Question

完型填空。

Remember, growing older is mandatory(无法抗拒的)，growing up is optional.

The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know a new classmate. I __________ to look around when a gentle hand _________ my shoulder. I turned around to find a wrinkled(起皱纹的), little ________ lady looking up at me with a smile.

She said, “Hi, my name is Rose. I’m eighty-seven years old. Can I give you a hug?” I laughed and _________ responded, “ Of course you may!” And she gave me a gaint one.

Why are you in college at such a(n) ________ ?” I asked. “ I always _________ having a college education and now I’m getting _________ !” She told me.

Later, we became close friends. Every day we would leave class together and she _________ her wisdom and experience with me. Over the __________ of the year, Rose became a campus icon(偶像) and she ________ made friends wherever she went.

At the ________ of the semester we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet(宴会). I’ll __________ forget what she taught us. She was introduced and stepped up to the platform. A little embarrassed, she cleared her __________ and said, “We do not stop playing because we are old; we __________ old because we stop playing. There are only two secrets to staying ________ , being happy, and achieving success. You have to ______ and find humor every day. You’ve got to have a dream. When you ________ your dreams, you die.”

One week after graduation Rose died _________ in her sleep. Many college students attended her funeral in honor of the wonderful woman who taught _____ example that it’s never too ______ to be all you can possibly be.

1.A. lay down B. stood up C. fell off D. went out

2.A. touched B. felt C. wounded D. clapped

3.A. beautiful B. young C. old D. kind-hearted

4.A. sadly B. coldly C. absently D. enthusiastically

5.A. age B. speed C. point D.year

6.A. talked about B. tried out C. looked forward D. dreamed of

7.A. those B. one C. that D. they

8.A. learned B. told C. shared D. debated

9.A. course B. path C. distance D. road

10.A. easily B. rarely C. unwillingly D. strangely

11.A. middle B. beginning C. end D. top

12.A. ever B. never C. still D. already

13.A. throat B. face C. nose D. eyes

14.A. grow B. prove C. look D. stay

15.A. rich B. healthy C. cheerfully D. young

16.A. eat B. cry C. laugh D. shout

17.A. have B. lose C. get D. keep

18.A. bitterly B. fortunately C. peacefully D. young

19.A. to B. for C. in D. by

20.A. early B. bad C. good D. late

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