¡¡¡¡It was the first day of school£®I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder£®I turned around to find a little old lady smiling at me£®She said, ¡°Hi handsome£®My name is Rose£®I'm eighty-seven years old£®Can I give you a hug? ¡±
¡¡¡¡I laughed and said, ¡°Of course! ¡± And she gave me a big hug£®¡°Why are you in college at such an age? ¡± I asked£®
¡¡¡¡She jokingly replied, ¡°I'm here to meet a rich husband, get married, and have kids and then retire and travel£®¡±
¡¡¡¡¡°No seriously£®¡±
¡¡¡¡¡°I always dreamed of having a college education and now I'm getting one! ¡±
¡¡¡¡We became friends at once£®Over the course of the year, Rose easily made friends wherever she went£®She loved to dress up and she was happy with the attention given to her from the other students£®At the end of the term we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet(Ñç»á)£®I'll never forget what she taught us in her speech£®
¡¡¡¡¡°We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing£®There are only four secrets to staying young, being happy and achieving success£®You have to laugh and find humor every day£®You¡¯ve got to have a dream£®When you lose your dreams, you die£®We have so many people walking around who are dead and don't even know it! There is a huge difference between growing older and growing up£®If you are nineteen years old and lie in bed for one full year and don't do one useful thing, you will turn twenty years old£®If I am eighty-seven years old and stay in bed for a year and never do anything, I will turn eighty-eight£®Anybody can grow older£®That doesn't take any ability£®The idea is to grow up by always finding opportunity to do productive things£®Have no regrets(Òź¶£»ºó»Ú)£®The elderly usually don't have regrets for what we did, but we regret for things we did not do£®¡±
¡¡¡¡At the year's end Rose finished the college degree£®One week after graduation Rose died peacefully in her sleep£®Over two thousand college students attended her funeral to honor the wonderful woman!
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While meeting Rose at the college for the first time, the author was curious about ________£®
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her age
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her life
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her purpose
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her dream
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By saying ¡°I'm here to meet a rich husband, get married, and have kids and then retire and travel¡±, Rose was trying to be ________£®
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humorous
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amazing
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confident
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smart
(3)
What else did Rose most probably say at the football banquet?
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¡°It seems that my young days are over£®¡±
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¡°Don't do much in order to stay young£®¡±
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¡°The people who fear death are those with regrets£®¡±
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¡°When we are old, we can do nothing£®¡±
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The story of Rose in the text shows that ________£®
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it is good to make friends with old people
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it is necessary to have a college education for old people
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it is important to have a healthy body when people are getting old
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it is never too late to be what you can possibly be