Mom into buying it. I was sure I would be able to get it tailored in my hometown.

A friend gave me the number of a lady named Maggie across town who worked at home doing alterations. When I arrived at her house, she carefully inspected my dress and asked me to try it on. She put a handful of pins into the shoulders and sides of my gown and told me to pick it up in two days.

Thank goodness! The dress now fit as if it had been made especially for me.

But on Va lentine’s Day, my boyfriend called.

“Sandy,I’ve come to the decision that I’m not ready to get married,” he announced, none too gently. “I want to travel and experience life for a few years before settling down.”

He apologized for the inconvenience of leaving all the wedding cancellations to me and then quickly left town.

My world turned upside down. I was angry and heartbroken and had no idea how to recover. But days flew into weeks and weeks blended into months. I survived.

注意：

1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；

2. 至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语；

3. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；

4. 续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。

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One day, while standing in line at the supermarket,__________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ Paragraph 2:

I did have my summer wedding, with Maggie’s son, only a year later.____________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________

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阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。

Karen, Judy and I were the last ones back in the school room after lunch. All of the other students were already outside, since it was a pleasant spring day.

“Look what I found this morning in the storage cupboard when I was getting out some art supplies for Mrs. Eiffler.” With a wicked smile on her face, Karen held up a wooden box filled with short pieces of chalk in every color of the rainbow.

“Wow! What fun it would be to write on the blackboard while everyone is outside!” Judy’s eyes twinkled with expectation.

“But Mrs. Eiffler doesn’t want us writing on the blackboard,” I r esponded, already feeling guilty, although we had not yet done a thing.

“Don’t be such a coward, Janet. No one will ever know,” said Karen, reaching into the box and drawing out a piece of chalk.

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