Question

The first day of school our teacher let us know someone. Looking out, we found an old woman  1  at the door. She said, “ Hi, my name is Susan, I’m seventy years old.” While we were   2  what made her take this challenge (挑戰(zhàn)) at her age, she said with a smile, “I’m here to meet a rich husband, get  3  , have two children and travel together.” Hearing this, all of us laughed. “In fact,” she went on, “I always 4   of having a college education, and now I’m getting  5   !”

After class we had chocolate and milk together. We became good  6  . I often listened to this “time machine” as she shared her study with me.

At the end of the term we invited Susan to give us a  7  . When she was stepping up to the front, suddenly she found she took the wrong paper. She felt a little frustrated (沮喪的) and said, “I’m sorry. I am so nervous I can’t get my ready talk   8  , so I have to tell you   9  I know.”

In her speech she told us, “We don’t stop playing as we are old, we grow old because we stop playing. The secret of staying   10  , being happy and getting success is that we should laugh and find something   11  every day. I think there is a great  12  between growing old and growing up. I am seventy now. If I  13   in bed for one full year and never do anything. I’ll become seventy-one. Since anybody can grow older, my idea is to grow up by always finding the chance in change. Growing older can’t be avoided (避免), growing up can be  14   . It’s never too late to be all you can be possibly.”

During the four years’ study, it was so easy for Susan to make friends 15    she went. In the end, the wonderful woman got the college degree.

1. A. escaped     B. appeared     C. reached        D. hurried  

2. A. finding      B. getting       C. wanting       D. wondering 

3. A. married      B. worried      C. excited        D. relaxed 

4. A. realized      B. made        C. knew         D. dreamed  

5. A. one         B. each         C. some         D. much 

6. A. teachers     B. friends        C. students      D. neighbors  

7. A. lesson       B. present       C. talk          D. story 

8. A. again       B. back          C. down        D. away  

9. A. which       B. how         C. what         D. why  

10. A. old         B. young        C. clear         D. awake 

11. A. natural      B. difficult       C. interesting    D. possible

12. A. difference    B. change       C. pleasure      D. confidence

13. A. lie          B. hide         C. leave         D. turn 

14. A. noticed      B. chosen       C. thought       D. mentioned

15.A. whenever     B. however     C. wherever      D. whether

Answer 1

1—5  BDADA   6—10  BCBCB   11—15  CAABC