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, enthusiastically responding, “Of course!” And she gave me a giant squeeze. “Why are you in college at such an age?” I asked.

“I’m here to meet a rich husband, get married, have children, and then retire and travel.”

“No seriously.”

“I always dreamed of having a college education and now I’m getting one!”

We became instant friends. Over the course of the year, Rose made friends wherever she went. She loved to dress up and she took great delight in the attention given to her from the other students. She was living it up. At the end of the term we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet (宴会) and I’ll never forget what she taught us.

As she began to deliver her prepared speech, she dropped her note card on the floor. A little embarrassed she simply said, “I’m sorry. This whiskey is killing me! I’ll never get my speech back in order so let me just tell you what I know.” As we laughed, she cleared her throat 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 young, being happy and achieving success. You have to laugh and find humor every day. You have 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 productive thing, you will turn twenty years old. Anyone can grow older. That doesn’t take any talent or ability. The idea is to grow up by always finding the opportunity in change. Have no regrets. The elderly usually don’t have regrets for what we did, but rather 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(葬礼) to honor the wonderful woman.

1.While meeting Rose at the college for the first time, the author was curious about

    ________.

  A. her age          B. her dream      C. her life       D. her motivation

2.The underlined sentence “She was living it up” in the text most probably means

   ________.

  A. she did as well as she was expected

B. she spent much money in her college life

  C. she did things that she enjoyed

D. she deserved(应得) praise due to her study

3.In Rose’s opinion, one can learn to grow up by __________.

  A. getting new ideas

B. regretting his mistakes

  C. gaining new knowledge every day

D. finding chances to do productive things

4.What else did Rose most probably say at the football banquet?

  A. “It seems my young days are over.”  

 B. “The only people who fear death are those with regrets.”

 C. “When we are old, we can’t do anything. So enjoy in time!”

 D. “Have a good time and don’t do much in order to stay young.”

5.The story of Rose in the text shows that __________.

 A. it is never too late to learn in your life.

 B. it is good for old people to have friendship.

 C. it is never too late to be all you can possibly be.

 D. it is very important to have a healthy body when people are old.

Mrs. Green was very fat. She weighed 100kg, and she    1   heavier every month.
   2   she went to see a doctor. The doctor said, “You    3   to go on a diet（节食）, Mrs. Green. I’ve got a food list here.” He gave her a small book and said, “   4   it carefully and eat the things on page 11 every day. Then come back and see me    5   two weeks.”
Mrs. Green cam back two weeks    6  , but she wasn’t thinner and was even
   7  . The doctor was surprised and asked, “Are you eating the things on page 11 of the small book?”
“Yes, doctor,” she answered.
The next day,    8   visited Mrs. Green in the afternoon. He was very  9 
to see her.
“Mrs. Green,” he asked, “why are you eating potatoes and bread? You aren’t on the diet!”
“But doctor,” Mrs. Green answered, “I eat my diet    10   lunch time. This is my tea（下午茶）.”
【小题1】A. gets            B. is getting             C. was getting
【小题2】A. So             B. But                  C. Because
【小题3】A. want           B. like                  C. have
【小题4】A. Watch          B. Read                 C. Find
【小题5】A. behind         B. in                    C. for
【小题6】A. ago            B. late                  C. later
【小题7】A. fatter          B. thinner                C. taller
【小题8】A. her parents      B. her friend             C. the doctor
【小题9】A. happy          B. afraid                C. surprised
【小题10】A. at            B. on                   C. in

—Why are you so happy, Jim?
—Because there       a basketball match between my favourite teams today.

—Why are you so excited?

       —Peter invited me _______ on a trip to Yuntai Mountain.

     A. to go        B. go           C. going        D. went

1 

A woman saw three old men sitting outside .She said, "I don’t' think I know you ,but you must be very hungry .Please come in and have something to (1) ______."

"We don't go into a house (2) ______. " they answered ."Why is that ?" she asked .

One of the old men said ,"His name is Wealth（财富）,this is Success, and I am Love ,Now go in and (3) ______with your family which one of us you want in your house ."

The woman went in and told her family all that happened .She said, "Let's invite Wealth .We have been so (4) ______ ." Her husband disagreed." My dear ,why don't we invite Success ? Don't you want me to be a successful man ?" Then her daughter asked ."Would it be (5) ______ to invite Love ? Our life will then be filled with love!" In the end ,the family decided to take the (6) ______ advice.

So the woman went out and asked ,"Which one of you is (7) ______? Please come in and be our guest." Love got up and started walking to the house. The other two also got up and (8) ______ him. Surprised ,the lady asked Wealth and Success, "I ( 9) ______invite love .Why are you coming along ?" The two old men answered . "If you invited Wealth or Success, the other two would have to (10) ______ , but as you invite Love ,wherever he goes ,we go with him. Where there is Love ,there is Wealth and Success."

1.A. say  B. eat  C. use

2.A. together   B. alone  C. crowdedly

3.A. play  B. exercise  C. discuss

4.A. poor  B. rich  C. lucky

5.A. worse  B. better  C. less

6.A. father's  B .mother's  C. daughter's

7.A. Love  B. Wealth  C. Success

8.A. left  B. followed  C. stopped

9.A. only  B. hardly  C. never

10.A. join in  B. go along with  C. stay out