The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn't already know.
I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned around to find a wrinkled，little old lady beaming up at me with a smile that lit up her entire being. She said，“Hi, handsome. My name is Rose. I' m eighty－seven years old. Can I give you a hug？”I laughed and enthusiastically responded，“Of course you may.”and she gave me a giant squeeze. “Why are you in college at such a young，innocent age？”I asked. She jokingly replied，“I'm here to meet a rich husband，get married，have a couple of children，and then retire and travel.”“No，seriously？”I asked. I was curious what may have motivated her to be taking on this challenge at her age.
“I always dreamed of having a college education and now I'm getting one. ”she told me. After class we walked to the student union building and shared a chocolate milk- shake. We became instant friends. Every day for the next three months, we would leave class together and talk nonstop. I was always attracted listening to this “time machine” as she shared her wisdom and experience with me.
Over the course of the year，Rose became a campus icon and she easily made friends wherever she went. She loved to dress up and she enjoyed the attention from the other students. She was living it up.
At the end of the semester we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet. I'll never forget what she taught us. She was introduced and stepped up to the podium(講臺(tái)). As she began to deliver her prepared speech，she dropped her 3x5 cards on the floor. Frustrated and a little embarrassed, she leaned into the microphone and simply said，“I'm sorry I'm so nervous. I gave up beer for Lent(一種威士忌的牌子)  and this whisky is killing me. I'll never get my speech back in order to 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've 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. If I am eighty－seven years old and stay in bed for a year and never do anything, I will turn eighty－eight. Anybody can grow older. It’s non-optional but 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. The only people who fear death are those with regrets.” She concluded her speech by courageously singing “The Rose.” She challenged each of us to study the lyrics and live them out in our daily lives. At the year's end Rose finished the college degree she had begun all those years ago.
One week after graduation Rose died peacefully in her sleep. Over two thousand college students attended her funeral in honor of the wonderful woman who taught by example that it's never too late to be all you can possibly be. When you finish reading this, please send this peaceful word of advice to your friends and family, they’ll really enjoy it! These words have been passed along in loving memory of ROSE.
小題1:The writer provides the details about Rose in Paragraph 2 to show that_______.
A．she was an innocent and enthusiastic person
B．she was an optimistic and humorous person
C．she was an aggressive person with a strong sense of honor
D．she was an intelligent person with highly motivated personality
小題2:Why does the writer compare Rose to “time machine” in Paragraph 3?
A．To describe the friendship between Rose and her young schoolmates.
B．To stress her old age and rich wisdom and experience.
C．To show that she enjoyed dressing up in spite of her old age.
D．To emphasize that she took on the challenge at such an old age.
小題3:Which of the following best explains the sentence ”We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing”(Paragraph 6)?
A．“If we lose our dreams, we will regret for what we did when young.”
B．“If we don’t laugh every day, we will easily get old.”
C．“Once we stop seeking and working for our dreams, we will really become old.”
D．“Once we stop exercising, we will get weaker physically and mentally.”
小題4:It can be inferred from Paragraph 6 that________.
A．those who don’t have dreams are as good as dead
B．growing old is uncontrollable but growing up is optional
C．the elderly usually feel regretful for what they did
D．our talent and ability decline with age
小題5:The method the writer uses to describe the character of Rose is________.
A．making commentsB．making comparisons
C．providing argumentsD．giving examples
小題6:Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A．Meeting challengesB．Secrets to success
C．Dream in heartD．My best friend

小題1:B
小題2:B
小題3:C
小題4:B
小題5:D
小題6:C

試題分析：
本文通過87歲的Rose圓夢(mèng)的故事，介紹了她對(duì)待生活的態(tài)度：長大變老(grow old)不可避免，也無需才能；成熟起來(grow up)卻是個(gè)人選擇的結(jié)果；我們不因年老而停止追求，卻因停止追求而變老；我們不后悔我們做過的，我們后悔我們沒有做過的。總之，人要有夢(mèng)想并努力實(shí)現(xiàn)夢(mèng)想，成熟起來就是指抓住稍縱即逝的機(jī)會(huì)，然后可以死而無憾。
小題1:第一天上課就帶著微笑與陌生人擁抱，可見其樂觀開朗；被問及87歲高齡為何還要讀大學(xué)時(shí)，Rose開玩笑地說是為了找一個(gè)有錢的丈夫結(jié)婚、生兩三個(gè)孩子，然后退休、旅游�？梢娖溆哪�。故答案為B。
小題2:由I was always attracted listening to this “time machine” as she shared her wisdom and experience with me.一句可知Rose經(jīng)歷豐富、充滿智慧。故B項(xiàng)正確。
小題3:Rose對(duì)待生活的態(tài)度之核心就是心懷夢(mèng)想實(shí)現(xiàn)夢(mèng)想，不留遺憾走完人生。這里Play一詞應(yīng)該指心態(tài)的年輕而非鍛煉。故答案為C.
小題4:“躺在床上什么都不做也會(huì)長一歲”，這一點(diǎn)人人做得到，無需才能、不可控制；The idea is to grow up by always finding the opportunity in change.成熟起來就是發(fā)現(xiàn)并抓住稍縱即逝的機(jī)會(huì)，這是個(gè)人選擇的結(jié)果，并非人人能夠做到。uncontrollable: 不可控制的。optional：可選擇的。故選擇B項(xiàng)。A項(xiàng)“沒有夢(mèng)想的人等于行尸走肉”是Rose明確表達(dá)的，When you lose your dreams，you die. 非推斷的結(jié)果。
小題5:用“與陌生人擁抱”展現(xiàn)她的樂觀開朗、用“開玩笑”展現(xiàn)她的幽默風(fēng)趣，等等，可見作者使用實(shí)例展現(xiàn)Rose的性格。故答案選D。
小題6:本文通過Rose追夢(mèng)圓夢(mèng)的故事，闡明“心懷夢(mèng)想”是我們應(yīng)有的生活態(tài)度。故C項(xiàng)正確。
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Moresco struggled to make that long walk a few blocks east. He studied acting, turned out for all the cattle calls (試戲通告)-- and during the decade of the 1970s made a total of $2,000. “I wasn’t a good actor, but I had a driving need to do something different with my life,” he says.
He moved to Hollywood, where he drove a cab and worked as a waiter. “ My father said, 'Stop this craziness and get a job; you have a wife and daughter.' ”But Moresco kept working at his chosen career.
Then in 1983 his younger brother Thomas was murdered in a killing. Moresco moved back to his old neighborhood and started writing as a way to explore the pain of Hell’s Kitchen. Half-Deserted Streets, based on his brother’s killing, opened at a small Off-Broadway theater in 1988. A Hollywood producer saw it and asked him to work on a screenplay.
His reputation grew, and he got enough assignments to move back to Hollywood. By 2003, he was again out of work and out of cash when he got a call from Paul Haggis, a director who had befriended him. Haggis wanted help writing a film about the country after September 11. The two worked on the writing Crash, but every studio in town turned it down. They kept trying. Studio executives, however, thought no one wanted to see hard lives in modern America.
Crash slipped into the theaters in May 2005, and quietly became both a hit and a critical success. It was nominated for six Academy Awards and won three -- Best Picture, Best Film Editing and Best Writing (Original Screenplay) by Paul Haggis and the kid from Hell’s Kitchen.
At age 54, Bobby Moresco became an overnight success. “If you have something you want to do in life, don’t think about the problems,” he says, “think about other ways to get it done.” 
小題1:Why Bobby Moresco did not tell anyone that he started taking lessons at age 17?
A．He wanted to give his girlfriend a surprise.
B．His girlfriend did not allow him to do this.
C．He was afraid of being laughed at.
D．He had no talent for acting.
小題2:Which of the following sentences is NOT true?
A．His father did not support his work as a bartender.
B．Before he became an overnight success, his life experienced ups and downs.
C．His brother’s death inspired his writing Half-Deserted Streets.
D．Moresco grew up in New York’s Hell’s Kitchen which is a few blocks east of Broadway.
小題3:The Studio executives turned the script Crash down because ______________.
A．they thought the script would not be popular.
B．the script was not well written.
C．they had no money to make the film based on the script.
D．they thought Moresco was not famous.
小題4:Which of the following can best describe Bobby Moresco?
A．a(chǎn)mbitious and persistentB．shy but hardworking
C．caring and braveD．considerate and modest

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Children today are crazy about roller skating（溜冰）, for it's easy and fun. After supper on week days, anytime on weekends and especially any day in school holidays, so many roller skaters flow into streets, squares, parks and playgrounds. What a beautiful sight!
But a long time ago, roller skating was a different story. Before 1750, the idea of skating didn't exist. That changed because of a man named Joseph Merlin，whose work was making musical instruments. In his spare time he liked playing the violin. Merlin was a man of ideas and dreams. People called him a dreamer.
One day Merlin received an invitation to attend a fancy dress ball. Very pleased and a little excited, he accepted it. As the day of the party came near, Merlin began to think hard how to make an impressive entrance at the party. A strange idea struck him one day—he would get a lot of attention if he could skate into the room.
He tried different ways to make himself roll. Finally, he decided to put two wheels under each shoe. These were the first roller skates. Very proud of his invention, he couldn't wait for the special day to come, when he would arrive at the party on wheels while playing the violin.
On the night of the party Merlin did as he had planned, rolling into the room playing his violin. Quite astonished，all present cast their eyes over him. Then, unexpectedly, came one problem. Merlin had no way to stop his roller skates. He rolled on and on. Suddenly, he ran into a huge mirror that was hanging on the wall. Down fell the mirror, breaking to pieces. Nobody forgot Merlin's grand entrance for a long time!
小題1:Merlin was considered a dreamer because he ________.
A．a(chǎn)lways dreamed while sleeping
B．had very rich imagination
C．often gave others surprises
D．invented the roller skates
小題2:Merlin roller skated into the room in order to ________.
A．a(chǎn)rrive at the party on time
B．impress the party guests
C．test his new roller skates
D．make the host satisfied
小題3:The main point the writer tries to make in the last paragraph is ________.
A．the party guests laughed at Merlin
B．the roller skates needed improving
C．Merlin got himself into great trouble
D．Merlin succeeded beyond expectation
小題4:The text is mainly about ________.
A．a(chǎn)n unusual party B．a(chǎn) funny musician
C．the origin of roller skatingD．the great joy Merlin brought

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Lilian Hanson, a college student, expects to graduate in about two years. What makes Mrs Hanson different from her classmates is her age — 73 years. She has been studying at college, a few courses at a time, for 27 years.
When Lilian Hanson graduated from high school, she went to the bank to borrow money for further education. The banker gave her no encouragement. He didn’t think that a country girl should borrow money to go to college. He thought she should be at home doing work in the house or around the farm. So Lilian Hanson went home and raised a family of nine children instead of going to college.
Mrs Hanson never forgot her dream of getting a higher education. When her children were grown, she tried again. She finds the hardest part of going back to school at her age is the sitting in class for long periods of time. Because she is not as flexible（易適應(yīng)的） as she used to be, Mrs Hanson often gets up and walks around between classes to keep from getting stiff（僵硬）. At the beginning of a course in using the computer, the other students all stood and gave her a warm welcome when she introduced herself and explained why she was there and what her aims were.
小題1:The difference between Lilian and her classmates is that         .
A．she works harder at her lessons
B．she is eager to graduate from college
C．she is much older
D．she is a country girl
小題2:Lilian wasn’t able to go to college after graduation from high school because ________.
A．she wanted to teach herselfB．she got married
C．she had to look after her childrenD．she hadn’t enough money
小題3:The writer wrote the passage in order to show us that ________.
A．a(chǎn) friend in need is a friend indeed
B．one is never too old to learn
C．knowledge is power
D．education is of great importance
小題4:Lilian could get a higher education when she was old because ________.
A．she borrowed money from the bank
B．her husband and children helped her
C．her classmates encouraged her to get it
D．the reason isn’t mentioned in the passage

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