[学林教育]2024~2025学年度第一学期七年级第一次阶段性作业英语B(外研社版)试题正在持续更新，本期2024衡中同卷单元卷答案网为大家整理了相关试题及答案，供大家查缺补漏，高效提升成绩。 Dear Mr.Smith,Yours sincerelyLi Hua第二节（满分25分）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。It was a cold autumn evening when John,a middle-aged man,sat at the door of his childhoodhome.The leaves had turned red and gold,falling to the ground.John had been away from this placefor many years.He didn't return home until he heard the news of his father's failing health.His father George had been a strong man for John.Yet,their relationship had always been markedby a certain distance,a quiet tension that neither of them had ever been able to bridge.Both George andJohn were men of few words,leaving their conversations often filled with uncomfortable silences.As John looked out over the garden where he and his father had spent countless hours tending tothe plants,he felt the pain of regret.There were so many things he had wanted to say to his father,and so many apologies and expressions of love that had remained unspoken.Now,as George lay in ahospital bed,it seemed that the opportunity for those conversations was slipping away.John stood up,his heart heavy with the weight of his thoughts.He knew he had to go to thehospital to see his father.As he went inside to prepare something for his father,he noticed a smalldusty box hidden in the corner of his father's bedroom Out of curiosity,he opened it and found a wooutnotebook.The notebook was George's.As he leafed through the pages,John discovered entries that spoke ofhis father's hopes,dreams and fears,all centered around his relationship with John.Tears welled up in John's eyes as he read the last entry,dated just a few days ago.It was a letterto John,filled with love and regret from his father,who had always struggled to express his feelings.Itwas as if George had known that time was running out,and he had poured his heart into these pages,hoping that one day John would find them.With the notebook clutched()tightly in his hands,John felt a newfound determination andrushed to the hospital.注意：1.续写词数应为150个左右；2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。As John walked into the quiet hospital room,he saw his weak father lying in bed,with his eyes closedGeorge tried to hold back his tears as he reached out a trembling hand to touch John's.【高三核心模拟卷（上）·英语（一）第8页（共8页）】