It was the first day of school. I had a new classmate, a little old lady with a warm smile. She said, “ Hi, young man! I’m Rose. I’m 87 years old. Can I give you a hug(拥抱)?” I said , “ Of course!” “Why are you in college at an age?” I asked. She joked, “ I’m here to meet a husband, get married, have children, and then travel around the world.” “No, seriously,” I asked. “ I always of having a college education. Now I’m getting one!” she told me . After a year, Rose became popular. She easily made friends wherever she went. She loved to dress up and she enjoyed the attention from . At the end of the semester(学期) we invited Rose to at our party. I’ll never foget what she taught . “We do not stop playing becasuse we are old; we grow because we stop playing. Here are the of staying young. You have to laugh and find humour every_______. You’ve got to have a dream. When you your dreams, you die!”she said. “There is a big between growing old and growing up. Anybody can grow old. That doesn’t take any talent or ability,” she added. “But to , you have to find the chance in change. Have no regrets(遗憾). We usually don’t have regrets for what we did, rather for things we did not do.” Finally we graduated from the college with Rose. One week graduation(毕业), she died peacefully in her sleep. She taught us by example that it’s never too late to be all you can possibly be. 小题1: A．slowly B．happily C．heavily D．badly 小题2: A．so B．this C．such D．that 小题3: A．rich B．bad C．poor D．short 小题4: A．hoped B．wished C．wanted D．dreamed 小题5: A．another B．the other C．the others D．others 小题6: A．say B．speak C．talk D．discuss 小题7: A．us B．her C．him D．them 小题8: A．young B．old C．tall D．thin 小题9: A．stories B．secrets C．seasons D．surveys 小题10: A．week B．month C．year D．day 小题11: A．lose B．have C．keep D．like 小题12: A．chance B．change C．difference D．problem 小题13: A．stand up B．grow up C．grow old D．keep healthy 小题14: A．because B．so C．though D．but 小题15: A．in B．after C．during D．before