Question

The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know a new classmate. I __1__ to look around when a gentle hand __2__ my shoulder. I turned around to find a wrinkled, little __3__ 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 __4__ responded, “Of course you may！” and she gave me a giant(巨大的) squeeze.

“Why are you in college at such a young, innocent __5__？”I asked. She jokingly replied，“I'm here to meet a rich husband, get married, and have a couple of kids...”“Not seriously，”I asked I was curious about what may have motivated her to be taking on this challenge at her age.“I always __6__ having a college education and now I'm getting __7__！” she told me.

Later, we became close friends. Every day we would leave class together and she __8__ her wisdom and experience with me. Over the __9__ of the year, Rose became a campus icon and she __10__ made friends wherever she went.

At the __11__ of the semester we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet(宴会). I'll __12__ forget what she taught us. She was introduced and stepped up to the podium. Frustrated and a little embarrassed, she cleared her __13__ and said, “We do not stop playing because we are old; we __14__ old because we stop playing. There are only four secrets to staying __15__， being happy, and achieving success. You have to __16__ and find humor every day. You've got to have a dream. When you __17__ your dreams, you die.”

One week after graduation Rose died __18__ in her sleep. Many college students attended her funeral in tribute to(悼念)the wonderful woman who taught __19__ example that it's never too __20__ 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. cheerful           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. hopefully

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

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

Answer 1

 1. 解析：选B。根据文意和下文的looked up at me可知，听说来了新同学，我想看清是谁，所以应该是站起，故选stood up。

2. 解析：选A。根据下文可知，新来的同学很友好，碰了碰我肩膀以示友好，故选A项。feel表示用手指触摸想找出是什么，强调感觉，故不合适。其他选项意思不符。

3. 解析：选C。从上文wrinkled可知，这位新同学是位老人，选old。

4. 解析：选D。从下文可知，我们一见面便非常热情，后来我们成为了好朋友，故D项最符合文意。

5. 解析：选A。根据上下文可知，这位新同学年岁已高，而我有些好奇，所以问她这个问题，故选age。

6. 解析：选D。从下文可知，Rose一直想受到大学教育并且现在她做到了。dream of梦想。

7. 解析：选B。those指代复数名词；one指代前面的单数可数名词；that指代前面的不可数名词或句子；they 指代复数名词主格。由上文的a college education可知，one最合适。

8. 解析：选C。提到我们成为好朋友， 后面有介词with, 故选share, 构成词组share sth. with sb.与某人分享某事。

9. 解析：选A。从下文的the year可知，选A。course此处意为“……的过程、进程”。其他三项均不符合文意。

10. 解析：选A。从上下文可知，Rose在学校很受欢迎，有很多朋友，所以easily符合文意。

11. 解析：选C。根据上下文可知，Rose已经在校学习了大约一学期，那么大家邀请她应是学期快要结束的时候，因此end正确。

12. 解析：选B。根据下文可知，Rose已经去世，但作者对她的话语仍然记忆犹新，所以B项符合文意。

13. 解析：选A。根据前面的clear和上文中we invited Rose to speak可知，Rose是在准备说话，故选throat，表示她清了清嗓子。

14. 解析：选A。根据文意，Rose在告诉我们不要stop playing，否则就会变老，故选A。

15. 解析：选D。根据上文的old可知，我们没有梦想，就会变老，所以保持年轻(young)的方法之一是拥有梦想。

16. 解析：选C。根据上文being happy和下文的humor可知，应选C。

17. 解析：选B。由文意可知，have a dream是保持年轻、快乐和取得成功的秘诀之一，那么失去了梦想就意味着变老了，故选B。其他选项均与文意不符。

18. 解析：选C。根据文意可知，Rose性格开朗，人缘很好，而且自己的梦想也实现了，由此可推测她在睡梦中“安静地”去世，故选C。

19. 解析：选D。由上下文可知，Rose虽然年老，仍保持着一颗年轻、快乐、上进的心，所以她从自身做起，成为大家学习的榜样。此处用介词by最合适，构成搭配teach/educate by example，意为“以身作则”。

20. 解析：选D。根据Rose的故事我们可以得出启发：实现自己的梦想，再晚也不为过。故选D。