The first day our professor challenged us to get to know someone we didn’t know. I looked around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned around to find a wrinkled, little old lady smiling at me.
She said, “Hi, handsome. My name is Rose. I’m 87. Can I give you a hug?” I laughed, “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, and have a couple of children.” “No seriously,” I said. “I want to realize my dream!” she told me. Over the course of the year, Rose became a campus icon and everyone liked to listen to this “time machine”.
At the end of the semester we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet and I’ll never forget what she taught us. “There is a huge difference between growing older and growing up. If you are 19 and lie in bed for one full year and don’t do one productive thing, you will turn 20. If I am 87 and stay in bed for a year and never do anything I will turn 88. We have less time to live on. Anybody can grow older. That doesn’t take any talent or ability. The idea is to grow up by always finding opportunity in chan
ge. The elderl
y usually don’t have regrets for what we did, but rather for things we did not do.”
At the year’s end, Rose finished the college degree she had dreamed about all those years. One week after graduation Rose died peacefully in her sleep. Over 2,000 students attended her funeral honoring the wonderful woman who taught us such an important message.
1.Rose made herself known to the author in a _____ manner.
A. seriousB. coldC. crazyD. humorous
2.Rose was considered a “time machine” because she _____.
A. always followed a strict time schedule
B. was never late for any of her classes
C. had lived a long and rich life
D. always appeared in time whenever she was needed
3.According to Rose, growing up is different from growing older because _____.
A. growing up doesn’t need as much effort or talent as growing older
B. growing up means young people have enough time to waste
C. there is no need for one to worry about death
D. growing up means one has more chances or time to choose what one likes
4.Rose came to study in college at such an old age for the purpose of _____.
A. challenging her old age
B. realizing her long dream about college education
C. meeting someone rich and attractive
D. not having any regrets in her life
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Brother Michael and Chris were born in the early 1960s and grew up in a black neighborhood in Richmond, California. Both boys were in the primary school and brought home mostly A’s on their report cards.
But in a black family with eight children, money was always , so the two growing boys often went . They turned to stealing. They stole cookies from the grocery store and bread from the . They even stole money from their parents to feed.
At the end of his first year in high school, Chris received three A’s and F’s on his report card --- the first time he had anything in school. Because Kennedy High School only allowed three failures four years, one more F and Chris would be kicked out of school. That’s when he made up his mind to .
Chris made every effort to become in school. After Chris graduated from college, he worked as a prosecutor(检察官), criminals, drug dealers, and gang members. Today Chris is famous as one of the prosecutors in the trial of the century, the O.J. Simpson trial!
That decision to change took him in an entirely direction from his brother Michael, who changing his bad behavior. After high school, Michael continued his anti-social ---fighting in the streets, taking and stealing. At the age of 42, Michael Darden died from AIDS.
This story us that what we become is determined by the we make. We can choose to get or we can choose to get worse. Chris changed. He changed from being a criminal to prosecuting criminals. His brother Michael, on the other hand, was changed. He was changed by drugs…and finally, he was changed by a deadly disease. Chris made the right choices. He made the changes in his life that helped him his great dreams.
1.A. well- behaved B. well-dressedC. well-knownD. well- informed
2.A. plentifulB. loose C. common D. tight
3.A. madB. wrongC. hungryD. bad
4.A. chemist’s B. baker’s C. doctor’sD. barber’s
5.A. twoB. three C. four D. five
6.A. obtainedB. failed C. passed D. missed
7.A. beyondB. byC. over D. above
8.A. stealB. respondC. stand D. change
9.A. outstanding B. friendly C. powerful D. outgoing
10.A. treating B. savingC. questioning D. punishing
11.A. leading B. workingC. acting D. performing
12.A. similar B. different C. new D. strange
13.A. preferred B. resisted C. admitted D. appreciated
14.A. habits B. signsC. behaviors D. manners
15.A. drugs B. actionsC. buses D. pills
16.A. persuades B. warns C. convinces D. wishes
17.A. choices B. friends C. promisesD. efforts
18.A. tallerB. cleaner C. happier D. better
19.A. illegal B. useful C. harmlessD. lawful
20.A. destroy B. form C. accomplish D. approach
In 2002, the Chinese government ______ a law stating whoever deserts girl babies would be punished by law.
A. distributedB. favoredC. declaredD. resigned
On the annual International Volunteers Day, the world ______ the work of millions of people who give their time to help others．
A. abolishesB. assesses C. accompaniesD. acknowledges
Just as the clothes a person wears, the food he eats and the friends with whom he spends his time, his house ______ his personality.
A. conductsB. reflects C. witnessesD. governs
Don't leave the bread on the table; it will .
A. ring upB. dry upC. test outD. dry out
