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What makes a gift special? Is it the price you see on the gift receipt? Or is it the look on the recipient's face when they receive it that determines the true value? What gift is worth the most?

This Christmas I was debating what to give my father. My dad is a hard person to buy for because he never wants anything. I pulled out my phone to read a text message from my mom saying that we were leaving for Christmas shopping for him when I came across a message on my phone that I had locked. The message was from my father. My eyes fell on a photo of a flower taken in Wyoming, and underneath a poem by William Blake. The flower, a lone dandelion (蒲公英) standing against the bright blue sky, inspired me. My dad had been reciting those words to me since I was a kid. That may even be the reason why I love writing. I decided that those words would be my gift to my father. 

I called back. I told my mom to go without me and that I already created my gift. I sent the photo of the cream-colored flower to my computer and typed the poem on top of it. As I was arranging the details another poem came to mind. The poem was written by Edgar Allan Poe; my dad recited it as much as he did the other. I typed that out as well and searched online for a background to the words of it. The poem was focused around dreaming, and after searching I found the perfect picture. The image was painted with blues and greens and purples, twisting together to create the theme and wonder of a dream. As I watched both poems passing through the printer, the white paper coloring with words that shaped my childhood, I felt that this was a gift that my father would truly appreciate. 

Christmas soon arrived. The minute I saw the look on my dad's face as he unwrapped those black letters carefully placed in a cheap frame (框架), I knew I had given the perfect gift.

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It was the second day of a winter holiday in Queenstown, New Zealand, three years ago. When we decided to explore the beautiful scenery, our landlady 1 us, "Make sure you are well wrapped up today. The weather is 2 . Head back when you see snowfall. "

The day was bright and sunny, and I started to wonder if she was being too 3 . When snow began to fall at 6：00 pm, I was not worried, thinking we'd have no 4 in catching a taxi back. However, we waited for a while, and all the drivers 5 their heads when told of our 6 .

The first driver passed by and gave me a card with a number for me to 7 help. I was filled with 8 , but I had no choice but to lead my three sisters to a nearby place to make the 9 . Then a taxi 10 up and we climbed in. The driver did not appear very 11 Then the light streaming from his headlights showed very 12 why no taxi wanted to take us to our hotel. And I began to understand the driver's apparently unfriendly silence-he was 13 . The steep incline (斜坡) ahead was 14 with snow. The taxi slowly made its way up the hill. Suddenly, we came to a dead 15 , and the driver turned to us. "Look! It is very 16 to go forward. You have to get out and walk. If I drive any 17 , the taxi will slide back, "he said. "Er…can you keep your headlight on and help my elder sister?The rest of us will 18 you up, "I said. The driver 19 .

We made it safely back to our hotel. Even though it 20  for the rest of the days, we could see the silver lining in the cloud(一线希望)：the generous soul who helped us. 

 In the busy city of New York, such an amazing thing ever happened. On a cold Friday night, a poor artist stood at the gate of the subway station, playing his violin. The young violinist was a student at an Arts College named Joseph, who did so every day in order to earn his tuition fees. He planned to attend advanced studies in Vienna and had booked the flight the next morning. Though the music was great, people were quickly going home for the weekend. Joseph was playing his last chapter when a middle-aged man looking pretty excited slowed down his pace and put 50 dollars into the hat, for which Joseph was grateful.  

 The next night, the young artist came to the gate of the subway station as usual, and put his hat on the ground gracefully. Different from the day before, he took out a large piece of paper and laid it on the ground and put some stones on it. Then he began playing the violin.  

Before long, the young artist was surrounded with many passers-by, who were all attracted by the words on that paper. It said, "Last night, a gentleman put an unexpected thing into my hat by mistake. Please come to claim it as soon as possible. "

It caused a great excitement and curiosity. They were dying to know what the unexpected thing could be. After about half an hour, a middle-aged man ran there in a hurry and rushed through the crowd to the violinist and grabbed his shoulders and said, "Yes, its you. You did come here. I knew that you are an honest man and would certainly come here. "

The young violinist asked calmly, " Did you lose something?"

"Lottery(彩票). It's lottery," replied the man.

The violinist took out a lottery ticket. "Is it?" he asked.

The middle-aged man nodded promptly and seized the lottery ticket and kissed it, "It is worth a million dollars!"

 注意：1. 所续写短文词数应为150左右；2. 续写部分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好。 

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 The story turned out to be this: The middle-aged man is an ordinary office clerk.  

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 This was the scene just now. Out of curiosity, some passers-by asked Joseph 

 注意：
1. 词数80左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 

 Dear Richard, 

 Yours, 

 Li Hua 

Few people actually know much about Argentina, in spite of the Country's size and importance. Argentina, means "land of silver", is the eighth largest country in the world and the second largest in South America. Early European (settler) thought the country was rich in the valuable metal.

The country (be) once home to some of the world's largest dinosaurs! Over the past years, the bones of many huge dinosaurs have been discovered. One huge creature, "Giganotosaurus" was thought to be

 13. 2 meters long and weigh nearly 15 tons! 

South America's hottest and coldest weather has been recorded in Argentina. Covering over 2,780,400 square kilometers, Argentina has (impress) mountains, rivers, water falls and glaciers.

Iguazu Falls are made up around 275 waterfalls. The natural wonder, (locate) between Argentina and Brazil, draws more than one million visitors each year. The Andes are the longest mountain range in the world and stretch(延伸) almost 7,242 kilometers. A world-famous glacier can also be found in Argentina. The country's Perito Moreno Glacier is (especial) famous for its size and beauty. It is a (grow) glacier. As result, building-size icebergs often break off and crash into the lake.

 With so much to discover in this beautiful country, why not see it for (you)? 

For long, a question disturbed a little boy. He couldn't understand why his next-desk-pal (同伴) could rank 1st whenever he wanted to, while he himself 1 to.

At home, he despondently asked his Mom, "Mom, am I more 2 than others? I feel I study as hard as him, but why do I 3 lay behind?" Staring at him, she went 4 , not knowing how to explain.

She felt an impulse (冲动) to say, "You are too 5 . You are not really as hard-working as others. . . ". But she stopped, 6 she knew her son was suffering from the pains of 7 grades and rankings. She thought it cruel to add any additional burden to his son and was trying to find out a 8 answer.

 Time went by quickly, the son finished primary school. Although his studying was harder and better, he was still unable to 9  his pal. To show her pride of him, Mom decided to take him to the sea. During the trip, she managed to give out an answer.  

 Now, the son no longer 10  his rankings, because, with the 1st ranking, he was 11  to Harvard University.  

Back home in winter vacation, he was invited to give a speech to the students and parents in his high school. In the speech, he mentioned a(n) 12 experience in his childhood. "When my mother and I were lying on the beach, she pointed to the front and said, ‘Do you see the seabirds flying for food over there? When the 13 come near, little birds can escape quickly 14 "clumsy" seagulls would take more time to complete the process. However, have you noticed birds that 15 fly across the endless ocean are "clumsy" (笨拙的) seagulls?'"