someone we didn"t 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, girl! My name is Rose. I"m 87 years old. Can I give you a hug?"
I laughed and enthusiastically(热情地)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 said. 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.
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 reveled in the attention bestowed upon her 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.
"We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing. There are
only two 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!" she said.
"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 20 years old. If I am
87 years old, and stay in bed for a year, and never do anything, I will turn 88. Anybody can grow
older. But every minute counts for young men," she added.
"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 Song of Rose.She challenged each of us
to study the lyrics(歌词)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.
B.cold
C.humorous
D.crazy
B.Rose did realize her dream of meeting a rich husband and getting married through college education
C.Rose enjoyed her campus life very much
D.Rose grew so old that she stopped playing
B.which she prepared carefully
C.ended with The Song of Rose
D.to challenge all the other speakers
B.all people don"t grow up while growing older
C.Rose usually regretted having done something
D.a nineyearold is as old as an 87yearold if he doesn"t do anything
returning home a little earlier than they had planned.
__5__ they drove into their home town, they found a home in flames. Mary said, "Oh well, it isn"t our
fire; let"s go home."
__6__ John drove closer and exclaimed (惊叫), "That home belongs to Fred Jones who works at the plant. He wouldn"t be __7__ work yet. Maybe there is something we could do."
John drove up and they were both __8__ to see the whole house in flames. A woman on the lawn was in hysterics __9__, "The children! Get the children! They are in the basement."
__10__ Mary"s protests (反对), John grabbed the water hose and soaked (浸湿)his clothes, put his
wet handkerchief on his head and __11__ for the basement which was full of __12__. He found two
nearly suffocated (窒息的)children and after carrying them to safety, he asked how many more children
were __13__ there. They told him two more and Mary __14__ his arm and screamed, "John! Don"t go
back! It"s __15__! That house will cave in any second!"
But he shook her off and went back by __16__ his way down the smokefilled hallway and into the
room. It __17__ a long time before he found both children and started back and at last when they came
out into the__18__ and fresh air, he found that he had just __19__ his own children.
It turned out that the babysitter had __20__ them at this home while she did some shopping.
( )2. A.known
( )3. A.asked
( )4. A.preparations
( )5. A.Before
( )6. A.And
( )7. A.off
( )8. A.heart-broken
( )9. A.coughing
( )10. A.Apart from
( )11. A.reached
( )12. A.smoke
( )13. A.up
( )14. A.pulled
( )15. A.dangerous
( )16. A.pushing
( )17. A.meant
( )18. A.shade
( )19. A.helped
( )20. A.left
B. believed
B. hired
B. promise
B. As
B. So
B. on
B. conscience-stricken
B. screaming
B. In case of
B. searched
B. darkness
B. away
B. took
B. useless
B. feeling
B. spared
B. sunlight
B. found
B. charged
B. believed
B. hired
B. promise
B. As
B. So
B. on
B. conscience-stricken
B. screaming
B. In case of
B. searched
B. darkness
B. away
B. took
B. useless
B. feeling
B. spared
B. sunlight
B. found
B. charged
D. hoped
D. reminded
D. trip
D. Since
D. But
D. at
D. poverty-stricken
D. weeping
D. In spite of
D. sent
D. danger
D. down
D. held
D. stupid
D. moving
D. seemed
D. crowd
D. rescued
D. forgotten
glass rabbit, __1__ cut my eye badly enough to blind it. Trying to save the eye, the doctors stitched
(缝上) the eyeball together where it was cut, __2__ a big ugly scar in the middle of my eye. And as
I grew, this __3__ eye in so many ways controlled me.
I walked with my face looking at the __4__ so people would not see the ugly me. Sometimes
people, even strangers, asked me__5__questions or made hurtful remarks. When the kids played
games, I was always the " __6__".
Yet Mama would say to me, "Hold your head up high and face the world. If you hold your head
up high, people will see your beautiful __7__."
Those words have meant __8__ things to me over the years. As a little child, I thought Mama
meant, "Be careful, or you will fall down or __9__ something because you are not looking." As an
adolescent, I found that sometimes when I held my head up high and let people __10__ me, they liked
me. My mama"s words helped me begin to __11__ that by letting people look at my face, I let them
recognize the intelligence and beauty __12__ both eyes.
In high school I was__13__both academically and socially. I was even elected class president,
__14__, all I really wanted was to look like everyone else. When things got really bad, I would __15__
to my mama and she would look at me with __16__ eyes and say, "Hold your head up high and face
the world. Let them see the beauty that is inside."
When I met the man who became my __17__ for life, we looked each other straight in the eye, and
he told me I was beautiful inside and out. He __18__ it. My mama"s love and __19__ were the spark
that gave me the confidence to __20__ my own doubt.
( )2.A.achieving
( )3.A.sightless
( )4.A.sky
( )5.A.outstanding
( )6.A.monster
( )7.A.face
( )8.A.different
( )9.A.look into
( )10.A.recognize
( )11.A.spot
( )12.A.behind
( )13.A.awful
( )14.A.therefore
( )15.A.smile
( )16.A.terrible
( )17.A.partner
( )18.A.loved
( )19.A.statement
( )20.A.increase
B.beginning
B.careless
B.rabbit
B.inspiring
B.angel
B.eyes
B.strange
B.bump into
B.find
B.imagine
B.on
B.successful
B.however
B.laugh
B.awkward
B.colleague
B.got
B.encouragement
B.emphasize
C.surviving
C.stainless
C.floor
C.astonishing
C.acquaintance
C.head
C.stupid
C.burst into
C.identify
C.realize
C.beneath
C.cheerful
C.besides
C.cry
C.skeptical
C.leader
C.meant
C.treatment
C.plant
D.leaving
D.tasteless
D.scar
D.embarrassing
D.stranger
D.soul
D.common
D.get into
D.know
D.comment
D.beside
D.grateful
D.and
D.scold
D.loving
D.master
D.hated
D.comment
D.overcome
It"s hard to avoid looking like a fool on April Fool"s Day.On April 1 each year, people play
tricks on each other.These tricks are usually silly rather than mean.Classmates sometimes tie
each other"s shoelaces to their chairs.Teachers might hand out an impossibly difficult surprise
test that scares students before they realize it"s only a joke.Newspapers announce fake contests
(such as "Win an elephant!") and report on fake stories (like "UFO" lands in New York City).
Forget gifts, songs and special foods-those are for the other holidays of the year.On April
Fool"s Day, the only tradition is to laugh (and maybe to cause a little bit of trouble).
One April Fool"s Day, when I was in high school, a group of students in my class played a
very clever and funny trick on the teachers.They bought some chickens and set them free in our
school cafeteria.The chickens ran all round the school, in and out of classrooms and under our
feet. Feathers were flying everywhere.
Teachers began running after the chickens, trying to catch them.Finally, they caught four of
them.But the chickens were wearing numbered tags (商标) around their necks, and the teachers
discovered that they had only caught chickens No.1, 2, 3, and 5.Where was chicken No.4?
The teachers looked and looked.They couldn"t find another chicken.After a few hours, they
realized that the students had played another joke on them: There were only four chickens in the
first place! They"ve been tricked by the numbers on the chickens.
It"s been a long time since I was in high school, but that April Fool"s Day remains one of my
favorite memories from those years.
B.Students play jokes on teachers on April Fool"s Day.
C.Teachers play tricks on students on April Fool"s Day.
D.Newspapers often cheat people.
B.They wanted to let chickens run all round the school.
C.They wanted to see feathers flying.
D.They wanted to play a trick on teachers.
B.Two.
C.Three.
D.Four.
B.April Fool"s Day
C.The origin of April Fool"s Day
D.What do people do on April Fool"s Day?
A storeowner was fixing a sign above his door that read "Puppies for Sale". Signs like that have a
way of 1 small children, and 2 enough, a little boy appeared under the storeowner"s sign. "How much are you going to 3 for the puppies?" he asked. The storeowner replied, " 4 from $30 to $50."
The little boy 5 his pocket and pulled out some 6 . "I have $ 2. 37, " he said. "Can I please
look at them?"
The storeowner smiled and whistled and a lady ran out of the store 7 by five tiny balls of fur. One
puppy was lagging (蹒跚) rather behind. 8 the little boy singled out(挑选出) the lagging puppy and
said, "What"s wrong with him?"
"He limped and would be always 9 , " the storeowner explained. The little boy became excited.
"That"s the 10 little puppy that I want to buy. "
The storeowner 11 , "No, you don"t want to buy that little dog. 12 you really want him, I"II just
give him to you. "
The little boy got quite 13 . He looked straight into the storeowner"s eyes and said, "I don"t want
you to give him to me. That little dog is 14 every bit as much as all the other dogs and I"ll pay 15
price. In fact I"ll give you $ 2. 37 now, and 50 cents a month
until I have him paid for. "
The storeowner reminded again, "You really don"t want to buy him. He is 16 going to be able
to 17 and play with you like the other puppies. "
To this, the little boy rolled up his leg to show a 18 twisted, crippled (贱疾的) left leg 19 by a big metal brace. He looked up at the storeowner and softly replied, "Well, I don"t run so well myself, and the little puppy will need someone who 20 ! Don"tyou think so?"
( )2. A. surprisingly
( )3. A. charge
( )4. A. Something
( )5. A. tore up
( )6. A. change
( )7. A. driven
( )8. A. Calmly
( )9. A. thin
( )10. A. almost
( )11. A. reminded
( )12. A. Although
( )13. A. angry
( )14. A. worth
( )15. A. half
( )16. A. never
( )17. A. walk
( )18. A. deeply
( )19. A. covered
( )20. A. trusts
B. unbelievably
B. sell
B. Somewhere
B. carried away
B. check
B. followed
B. Hesitatingly
B. weak
B. right
B. warned
B. Since
B. upset
B. useless
B. low
B. nearly
B. bark
B. heavily
B. supported
B. companies
C. sure
C. demand
C. Anything
C. reached in
C. cash
C. connected
C. Immediately
C. sick
C. hardly
C. cheated
C. If
C. disappointed
C. important
C. high
C. possibly
C. jump
C. poorly
C. tied
C. feeds
D. fortunately
D. advise
D. Anywhere
D. found out
D. bill
D. hidden
D. Tearfully
D. lame
D. even
D. explained
D. Unless
D. satisfied
D. alive
D. full
D. forever
D. climb
D. badly
D. pulled
D. understands
thinking about the golden chain when I had to help people who__1__their way and parked
in front of my house.
I was growing tired of helping so many people. Almost every__2__I was awaken
during a sound night"s sleep and had to__3__someone out. Many times I was__4__by
some penniless motorists who did not even thank me for the helps that they received and
some even complained that I could have done__5__.
One day, a young man with a weekold beard climbed out of a__6__automobile.He had
no money and no food.He asked if I could give him some__7__, and offer him gasoline and
a meal. I told him that if he wanted to work for me, he could cut the grass, but__8__the work
wasn"t necessary.
Though sweaty and hungry, he worked hard.After working all day, he sat__9__to cool
himself. I thanked him for his work and gave him the money he__10__. I then offered him
some__11__money for a task particularly well done, but he shook his head, __12__.
I never saw him again.He probably thinks I helped him out that day, but that is not__13__
it was. I didn"t help him. He helped me to__14__people again. He helped me to once again
want to do something for those who are__15__. I wish I could thank him for__16__some
of my belief in the basic __17__of others and for giving me back a little of the__18__I had
lost. Because of him, I once again felt part of a golden chain of kindness that__19__us to
others.
I may have fed his body that day, but he fed my__20__.
( )2.A.morning
( )3.A.bring
( )4.A.taken for granted
( )5.A.less
( )6.A.fashionable
( )7.A.money
( )8.A.actually
( )9.A.in the sun
( )10.A.asked
( )11.A.old
( )12.A.accepted
( )13.A.the situation
( )14.A.believe in
( )15.A.in trouble
( )16.A.forgetting
( )17.A.goodness
( )18.A.weakness
( )19.A.adapts
( )20.A.heart
B.afternoon
B.help
B.put up with
B.more
B.famous
B.food
B.specially
B.in the shade
B.begged
B.extra
B.received
B.the thing
B.watch over
B.in danger
B.losing
B.happiness
B.strength
B.adjusts
B.soul
C.night
C.carry
C.turned down
C.worse
C.flashy
C.help
C.particularly
C.in the field
C.needed
C.small
C.refused
C.the issue
C.look after
C.in tears
C.restoring
C.pleasure
C.optimism
C.devotes
C.head
D.evening
D.drive
D.taken up with
D.enough
D.shabby
D.work
D.generally
D.in the car
D.charged
D.good
D.denied
D.the way
D.care about
D.in fear
D.finding
D.nature
D.pessimism
D.connects
D.mouth
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