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My family moved from Taiwan
to a small town in central Georgia, where my dad got a visa for his family and
a job. I had just learned English, and from what little I could gather from my
friends, Santa Claus would come down one's chimney and put toys in one's
stocking on Christmas Eve! What a great country, I thought. After I looked up "stocking"
in my Chinese-English dictionary, I knew what I had to do and always expected
that day.
Finally, the big day came.
On that wonderful night, after everyone went to bed, I sneaked out of
bed, took my longest, cleanest knee sock and attached it to a nail already on
the mantel (壁炉). Obviously, the previous
owners of this house were no strangers to this Santa character. Gazing at the
sock and imagining the delicately-packed gift in it, I couldn't help
giggling (咯咯笑). For the first time, I
found it hard to fall asleep.
And for the first time, I
woke up before everyone else in the early morning. Then I headed straight to
the fireplace and was even ready for what to say after seeing the gift. However,
what happened next was the least thing I wanted to mention. On the nail was the
empty and lonely sock. I was hit with the reality of the empty sock and
the biggest lie ever told. I tried my best to hold back my tears
but failed. Bursting into tears, I quickly took down the sock and stuffed it in
the back of a drawer.
Every December since then,
the topic of Christmas memories would unavoidably come up, and I would
amuse my friends with my poor-little-me story. I had to make it as funny
as possible, or else I would cry once again. I didn't know whether any of my audience
ever noticed the sparkling tears hidden in my eyes.
How could I know that Santa
was just late? Nine years ago, on Christmas Eve, I heard a knock on the door
when I was watching TV. Unwillingly, I dragged my feet and opened the door.
注意：
1）所续写短文词数为 150 左右；
2）应使用 5 个以上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，请用下划线标出你使用的关键词语。
Paragraph 1：
Outside the door stood an
old man with a white beard and a red cap, holding a well-packed box.
Paragraph 2：
Through tear-blurred eyes,
I recognized the handwriting on the card.
