Question

Remember, growing older is mandatory(无法抗拒的)，growing up is optional.

The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know a new classmate. I    to look around when a gentle hand   my shoulder. I turned around to find a wrinkled(起皱纹的), little    lady 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    responded, “ Of course you may!” And she gave me a gaint one.

Why are you in college at such a(n)      ?” I asked. “ I always     having a college education and now I’m getting     !” She told me.

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

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

One week after graduation Rose died      in her sleep. Many college students attended her funeral in honor of the wonderful woman who taught     example that it’s never too    to be all you can possibly be.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15.A. rich          B. healthy        C. cheerfully        D. young

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

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

18.A. bitterly      B. fortunately    C. peacefully        D. young

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

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

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.D

5.A

6.D

7.B

8.C

9.A

10.A

11.C

12.B

13.A

14.A

15.D

16.C

17.B

18.C

19.D

20.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文通过一个87岁的学生罗斯在作者的足球聚会上的一段演讲告诉了我们一定要珍惜时间，人的生活中一定要有梦想。

1.B 考查词组。A. lay down放下；B. stood up站起来；C. fell off 跌落；D. went out出去。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，应该是站起来，用stood up。故选B。

2.A 考查动词。A. touched 触摸，轻轻接触；B. felt感觉；C. wounded受伤；D. clapped拍手，鼓掌。根据下文和常识可知，新来的同学很友好，在我肩膀上轻轻接触以示友好，故选A项。注意区别feel，意为to siberately 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。故选A。

3.C 考查形容词。A. beautiful美丽的；B. young年轻的；C. old老的；D. kind-hearted热心肠的。从上文wrinkled可知这位新同学是位老人，所以用old。故选C。

4.D 考查副词。A. sadly难过地；B. coldly冷淡地；C. absently健忘地，心不在焉地；D. enthusiastically热心地，热情地。从下文可知我们一见面便非常热情，后来我们成为好朋友，D项最符合文意。故选D。

5.A 考查名词。A. age年龄；B. speed速度；C. point得分，要点；D. year年。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，age符合文意。故选A。

6.D 考查词组。A. talked about谈论；B. tried out试行，试用，试验；C. looked forward期待；D. dreamed of梦想。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。故选D。

7.B 考查代词。A. those那些；B. one一个；C. that那个；D. they他们。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。故选B。

8.C 考查动词。A. learned学到；B. told告诉；C. shared分享；D. debated辩论。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．。故选C。

9.A 考查名词。A. course课程；B. path路径，路线；C. distance距离；D. road路。从下文的the year可知，A项正确，course此处意为“……的过程、进程”。故选A。

10.A 考查副词。A. easily容易地；B. rarely很少地，罕有地；C. unwillingly不情愿地，勉强地；D. strangely奇怪地。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。故选A。

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12.B 考查副词。A. ever曾经；B. never从不；C. still还，仍；D. already已经。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。故选B。

13.A 考查名词。A. throat嗓子；B. face脸；C. nose鼻子；D. eyes眼睛。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。故选A。

14.A 考查动词。A. grow成长，渐渐变得；B. prove证明；C. look看；D. stay停留。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。故选A。

15.D 考查形容词。A. rich富裕的；B. healthy健康的；C. cheerfully愉快地，欢乐地；D. young年轻的。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。

16.C 考查动词。A. eat吃；B. cry哭泣；C. laugh大笑；D. shout喊叫。根据上文being happy和下文的humor可知C项laugh正确。故选C。

17.B 考查动词。A. have有；B. lose丢失，失去；C. get得到；D. keep保持。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。故选B。

18.C 考查副词。A. bitterly痛苦地；B. fortunately幸运地；C. peacefully安静地；D. young年轻的。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，C项peacefully最符合文意。故选C。

19.D 考查介词。A. to到；for为了；in在……内；by通过。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”。故选D。

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