专题08 读后续写-【好题汇编】2024年高考英语一模试题分类汇编（新高考专用)

【好题汇编】2024年高考英语一模试题分类汇编（新高考专用) 专题08 读后续写 1．（2024届·海南·校考一模）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。 In 1989, I was away from my home in Malaysia attending the University of Kansas in the USA．I found an advertisement for a summer job as a programmer at Ulm in what was then West Germany. I submitted my application and got an interview. What made me pleased was that I was offered the job after the interview. I thought it was a good opportunity to see part of a new continent. Both Malaysia and the USA emerged from Britain, so we have common standards for the way many things are done. Naturally, I expected things at Ulm would be different—big things, like language and culture—but I never expected small cultural differences would affect me. For example, I was surprised that little things like how doors fit into doorframes were different. The bread was also very different. While it was fun at first to eat the various kinds of food, after some time I longed for the white, square and soft bread I was used to. And the big things were not that bad: the folks in the city of Ulm mostly didn’t speak English well but were very friendly and helpful. One of these small differences, however, tripped me up early in my stay. The first few days, my employer put me up in a bed-and-breakfast hotel. Then I found a small studio apartment to rent. It was evening by the time I got settled in. Since there were all-night grocery stores in the US and grocery stores in Malaysia were open late at night, I made a habit of going out to buy some food and other necessities like soap for the shower. But to my surprise and horror, every single shop was closed! I was alone with no food or any other kind of necessary items. I wandered around hopelessly in the street for a while. 注意：1．续写词数应为150左右; 2．请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 Then I saw a university student with whom I talked about my experience. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________