读后续写的阅读材料一般是词数大约为350词以内的记叙文。考生要在此文的后面接着续约150词左右的文字与前文构成一个完整的故事。一般来说，记叙文浅显易懂，但故事情节多曲折动人，故事线索的逻辑性也较强。
阅读材料虽然是一篇不完整的文章，但是它有趣，内容能延伸。要求考生续写的部分多是故事发展的高潮或结局。写作要求考生在读懂原文的基础上，在规定时间内展开合理的想象，并运用所学的英语知识完成一篇约150词左右的续写。考生所续写的部分要有创新性和想象力，不是原文的抄写或胡编乱造，同时，还要带有原文色彩(必须使用5处以上的关键词语)。
续写一般分为两类：半开放性续写和完全开放性续写。半开放性续写要求考生务必根据文章的逻辑推理续写。完全开放性续写则要求考生依据文章的思路自由发挥。续写时要尽可能与原材料的中心思想和语言风格上保持一致。
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1.审题：速读阅读材料和写作要求，明确写作任务。
2.读文：细读阅读材料，确定文章体裁和话题。注意文中的关键词，也就是故事中的时间、地点、人物和事件，特别要标记能描述事件发展过程的词和短语。
3.谋段：先仔细阅读续写部分所给出的两段段首文字，再构思这两段要写的段落大意。根据确定好的段落大意，选出每一段可能要用到的原文中带有下划线的关键词。结合这些关键词，确定每一段的写作要点。这两段加起来要能写到10到15个句子，以满足续写词数要求。
4.初写：按照第三步谋段时确定好的写作要点进行初写。写作时要注意所用的人称和时态要与原材料一致。另外，还要注意尽可能地减少表达上的语法错误。如果语言上的表述困难，可多参考原阅读材料中的有关语句。
5.定稿：写好初稿后，考生要结合原材料中故事线索读一读自己续写的内容。既要确保不出现与原材料相矛盾的地方，又要做到材料上前后连贯，语句通顺。最后规范誊写并标出使用过原材料中下划线的关键词语。
所标注的关键词语是：
dad,Uncle Paul, farm house, river , feed, sheep, late, track, get lost, sight
两段开头语分别是：
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Suddenly a little rabbit jumped out in front of my horse.______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Paragraph 2:
We had no idea where we were and it was getting dark.__________________________________________
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提出问题： Suddenly a little rabbit jumped out in front of my horse.
问题结果： Instinctively, I yelled out loud,puuling on the reins（缰绳） hard in order to stop the horse. But uselessly, the horse sped off the track into another direction.
解决问题： Dad followed closely behind, calling out to tell me how to soothe （安慰; 使平静）the terrified horse and I did as told. Finally, the horse calmed down,
Paragraph 1
Suddenly a little rabbit jumped out in front of my horse. Instinctively, I yelled out loud,pulling on the reins hard in order to stop the horse. But uselessly, the horse sped off the track into another direction. Dad followed closely behind, calling out to tell me how to soothe the terrified horse and I did as told. Finally, the horse calmed down,but we seemed to get lost, unable to go back to the mountain road.
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We had no idea where we were and it was getting dark.Tears of fear and regret filled my eyes. We got stuck in the forest. Much to our delight, the sound of water in the distance caught our attention and drove us to the riverbank. Dad proposed that we should walk along the river which may lead us to the farm house and nothing seemed better than that. Time appeared to be merrier and shorter when I stayed together with Dad and before long the farm house came into sight. Finally, we arrived home safely just in time for supper. What a thrilling but memorable experience it was!