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完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36---55所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。

The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know a new classmate. I stood up to  36   when a gentle hand   37   my shoulder. I turned around to find a wrinkled, little old lady looking up at me with a   38   .

She said, “Hi. My name is Rose. I’m eighty-seven years old. Can I give you a  39   ?” I laughed and enthusiastically responded, “Of course you may!” and she gave me a giant squeeze (an act of pressing).

“Why are you in college at such a young,    40   age ?”I asked. “I always dreamed of having a   41    experience and now I’m getting   42  !” she told me.

Later, we became close friends. Every day we would leave class together and she   43   her wisdom and   44    with me. Over the course of the year, Rose became a (an)    45   icon（偶像） and she easily made friends wherever she went.

At the  46  of the term we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet. I’ll never forget what she taught us. When she was   47   , frustrated and a little embarrassed, she cleared her  48  and said, “We do not stop playing because we are old; we  49  old because we stop playing. There are only two secrets to staying   50  , being happy, and achieving success. You have to laugh and find  51    every day. You’ve got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you   52   .”

One week after graduation Rose died   53   in her sleep. Many college students attended her funeral in tribute to（悼念）the wonderful woman who taught us by    54   that it’s never too late  to  55   all you can possibly be.

A. look around         B. look back            C. look down       D. look up

A. hit            B. felt                 C. touched              D. knocked

A. surprise           B. smile            C. wonder           D. pleasure

A. hand           B. welcome              C. hug                  D. gift

A. innocent        B. golden           C. happy            D. valuable

A. college            B. junior high school   C. senior high school   D. primary school

A. it              B. that                 C. one              D. them 

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

A. course             B. experience      C. degree           D. happiness

A. old            B. great                C. campus          D. outgoing

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

A. invited         B. appearing    C. speaking         D. introduced

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

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

A. healthy         B. young        C. cheerful         D. rich    

A. humor           B. goals            C. dreams       D. jokes

A. lose            B. fail         C. die              D. disappoint

A. hopefully          B. peacefully  C. fortunately D. bitterly

A. experience     B. example       C. pleasure   D. courage

A. be             B. achieve      C. gain             D. do

---- Hi , Randall,Come on in .

----Uh, yeah, I __________ by to see if you ___________ for a roommate to share your house.

A.stopped; were still looking                B.will stop ;are still looking

C.have stopped ; were still looking           D.stop ; will have looked

Farmer John and Farmer Bob were neighbours. For more than 30 years, they had been getting along very well.

Then their good relationship broke. It began with a small thing, then bitter words, and then weeks of silence. One morning Farmer John woke up to find a stream between the two farms. “It must be Bob,” John thought.

Then one day there was a knock on John’s door. He opened it to find a carpenter(木匠) standing at the doorway.

“I’m looking for a few days’ work,” the carpenter said.

“I do have a job for you,” John said. “Look across the stream at that farm. That’s my neighbour Bob. He dug a stream between the two farms. I want you to build a fence—an 8-foot fence. I don’t want to see his place or his face any more. I don’t have such a neighbour!”

The carpenter said, “I think I know what to do, sir, and I’ll be able to do a job that pleases you.”

Farmer John helped the carpenter get the materials(材料) ready and then he was off for the day.

About sunset when the farmer returned, the carpenter had just finished his job. The farmer’s eyes opened wide. There was no fence there at all!

It was a bridge! And the neighbour, Bob, was coming across, with his hand outstretched(伸出). “Hi, John! You’re quite a fellow to build this bridge!”

Then they met in the middle, taking each other’s hands. “I’m terribly sorry for what I have said and done. We should be good to each other.” said Farmer Bob.

Then they turned to see the carpenter, who was ready to go. “No, wait! Stay a few days. I have a lot of other jobs for you,” said Farmer John. “I’d love to stay,” the carpenter said, “but I have more bridges to build.”

Just before the carpenter came, John and Bob             each other.

A. didn’t speak to                 B. were friendly to     

C. often fought with                 D. never had bitter words with

Farmer John asked the carpenter to build a fence because            .

         A. he wanted to protect his farm   B. he didn’t want to do it himself

         C. he wouldn’t like to see Bob     D. he wanted to find him something to do

What does the sentence “You’re quite a fellow to build this bridge!” mean?

A. John was great to build this bridge.

B. John was not good at building bridges.

C. John was foolish to build such a bridge.

D. John should build the bridge earlier.

What is the best title for the passage?

         A. What a Big Fence!                    B. A Strong Bridge

         C. Three Kind Men                      D. A Fence or a Bridge?

---Hi, Tom. Any idea where Jane is? 

---She         in the classroom. I saw her there just now. 

A. shall be    B. should have been    C. must be   D. might have been