1 . On the first day of the school, our teacher made us know somebody. Looking out, we found an old woman_____at the door. She came in and said, “Hi, my name is Susan. I am seventy years old”. All of us were _____that she took this challenge at her age. She said with a smile. “I’m here to meet a rich husband, get ____ , have two children and travel together. ” Hearing this, all of us laughed. “ In fact, ” she went on, “I have always_____ of having a college education, and now it comes ____ ! ”
After class we had chocolate and milk together. We became good_______. I often listened to this “time machine” as she shared her stories with me. At the end of the term we invited Susan to give a speech in the class. 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 ______and being happy is that we should laugh and find something interesting to do every day. I think there is a great ____ between growing old and growing up. I am seventy now. If I ____ in bed for one year and never do anything, I’ll become seventy-one. Since(既然) anybody can grow older, my choice is to grow up by always finding the chance to change. Growing older can’t be avoided, growing up can be chosen . It’s never too late to be all you can possibly be. ”
During the four years study, it was so easy for Susan to make friends ____ she went. In the end, the wonderful woman finished all her courses and got the college degree (学位).
1. A.talking | B.crying | C.reading | D.standing |
2. A.surprised | B.relaxed | C.bored | D.tired |
3. A.excited | B.worried | C.married | D.relaxed |
4. A.thought | B.made | C.known | D.dreamed |
5. 6. A.teachers | B.students | C.friends | D.neighbors |
7. A.old | B.busy | C.awake | D.young |
8. A.difference | B.pleasure | C.examination | D.influence |
9. 10. A.whenever | B.however | C.wherever | D.whether |