课时作业12 Unit4 读后续写专项（word练习）-【状元桥·优质课堂】2023-2024学年新教材高中英语选择性必修第四册（人教版2019）

课时作业(十二)　读后续写专项 (建议用时：35分钟)(见学生用书P147)　　 阅读下面的材料，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。 [1]My parents do a lot of embarrassing things! Usually, it's my dad who sings silly songs or tells corny jokes around my friends.But a few weeks ago, it was my mother who played the embarrassing-parent role. [2]While my mom and I were shopping, we ran into my teacher, who mentioned that the school didn't have a music teacher to help our class put together a performance for Winter Fair.And, right then and there, my mom said, “I know the perfect song and dance.I'll teach it to the kids！” [3]Before I could say “Please don't”， my mom had agreed to come to my class every morning at 9：30 for a week.Oh, and just to be clear, it's not as if she's a professional entertainer.My parents run a small grocery store, and the only singing my mom does is in the shower. [4]“Um，” I said on our way home, “are you sure this is such a good idea？” “Of course！” she said.“If we want your school Winter Fair to happen, people need to step up and volunteer.” “I know volunteering is important，” I said, “but couldn't you help out in Tex and Indi's kindergarten instead？” She laughed, “Don't be silly.We will have fun！” [5]“OK, fellas！” my teacher said at 9：28 on Monday.“We're going to stop silent reading a little early today because a special guest is here to help us with a performance for Winter Fair.Let's all welcome Arizona's mother.” [6]I looked up to discover my mom standing at the front of the room wearing the world's silliest snowflake hat.“I'm super excited to be here with you！” my mom said, “I'm going to teach you a fun little song-and-dance performance I learned a few years back, when I did some theater in college.Here goes！” [7]Oh please, oh please, I said over and over in my head, let there be a fire drill, or an assembly, or a power failure, or anything to stop my mom from completely embarrassing herself—and me! [8]But apparently, my mom was not at all concerned about looking silly.She turned on some ba