《2025年情景导学高中英语必修第一册外研版》

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。
I was touched through experiences, memories, books, stories, animals, and most of all other people. People have moved me and moulded(塑造) me with moments of love and examples of kindness.
One time on the day before Christmas many years ago when I was a minimum - wage mill(工厂) worker, I found myself with very little money and very little time to buy my small children a few simple toys. I knew that they would have to be cheap ones and I hoped my children would like them. I hated not having enough to give them more. I hated being poor. And I hated feeling bad at Christmas rather than happy.
I pulled in to a store car park and counted my money again. It wasn’t much but maybe I could get something small with it. As I was getting out of the car I noticed a beggar at the entrance. I felt bad again because I didn’t feel I could spare anything to give him. I started walking towards the entrance when two cars pulled in to empty parking spots in front of me. The first was a shiny, new car and I felt a twinge of jealousy(一阵嫉妒) when I saw it. “How nice,” I thought. “Would it be possible for me to have enough money to buy a car like that?” The second car, though, was an ancient saloon(厢式小客车) more beat - up(破旧的) and rusty than the one I was driving.
A man hopped out of the nice new car and hurried into the store right past the beggar without a second glance. Out of the old saloon came a young mother with three small children in tow(紧跟在后). Her clothes looked as worn out as her car, yet she stopped in front of the beggar, smiled, opened her purse, and dropped a note in his red box.
注意：
续写词数应为150左右。
Paragraph 1:
I stood there for a minute in astonishment.____
Paragraph 2:
In that second a warmth touched me, my jealousy ____

答案： Paragraph 1:I stood there for a minute in astonishment. "Maybe," I thought to myself, "it's better to be rich on the inside instead of the outside." That rich man should have done something to help the poor, but he didn't. Sometimes it was really wrong to judge by appearances. I really had respect for the poor mother from the bottom of my heart. She set a good example for her children to follow.Paragraph 2:In that second a warmth touched me, my jealousy left me, and all the love and joy filled me. I took a note out of my own purse, dropped it in the beggar's box, and wished him a Merry Christmas. I found a few fun things to give my kids and drove home with my heart singing. I knew it was going to be a wonderful Christmas. I could hardly wait to see my children enjoying the presents bought for them, including a special present — love for those in need.