Question

It was the first day of school. I had a new classmate, a little old lady with a warm smile. She said, “ Hi, young man! I’m Rose. I’m 87 years old. Can I give you a hug(拥抱)?” I said _______, “ Of course!” “Why are you in college _______ such an age?” I asked. She joked, “ I’m here to meet a ______ husband, get married, have children, and then travel around the world.” “No, seriously,” I asked.“ I always ________of going to college. Now I’m getting one!” she told me.

     After a year, Rose became popular. She easily made friends wherever she went. She loved to dress up and she enjoyed the attention (关注)from ______.

    At the end of the term we invited Rose to ____ at our party. I’ll never forget what she taught _____ .“We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow ____ because we stop playing. Here are the____of staying young. You have to laugh and find humor every ____. You have to have a dream. When you ____ your dreams, you die!” she said. “There is a big ____ between growing old and growing up. Anybody can grow old. That doesn’t take any talent or ability,” she added. “But to_____, you have to find the chance(机会) in change. Have no regrets(遗憾). We usually don’t regret for what we did, _____for the things we did not do.”

     Finally we graduated (毕业)from the college with Rose. One week ____ graduation(毕业), she died peacefully in her sleep. She taught us by example that it’s never too late to be all you can possibly be.

1.A. slowly    B. happily    C. heavily    D. badly

2.A. at    B. on    C. of    D. in

3.A. rich    B. bad    C. poor    D. short

4.A. hoped    B. wished    C. wanted    D. dreamed

5.A. another    B. the other    C. the others    D. others

6.A. say    B. speak    C. talk    D. discuss

7.A. us    B. her    C. him    D. them

8.A. young    B. old    C. tall    D. thin

9.A. stories    B. secrets    C. seasons    D. forms

10.A. week    B. month    C. year    D. day

11.A. lose    B. have    C. keep    D. like

12.A. chance    B. change    C. difference    D. problem

13.A. stand up    B. grow up    C. grow old    D. keep healthy

14.A. because    B. so    C. though    D. but

15.A. in    B. after    C. during    D. before

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.A

4.D

5.D

6.B

7.A

8.B

9.B

10.D

11.A

12.C

13.B

14.D

15.B

【解析】

新学期作者有了一个新同学Rose，一个87岁的老太太。作者和同学们都很奇怪她为什么在这把年纪了还上大学，Rose告诉了他们长大和变老的区别，并教会了他们做自己能做的一切永远不会太晚。

1.句意：我开心地说：“当然了。”slowly 慢地；happily开心地；heavily重地；badly糟糕地。根据上下文可知，Rose想要给作者一个拥抱，作者答应了，所以应该是“开心地”，故选B。

2.句意：我问：“你为什么这个年龄了还上大学？”at在具体时刻或小地点；on 在…上面；关于；of…的；in在…里面。这里考查的是固定短语at such an age在这样的年龄，at常和age搭配使用，故应选A。

3.句意：她开玩笑说：“我来这儿是想遇到一个富有的丈夫，结婚、生孩子，然后环游世界。”rich 富有的；bad糟糕的；poor贫穷的；short短的，矮的。根据句意get married, have children, and then travel around the world.可知，她这里是故意开玩笑的话，说要找一个丈夫，结婚、生孩子，环游世界。按照常识应该是一个富有的丈夫，才能环游世界，故应选A。

4.句意：她告诉我：“我总是梦想上大学，现在我的梦想实现了。”hoped希望；wished希望，祝愿；wanted想要；dreamed梦想。空后有介词of，A、B和C三个选项都不能和of搭配，故应选D，dream of…是固定短语，梦想…。

5.句意：她喜欢打扮，并且享受来自其他人的关注。another 不定数目中的另一个；the other两者之中的另一个；the others其余的，指一定范围里其余的全部；others其他人或物，是一个代词。根据句意可知，这里应填一个代词，代指的是“其他人”，故应选D。

6.句意：在学期末，我们邀请Rose在我们的聚会上讲话。say说，强调说话的内容；speak说话，演说；talk谈话，交谈；discuss讨论。这里并没有说到内容，不能用say，根据下文可知，作者和同学们邀请Rose在聚会上讲话，故应选B。

7.句意：我永远不会忘记她教给我们的东西。us 我们，人称代词宾格；her她，人称代词宾格或者她的，形容词性物主代词；him他，人称代词宾格形式；them他们，人称代词宾格。根据上句话At the end of the term we invited Rose to ___6___ at our party.可知，是“我们”邀请Rose讲话，所以这里应该是“教给了我们一些东西”，故应选A。

8.句意：因为我们不再玩了，所以我们变老了。young 年轻的；old老的；tall高的；thin瘦的。根据是上句话We do not stop playing because we are old 以及下文“There is a big ___12___ between growing old and growing up.可知，Rose给我们讲述了长大和变老的不同，故应选B。

9.句意：下面是保持年轻的秘诀。stories 故事；secrets秘密，秘诀；seasons季节；forms形式。根据下文的内容可知，Rose接下来告诉作者和同学们如何保持年轻，故应选B，“保持年轻的秘诀”。

10.句意：每天你都要笑，找到幽默的事情。week 周；month月； year年；day天。根据文意可知，想要保持年轻，应该每天都要笑，而不是每周、每月，更不可能是每年。故应选D。

11.句意：当你失去了你的梦想的时候，你就死了。lose 失去；have有；keep保持；like喜欢。上句话You have to have a dream 可知，Rose告诉我们要有梦想。这句话中说到you die，故这里应该是“失去梦想”，故应选A。

12.句意：长大和变老之间有一个很大的区别。chance 机会；change改变；difference区别；problem问题。根据下文Anybody can grow old. That doesn’t take any talent or ability,” she added. “But to___13___, you have to find the chance(机会) in change.可知，Rose这里讲述的是长大和变老是不一样的，故应选C。

13.句意：想要长大，你必须找机会改变。stand up 站立；grow up长大；grow old变老；keep healthy保持健康。根据上文There is a big ___12___ between growing old and growing up可知，Rose在这里介绍的是长大和变老的区别，上句话Anybody can grow old.说的是变老，所以这里应该说“长大”，故选B。

14.句意：我们通常不会为我们做过的事情后悔，但却常常为我们没有做点什么而后悔。because 因为；so所以；though尽管；虽然；but但是，表示转折。根据句中…don’t regret for what we did, ….for the things we did not do可知，这两句话之间是转折的关系，故应选D。

15.句意：毕业之后一周，她在睡梦中安详地死去。in 在…里面；after在…之后；during 在…期间；before在…之前。根据上句话Finally we graduated (毕业)from the college with Rose可知，Rose大学毕业了，因此她应该是在毕业之后去世，故应选B。