Question

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和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  1to look around when a gentle hand  2my shoulder．I turned around to find a wrinkled, little  3lady 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  4responded, “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．“I always  6having 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  8her wisdom and experience with me．Over the  9of the year, Rose became a campus icon and she  10made friends wherever she went．

At the  11of the semester（学期）we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet（宴会）．I’ll  12forget what she taught us．When she was introduced, frustrated and a little embarrassed, she cleared her  13and said, “We do not stop playing because we are old; we  14old because we stop playing．There are only two secrets to staying  15, being happy, and achieving success．You have to  16and find humor every day．You’ve got to have a dream．When you  17your dreams, you die．”

One week after graduation Rose died  18in her sleep．Many college students attended her funeral in tribute to（悼念）the wonderful woman who taught  19example that it’s never too  20to be all you can possibly be．

1.A．lay down     B．stood up       C．fell off       went out

2.A．touched      B．felt           C．wounded        clapped

3.A．beautiful    B．young         C．old            kind-hearted

4.A．sadly        B．coldly         C．absently       enthusiastically

5.A．age          B．speed          C．point          year

6.A．talked about B．tried out       C．looked forward dreamed of

7.A．those        B．one            C．that           they

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

9.A．course       B．path           C．distance       road

10.A．easily      B．rarely         C．unwillingly    strangely

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

12.A．ever        B．never          C．still          already

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

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

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

16.A．eat         B．cry            C．laugh          shout

17.A．have        B．lose           C．get            keep

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

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

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

Answer

1.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，应该是站起，故选B项stood up。

2.A 根据下文和常识可知，新来的同学很友好，在我肩膀上touch以示友好，故选A项。注意区别feel，意为“to deliberately move your fingers over sth in order to find out what it is like”可以看出其不合适。其他选项意思不符。

3.C 从上文wrinkled可知这位新同学是位老人，所以选C项old。

4.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。

5.A 根据上下文可知这位新同学年岁已高，而我有些好奇，所以问她此问题，故选A项age符合文意。

6.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。

7.B those指代复数名词；one指代前面的单数可数名词的任一个；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，one最合适。

8.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．。

9.A 从下文的the year可知，A项正确，course此处意为“……的过程、进程”。

10.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正确。

11.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.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never forget是符合文意的。

13.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，说话之前先清清嗓子。

14.A 根据文意，Rose在告诉我们不要stop playing，否则就变老了，所以grow old正确。

15.D 根据上文的old可知，我们没有了梦想，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。

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

17.B 根据文意，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，所以lose最合适。

18.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。

19.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。所以此处用介词by最合适，构成搭配teach by example，意为“以身作则”。

20.D 根据Rose的故事我们可以得出：实现自己的梦想，再晚也不为过。所以D项late最合适。