hour: walking carefully to the woods, and then running back to the house. Finally, my curiosity got the best of me. I crept out of the house and followed him on his journey.
He was cupping both hands in front of him as he walked, very careful not to spill the water he held. Maybe two or three tablespoons were held in his tiny hands. I sneaked closer as he went into the woods. Branches and thorns slapped his little face but he did not try to avoid them. He had a much greater purpose. As I leaned in to spy on him, I saw an amazing sight. A mother deer with a huge pair of deer horns appeared in front of him, with a baby fawn（幼鹿）lying on the dry ground. I almost screamed to get him away.
注意：
1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2. 至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语；
3. 续写部分分为两段，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语。
Paragraph 1
However, Billy walked right up to them.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Paragraph 2
I witnessed the most beautiful heart working hand to save a life.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
【答案】Paragraph 1
However, Billy walked right up to them. Cautiously he knelt down by the weak baby fawn, seemingly familiar with the two creatures. The fawn suffering from dehydration and heat exhaustion lifted its head up with great efforts and eagerly lapped up the water cupped in my beautiful boy's hands. The mother deer stood by as if in guard. Not until the fawn licked the last drip of water did Billy move a little bit. I contained myself not to make a slightest sound, for fear of scaring them. （81 words）
Paragraph 2
I witnessed the most beautiful heart working hard to save a life. With the water gone, Billy jumped to his feet and met my smiling eyes. Before he tried to explain, I strode to him and held him tight. As the tears that rolled down my face began to hit the ground, they were suddenly joined by other drops and more drops and more. I looked up at the sky. It was as if God, Himself, was weeping with pride. The rain that came that day was a miracle, saving our farm, just like my boy saved a life. （87 words）
【分析】
本文以人物为线索展开，讲述了在一个旱季，几乎有一个月没见过雨了。庄稼快死了，奶牛已经不产奶了。而作者有一天却发现6岁的儿子Billy正向树林里走去，且不停在树林与房子之间往返。作者于是尾随儿子，发现他在给树林里的鹿群送水。
【详解】
1.段落续写：
①由第一段首句内容“然而，比利径直朝他们走去。”可知，第一段可描写作者尾随儿子之后，看到儿子用水喂小鹿的过程。
②由第二段首句内容“我目睹了最美丽的心努力拯救生命。”可知，第二段可描写Billy发现作者之后，想要解释，作者被深深地感动了。
2.续写线索：
Billy跪在小鹿旁边——小鹿经受折磨——小鹿费力地抬起头——热切地舔着水——作者控制自己，怕吓着他们——看到父亲，Billy尝试解释——作者仅仅抓住他——作者感到骄傲
3.词汇激活：
行为类
跪在：kneel down/go down on one’s knees
遭受：suffer from/undergo
抬头：lift one’s head up/raise one’s head
舔：lap up /lick
解释：explain/account for
情绪类
害怕：fear/dread
骄傲：be proud of/take pride in
【点睛】
[高分句型1]
Not until the fawn licked the last drip of water did Billy move a little bit.（not until位于句首，使用部分倒装）
[高分句型2]
The rain that came that day was a miracle, saving our farm, just like my boy saved a life.（that引导定语从句，saving为现在分词作状语）
