英语
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英语试卷
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3.考试结束后，请将本试卷和答题卡一并交回；
4.全卷共9 页，满分 150 分，考试时间 120 分钟。
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）
做题时先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题
卡上。
第一节（共5 小题：每小题 1.5 分，满分 7.5 分）
听下面5 段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项，并
标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有 10 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段
对话仅读一遍。
1. What will the woman do next?
A. Closc the curtains. B. Go to the cinema. C. Surf the net.
2. Where does the conversation probably take place?
A. In a classroom. B. In a library. C. In a bookstore.
3.What are the speakers mainly talking about?
A.A contest. B.A restaurant. C. A salesperson.
4. What problem are the speakers facing?
A. The pipe is leaking. B. The toolbox is missing. C. The repairman is unavailable.
5.What is the woman doing?
A. Visiting a museum. B. Taking a taxi. C. Asking the way.
第二节（共 15 小题：每小题 1.5 分，满分 22.5 分）
听下面5 段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C 三个选项中选出
最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5 秒钟；
听完后，各小题将给出5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听下面一段对话，回答第6 至第7 两个小题。
6.What are the speakers planning to do?
A. Give a music performance. B. Manage a music band. C. Attend a winter concert.
7.When will the speakers meet?
A. At 6 p.m. B. At 7 p.m. C. At 8 p.m.
听下面一段对话，回答第8 至第9 两个小题。
8. What does the man ask the woman to do?
A. Pass a message. B. Download some files. C. Give a presentation.
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9.How can Jason reach the man?
A. By meeting him personally. B. By sending him an email. C. By making him a call.
听下面一段对话，回答第 10 至第 13 四个小题。
10.How is the man studying Spanish?
A. Through online courses. B. Through language apps. C. Through classroom lessons.
11.What does the woman say about her wavy of studying Spanish?
A. It’s convenient. B. It’s interesting. C. It’s well-organized.
12.What aspect of Spanish is the man interested in?
A. Daily conversations. B. Traditional literature. C. Travel phrases.
13. What does the woman try to do in the end?
A. Encourage the man. B. Express her worries. C. Recommend some classics.
听下面一段对话，回答第 14 至第 16 三个小题。
14.What is the man doing?
A. Directing a play. B. Conducting an interview. C. Organizing a discussion.
15. What does Wendy think of signing opera?
A. Tough. B. Attractive. C. Amazing.
16. What is Wendy’s duty during the performance?
A. To play the music. B. To teach sign language. C. To interpret for the audience.
17.What does Wendy do before going on stage?
A. She gets familiar with the stage.
B. She tries to remember all the lines.
C. She practises with the performers.
听下面一段独白，回答第 18 至第 20 三个小题。
18. Who could the speaker probably be?
A. An architect. B. A parent. C.A host.
19. What is the speaker dissatisfied with about the building?
A. Its site. B. Its equipment. C. Its look.
20.What can we learn from the call?
A. The new pool is closed in the winter.
B. The sports center is intended for children.
C. The proposed complex will be well-equipped.
第二部分 阅读（共两节，满分50分）
第一节（共 15 小题：每小题 1.5 分，满分 37.5 分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
If you really want a taste of Dutch life, a bike tour through Amsterdam is the way to go.
What is included in an Amsterdam bike tour
The bicycle is of course provided and included in the price of the tour. Some tours offer coffee and tea
after the tour finishes. Every tour especially has its own theme and route (路线). You can compare them by
visiting webpages about a particular tour.
Amsterdam bicycle tour basics
These tours are usually between one and two hours long. They are guided by friendly and knowledgeable
tour guides who are well capable in human interactions and Amsterdam information. What’s more, the tour
guides usually know many languages and are used to dealing with communication barriers (障碍).
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If it rains, no worries, you can choose to cancel your tour free of charge. This applies of course also in
case of (万一) other bad weather or in case you simply don’t feel like taking the tour. The cancellation is easy,
without question, and free.
Important during the bicycle tour of Amsterdam
Please don’t become so Dutch that you disregard the traffic laws. It is a fact that some Amsterdammers
often cross a street or a bridge when they feel like doing it. That is why staying alert (警惕的) and a little bit
of biking experience can help you to cross the small city streets during an Amsterdam bike tour. Also, unless
you are 100% sure that the weather will be plenty sunny, you’d better bring a jacket. When you start moving
on the bike, the Amsterdam’s air can get quite cold.
21．What is special about an Amsterdam bike tour?
A．It provides a free bike. B．It offers coffee and tea.
C．It includes a free lunch. D．It has its theme and route.
22．Which of the following is suggested in the last paragraph?
A．Taking no notice of the traffic rules. B．Bringing warm clothing.
C．Doing as the Dutch do. D．Getting away from bad weather.
23．Where can the text be found?
A．In a history book. B．In a research paper.
C．In an art magazine. D．In a travel brochure.
B
Is future you? It might seem like a strange philosophical question. But the answer to how you think
about your future self could make the difference between decisions you ultimately find satisfying and ones
you might eventually regret.
The brain patterns that emerge on an MRI (核磁共振成像) when people think about their future selves
most like the brain patterns that arise when they think about strangers. This finding suggests that, in the
mind’s eye, our future selves look like other people. If you see future you as a different person, why should
you save money, eat healthier or exercise more regularly to benefit that stranger?
However, if you see the interests of your distant self as more like those of your present self, you are
considerably more likely to do things today that benefit you tomorrow. A paper in the journal PLoS One
revealed that college students who experienced a greater sense of connection and similarity to their future
selves were more likely to achieve academic success. Relationships with our future selves also matter for
general psychological well-being. In a project led by Joseph Reiff, which includes 5, 000 adults aged 20 to
75, he found that those who perceived a great overlap (重叠) in qualities between their current and future
selves ended up being more satisfied with their lives 10 years after filling out the initial survey.
So how can we better befriend our future selves and feel more connected to their fates? The
psychological mindset with what we call ”vividness interventions“ works. We have found, for instance, that
showing people images of their older, grayer selves increases intentions to save for the long term. Besides,
you might try writing a letter to-and then from-your future self. As demonstrated by Yuta Chishima and Anne
Wilson in their 2020 study in the journal Self and Identity, when high-school students engaged in this type
of ”send-and-reply“ exercise, they experienced elevated (升高的) levels of feelings of similarity with their
future selves.
Letter-writing and visualization exercises are just a couple of ways we can connect with our future selves
and beyond, but the larger lesson here is clear: If we can treat our distant selves as if they are people we love,
care about and want to support, we can start making choices for them that improve our lives-both today and
tomorrow.
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24．What’s the function of paragraph 2?
A．Generating further discussion. B．Introducing a research result.
C．Showing the effect of the finding. D．Concluding various viewpoints.
25．How does the author prove his statements?
A．By offering relevant statistics. B．By using quotations.
C．By referring to previous findings. D．By making comparisons.
26．What is paragraph 4 mainly about?
A．Benefits of befriending our future selves.
B．Ways of connecting with our future selves.
C．Methods of changing psychological mindsets.
D．Possibilities of us becoming our future selves.
27．What does the article want to tell us?
A．Making future plans makes a difference.
B．Our future selves look like other people.
C．Getting to know your future self benefits.
D．Your choice affects the fates of strangers.
C
We may weep for the dodo, but could and should we bring this lovely bird back from the dead?
De-extinction is the science of restoring lost species and it has been in the news for decades.
The story in modern times began in 1990 when Michael Crichton published his science fiction novel
Jurassic Park, in which he imagined a world where scientists were able to bring dinosaurs back to life.
Crichton imagined that polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technology could be a way to amplify (放大) tiny
quantities of dinosaur DNA and thus build a living embryo.
Sadly, biologists soon realized that DNA in fact breaks down super-fast; even after 100 years, DNA
from museum skins of dodos was decayed (腐烂) beyond repair. They could be sequenced (测定序列) using
massive computational power, but then only with considerable uncertainty. And even if you capture a DNA
sequence, there’s still the problem of how you get living cells to read that sequence and express proteins that
make the dinosaur or the dodo.
But why would anyone want to see mammoths, or something like them, roaming (漫游) present-day
Siberia? Well, they were undoubtedly amazing beasts. As well as hunting them, our distant ancestors painted
their likenesses in caves across Europe. Fascinating as they may be, there's some ecological justification for
the project too.
It was this diversity of land surface, broken up by heavy limbs and randomly fertilised by faeces (排泄
物), that supported so much flora (植物群). Without the mammoths, that diversity disappeared. Return them
and landscapes would once again be with a variety of species, including flowers and bushes.
True, it’s not de-extinction in the sense of bringing a long-dead species back to life. Instead it’s more
like making a “dodo” by engineering a modern pigeon, its closest relative, to become huge and flightless. The
result would be a big, fatty pigeon that, whether it looked like a dodo or not, would probably fulfil some of its
ecological roles.
As a palaeontologist, I would of course love to see living dinosaurs, mammoths and dodos. In some
ways, though, I am relieved that the optimistic claims for cloning and genetic technologies have not been
borne out. The slowdown gives us time to consider the outcomes—and hopefully avoid some of Michael
Crichton’s more fevered imaginings.
28．What is paragraph 2 of the text mainly about?
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A．A science fiction review. B．The development of DNA．
C．An inspired guess of de-extinction. D．The application of PCR technology.
29．What’s the barrier to cloning a living embryo?
A．DNA is hard to keep for long. B．Computational power is limited.
C．Biologists are opposed to it. D．Living cells cant be sequenced.
30．Why are people interested in cloning extinct species?
A．They expect to seek hunt fun. B．They lack sources of modern art.
C．They need them for research. D．They want to see biodiversity.
31．What’s the author’s attitude toward cloning extinct species?
A．Cautious. B．Unclear. C．Dismissive. D．Approving.
D
Some ants have figured out how to avoid getting lost: build taller anthills, according to a recent study.
Desert ants living in the hot, flat salt pans of Tunisia spend their days looking for food and reach as far
as 1.1 kilometers from their nests. To find their way home, desert ants use a navigation system, relying on the
sun’s position and counting their steps to track their location relative to their nest.
But this system becomes increasingly unreliable as the distance from the nest increases. “We realized
that, whenever the ants in salt pans came closer to their nest, they suddenly pinpointed the nest hill from
several meters distance,” says Markus Knaden, a researcher at Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology.
“This made us think that the hill serves as a nest-defining landmark.”
So Knaden and colleagues captured ants from nests in the middle of salt pans and from along their
shorelines. Only salt-pan nests had distinct hills, up to 40 centimeters tall, whereas the hills on shoreline nests
were lower or barely noticeable. Next, the team removed any hills and placed the captured insects some
distance away from their nests. Salt-pan ants struggled more than shore ants to find homes. Shore ants relied
on the shoreline for guidance and weren’t affected by the hill removal, the researchers concluded.
The team further conducted another study to see if desert ants were deliberately building a taller hill
when their surroundings lacked any visible landmarks. So, the researchers removed the hills of 16 salt-pan
nests and installed (安装) two 50-centimeter-tall blocks near eight of them. The other eight nests were left
without any artificial visual aid. After three days, the researchers found that seven ants from the unaided nests
had rebuilt their hills. But only two ants from the nests with man-made blocks nearby had bothered to rebuild.
“It implies that ants regularly assess the complexity of their environment and change their decisions
based on their conclusion,” says ecologist Judith Bronstein of the University of Arizona.
32．What aspect of ants is the recent study mainly about?
A．Challenges of survival. B．Landmarks of habitats.
C．Intelligence of navigation. D．Comparison of varieties.
33．What does the underlined word “pinpointed” in paragraph 2 mean?
A．Explored. B．Recognized. C．Climbed. D．Crossed.
34．Why did researchers set shoreline ants in the experiment?
A．To observe different ants’ reactions. B．To prove impacts of various habitats.
C．To disturb desert ants’ navigation system. D．To test anthills’ functions and significance.
35．What conclusion about desert ants can be drawn from the follow-up study?
A．Evaluate and make changes. B．Visual aid is a must.
C．Cooperation brings victory. D．No man-made blocks are used.
第二节（共5 小题：每小题 2.5 分，满分 12.5 分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
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As the concept of emotional intelligence (EI) has gone global, we’ve watched professionals fail as they
try to improve their emotional intelligence because they either don’t know where to focus their efforts or they
haven’t understood how to improve these skills on a practical level. In our work consulting with companies
and coaching leaders, we have found that if you’re looking to develop particular EI strengths, it helps to
consider areas for improvement others have identified along with the goals you want to achieve, and then to
actively build habits in those areas rather than simply relying on understanding them conceptually.
The first step is to get a sense of how your self-perception (how you see yourself) differs from your
reputation (how others see you); 36 . For example, most of us think that we’re good listeners, but
very often that’s really not the case. Without this external reality check, it will be difficult for you to identify
the ways that your actions affect your performance. Getting feedback from others can also provide proof of
the necessity of shifting our behaviour and motivation to do so.
To give you the best sense of where the differences lie between your self-perception and reputation, you
should use a 360-degree feedback assessment that takes into account the multiple facets of EI; 37 .
Secondly, when you get your feedback from an assessment, let that inform what you want to improve. But
also consider what your goals are. When it comes to cultivating strengths in emotional intelligence,
38 . Your emotional intelligence is so tied up in your sense of self that being intrinsically motivated to
make the effort matters more when changing long-standing habits than it does when simply learning a skill.
That means the areas that you choose to actively work on should lie at the crossroads of the feedback
you’ve gotten and the areas that are most important to your own aspirations; 39 as you do the work of
strengthening your emotional intelligence.
Once you’ve determined which EI skills you want to focus on, identify specific actions that you’ll take.
If you’re working on becoming a better listener, for example, you might decide that when you’re conversing
with someone you’ll take the time to pause, listen to what they have to say, and check that you understand
before you reply. Keep it specific: 40 .
By starting to change your routine reactions, you’ll be well on your way to figuring out the old habits
that aren’t serving you well and transforming them into new, improved ones that do.
A．you’re at a huge disadvantage if you’re only interested because others said you should be
B．bearing your goals in mind is so helpful to improve the positive impact of your current EI habits
C．you should also take every opportunity to practice the skill you are developing, no matter how small
D．understanding the impacts of your EI habits relative to your goals will keep you going over the long
run
E．the key is to find one that guarantees no personal information of those giving you feedback will be
leaked
F．how others see you will to some extent decide how you see others and help you become a good
listener
G．this is true because we can be blind to how we express and read the emotional components of our
interactions
第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共 15 小题：每小题1 分，满分 15 分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
The expression, “Everybody’s doing it,” is very much at the center of the concept of peer pressure. It is a
social influence applied on an individual in order to get that person to act or believe in a(n) 41 way as
a larger group. This influence can be negative or positive, and can exist in both large and small groups.
People are social creatures by nature, and so it is hardly 42 that some part of their self-respect
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comes from the approval of others. This instinct explains why the approval of peers, and the fear of 43 ,
is such a powerful force in many people’s lives. This instinct drives people to dress one way at home and
another way at work, or to answer a simple “fine” when a stranger asks “How are you?” even if it is not
necessarily true. There is a(n) 44 aspect to this: It helps society to function efficiently, and encourages
a general level of self-discipline that 45 day-to-day interaction between people.
For certain individuals, seeking social acceptance is so important that it becomes a(n) 46 : in order
to satisfy the desire, they may go so far as to 47 their sense of right and wrong. Teens and young
adults may feel forced to use drugs, or join gangs that 48 criminal behavior. Mature adults may
sometimes feel 49 to cover up illegal activity at the company where they work, or end up in debt
because they are unable to hold back the desire to buy a house or car that they can’t afford in an effort to
50 the peers.
However, peer pressure is not always negative. A student whose friends are good at contests may be
51 to work harder and get good grades. Players on a sports team may feel driven to play harder in order
to help the team win. This type of 52 can also get a friend off drugs, or to help an adult take up a good
habit or drop a bad one.
Although peer pressure is sometimes quite obvious, it can also be so 53 that a person may not
even notice that it is affecting his or her behavior. For this reason, when making important decisions, simply
going with a(n) 54 is risky. Instead, people should seriously consider why they feel drawn to taking a
particular action, and whether the real 55 is simply that everyone else is doing the same thing.
41．A．traditional B．similar C．peculiar D．opposite
42．A．understandable B．believable C．acceptable D．surprising
43．A．disapproval B．failure C．absence D．independence
44．A．uncertain B．practical C．impossible D．vague
45．A．promotes B．prevents C．simplifies D．increases
46．A．challenge B．inspiration C．promise D．addiction
47．A．recognize B．abandon C．decrease D．define
48．A．avoid B．encourage C．decline D．punish
49．A．pressured B．respected C．delighted D．regretted
50．A．catch sight of B．stay away from C．make fun of D．keep up with
51．A．taught B．argued C．urged D．adapted
52．A．knowledge B．interest C．assistance D．influence
53．A．specific B．ridiculous C．subtle D．reasonable
54．A．consciousnessB．motivation C．instinct D．encouragement
55．A．motivation B．danger C．support D．achievement
第二节（共 10 小题：每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Imagine for a moment that your unborn child has a rare genetic disorder. Not 56 at least
vaguely familiar, such as sickle-cell anaemia or cystic fibrosis, but rather a condition 57 (bury) deep
within the medical dictionary. Adrenoleukodys trophy, maybe. Or Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.
Would you, when your child is born, want to know about it? If effective treatments were available, you
probably would. But if not? If the outcome were fatal, would your interest in knowing about it depend on
whether your newborn had five years of life 58 (look) forward to, or ten? Or 30?
Today these questions are mostly hypothetical. Precisely because they are rare, such disorders are
seldom noticed at birth. They manifest (显现) themselves only gradually, and often with unpredictable
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severity. But that may soon change. Twenty years after the first human genome 59 (map), the price
of whole-genome sequencing has fallen to a point 60 it could, in rich countries at least, be offered
routinely to newborns. Parents will then have to decide exactly how much they want to know.
Early diagnosis brings with it the possibility of early treatment. Moreover, sequencing the genomes of
newborns could offer a lifetime of returns. A patient’s genome may reveal 61 drugs will work best
in his or her particular case for conditions such as ADHD, depression and cancer. Combined with information
about someone’s way of life, it could highlight easily neglected health risks such as cancers and
cardiovascular disease, leading to better preventive measures. A database of genomes, 62 (match) to
living people, would be a benefit to medical research. The fruits of that research, in turn, would make those
genomes more useful to their owners as time goes on.
Such a powerful new technology create new dangers. Widespread screening for thousands of potentially
harmful genes may be counterproductive: some results may worry parents unnecessarily, because some
genetic variations, 63 occasionally indicative of disease, are not strongly so. Parents may not want to
unlock all the secrets that their newborn’s genome might reveal. Some may indeed prefer not to know about
conditions that cannot be treated. Adult-onset illnesses pose a different dilemma — a reasonable position is
that it 64 be up to the children themselves, once grown, to decide whether they want to look at their
genomic information. A further concern is that data will not be kept secure, and may be leaked or otherwise
misused 65 some point in the future.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分 15 分）
66．假定你是李华，即将来临的寒假假期生活，主题为“Enjoy a happy and healthy life of the vacation”，
请写一篇英文发言稿，要点如下：
1. 健康快乐生活的重要性；
2. 怎样才能做到健康快乐地生活(乐观、锻炼等)；
3. 享受假期快乐生活和充分利用时间学习。
注意：
1.100 词左右。
2.开头已给出，不计入单词总数。
Dear fellow students,
It’s my honor to be here to share my opinion ...
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Li Hua
第二节（满分 25 分）
67．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短文。
A Little Boy
A little boy selling magazines for school walked up to a house that people rarely visited. The house was
very old and shabby and the owner hardly ever came out. When he did come out, he would not say hello to
his neighbors or passers-by but simply just glared at them.
The boy knocked on the door and waited, sweating from fear of the old man. The boy’s parents told him
to stay away from the house, and a lot of other neighborhood children were told the same thing from their
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parents.
Dusk found the boy lingering on and hesitating what to do. As he was ready to walk away, the door
slowly opened. “What do you want?” the old man said impatiently. The little boy was very afraid but he had a
quota (定额) to meet for school with selling the magazines. So he got up the courage and said, “Uh, Sir, I am
selling these magazines and, uh, I was wondering if you would like to buy one from me.”
The old man just stared at the boy without a word. The boy could see inside the old man’s house and saw
that he had dog figurines (小雕像) on the fireplace mantle. “Do you collect dogs?” The little boy asked. “Yes,
I have many collections in my house. They are my family here and they are all I have.” The boy then felt
sorry for the man, as it seemed that he was a very lonely soul.
“Well, I do have a magazine here for collectors. It is perfect for you. I also have one about dogs since
you like dogs so much.” The old man was ready to close the door on the boy and said, “No, boy. I don’t need
any magazines of any kind, now goodbye.”
The little boy was sad that he was not going to make his quota with the sale. He was also sad for the old
man being so alone in the house that he owned. The boy went home and then had an idea. He had a little dog
figurine that he got some years ago from an aunt. The figurine did not mean nearly as much to him since he
had a real live dog and a large family.
注意:
1. 续写词数应为 150 左右；
2. 请按如下格式作答。
The little boy headed back down to the old man’s house.
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From that day on something changed inside the old man.
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英语试卷 第 9 页 共 9 页
2024CEE-01
英语
重 庆 缙 云 教 育 联 盟
2024 年高考第一次诊断性检测
英语参考答案
第一部分 听力
1-5 CCBAB 6-10 CAAAB 11-15 CBABA
16-20 CBBCC
第二部分 阅读
21-23 DBD 24-27 ACBC 28-31 CADA
32-35 CBAA 36-40 GEADC
第三部分 语言运用
41-45 BDABC 46-50 DBBAD 51-55 CDCCA
56．something 57．buried 58．to look 59．was mapped 60．where 61．which
62．matched 63．though 64．should 65．at
第四部分 写作
第一节
【示例】
Dear fellow students,
It’s my honor to be here to share my opinion about enjoying a happy and healthy life of the vacation.
As the winter holiday approaches, it’s essential to remember the importance of leading a happy and healthy
life. Health is the foundation of all our endeavors, and without it, true happiness cannot be achieved.
To live a joyful life, we must stay positive and always see the bright side of things. Regular exercise and a
balanced diet are also crucial for maintaining our well-being. This vacation is not only a period for relaxation,
but also an opportunity to enrich ourselves through learning new things.
Let’s make the most of our winter holiday by embracing a lifestyle that fosters happiness and good health.
Li Hua
第二节
【示例】
The little boy headed back down to the old man’s house. The dog figurine witnessed the little boy’s
ending up opening the door once more. Upon seeing the boy for a second time, the old man couldn’t bring his
anger under control any longer. “Haven’t I told you I need no magazines at all?” he snapped at the boy. “Yes,
Sir.” said the little boy with an uneasy expression on his face. “But I think you will like the dog figurine.”
Then he handed it to the old man. Taking the figurine from the boy’s hands, the lonely soul was so astonished
that words failed to convey his emotions, tears welling up in his eyes. “Thank you so much!” he said to the
boy tenderly.
From that day on something changed inside the old man. The neighborhood always found the old man
hanging out and smiling at everyone. He showed his precious collections to children who were now very
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