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读后续写·常考话题预测练(一) 母子温情 (2023·枣庄二模)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。 One day, Reuben, a 12-year-old boy, saw something in a shop window that set his heart racing. The price — five dollars — was beyond his means, but he went in the shop anyway. Poorly dressed, he went up and told the shopkeeper what he wanted, adding, “I don't have the money right now. Will you please hold it for me for some time？” “I'll try，” the shopkeeper smiled. “Folks around here don't usually have money to spend on such things. It should keep for a while.” Reuben decided to raise the five dollars by himself. Walking along a side street, he had an idea. People built their own houses in his town, using nails purchased in Hessian sacks (粗麻袋) from a local factory. The sacks were sometimes thrown away. Reuben knew he could sell them back to the factory for five cents a piece. Every day after school, Reuben went around the town, collecting nail sacks. The school closed for the summer, and he was still wandering in the town, searching for his treasures. Often he was tired and hungry, but the thought of the object in the shop window kept him going. Sometimes his mother Dora would ask: “Reuben, where were you? We were waiting for you to have dinner.” “Playing, Mum. Sorry.” Dora would look at him in his face and shake her head. “Boys！” One day in spring, he counted his coins and found he needed twenty cents more. He had to find four sacks and sell them before the day ended. Late in the afternoon, just before the buyer was about to close up, Reuben arrived and sold the four sacks. With the coins in his hand, he murmured a thank you and ran away. 注意：1.续写词数应为150左右； 2．请按如下格式作答。 Clutching the five dollars, he headed for the shop.　 Dora opened it carefully and a lovely jewel box app