Question

The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn't already know. I stood up to ___36__ when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned around to find a wrinkled, little ___37___ lady looking at me with a smile 

She said, "Hi handsome. My name is Rose. I'm eighty-seven years old. Can I give you a hug?"

I laughed and ___38____ responded, "Of course you may!" "Why are you in college at such an age?" I asked. She ___39___ replied, "I'm here to meet a rich husband, get married, have a couple of kids..." "No seriously," I asked.

I was ___40____ what it was that urged her to be taking on this challenge at her age. "I always ___41___ having a college education and now I ___42___ it!" she told me. Later, we became instant friends. Every day for the next three months we ___43___ leave class together and talk nonstop. She ___44___ her wisdom and experience with me.

Over the course of the year, Rose became a campus icon(偶像) and she ___45___ made friends wherever she went.

At the ___46___ of the semester we invited Rose to speak at our football party. I'll never forget what she taught us.

She was ___47___ and stepped up to the platform. ___48___ she began her prepared speech, she was frustrated and a little embarrassed. Then she cleared her___49___ and began, "We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing. There are only four secrets to staying ___50___, being happy, and achieving success. You have to ___51___ and find humor every day. You've got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you die.

She ___52___ her speech by courageously singing "The Rose." At the year's end Rose finished the college degree she had begun all those years ago. One week after graduation Rose died ___53___in her sleep. Over two thousand college students attended her funeral in honor of the ___54___woman who taught by ___55___ that it's never too late to be all you can possibly be.

36. A. looked over	B. looked around	C. looked up	D. looked out
37. A. pretty	B. young	C. old	D. ugly
38. A. unwillingly	B. impatiently	C. absently	D. enthusiastically
39. A. jokingly	B. seriously	C. angrily	D. quickly
40. A. doubtful	B. curious	C. positive	D. convinced
41. A. insisted on	B. held on	C. replied on	D. dreamed of
42. A get	B. catch	C. make	D. stop
43 A. should	B. could	C. must	D. would
44. A. presented	B. divided	C. shared	D. debated
45. A. easily	B. rarely	C. unwillingly	D. purposefully
46. A. edge	B. beginning	C. end	D. base
47. A. Because	B. Although	C. As	D. While
48. A. introduced	B. questioned	C. requested	D. led
49. A. throat	B. mouth	C. nose	D. hand
50. A. energetic	B. healthy	C. delighted	D. young
51. A. suffer	B. struggle	C. laugh	D. challenge
52. A. concluded	B. made	C. continued	D. delivered
53. A. bitterly	B. fortunately	C. peacefully	D. hopefully
54. A. strange	B. ordinary	C. wonderful	D. unselfish
55. A. personality	B. speech	C. feeling	D. example

 

Answer 1

36.B。根据文意和上一句可知, 听说来了新同学，我想看清是谁，应该是站起环顾四周

故选B项。

37.C。从上文wrinkled和下文的I'm eighty-seven years old可知这位新同学是为老人，选C项old。

38.D。从下文可知我们一见面便非常热情，后来我们成为好朋友，故选D项最符合文意。

39.A。根据下文可知Rose很有风趣, 是在和作者开玩笑，故选A项符合文意。

40.B。Rose已经87岁了，还上大学，作者对此很好奇，想知道是什么促使她这样做。

41.D。从下文倒数第2段dream可知，Rose一直想接受大学教育，所以选择dream of合适。

42.C．make it 成功；作成某事。

43.D。would此处表示“过去反复出现的动作”。

44.C。 提到我们成为好朋友, 后面有介词with, 故选C项share, 构成词组share sth. with sb.。

45.A。从上下文可知，Rose在学校很受欢迎，有很多朋友，所以A项easily最符合文意。

46.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。

47.C。as “当……时候”, 引导时间状语从句，D 项while引导时间状语从句时，谓语动词要用延续性动词。

48.A  Rose被介绍后，走上主席台。Introduce介绍；引见。

49.A。根据前面的clear和上文的we invited Rose to speak可知，Rose是在准备说话，故选throat。

50.D。根据上文的old可知，如果我们没有梦想，就会变老，所以保持年轻（young）的方法之一是拥有梦想，故选D项。

51.C。根据上文being happy和下文的humor可知C项laugh正确。

52.A。conclude sth by/ with sth 以……结束,

53.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的去世，故选C项 peacefully最符合文意。

54.C 由全文内容可知, 为了实现自己的梦想, Rose不顾年龄的限制, 完成了大学梦, 这时常人做不到的, 所以作者认为Rose是一位了不起的人物, 故C项为最佳答案。

55.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，通过自己的例子证明了实现自己的梦想，再晚也不为过。所以此处用介词example最合适，