题目内容：

完形填空，阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（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。

It was a warm Saturday morning in December. I reached my ________ exam centre which was unreachable by public transport. Not very nervous about my correspondence Bachelor Computer Application exam, I entered the examination hall and then ________ one corner seat in the classroom. On my front bench was an old man in his seventies.

Question papers were ________ to us and I filled my answer sheet. I ________ the old man. He had neatly drawn lines for each  ________ . Having handed in my paper, I came out of the hall and waited for him. He came out after the last bell. I ________ him and asked him what he would do with the ________at this age (out of curiosity). He ________ replied, “I thought I would find some good-looking girls here”. Later he told me how he was ________  before his grand kids for not knowing how to use a________ and that he wanted to explore the box and things inside and be qualified (有资格的) for it. My ________ question was “Do you understand things written in the book at this age” (as I ________ to understand many things in it). He cleared his throat and replied, “We don’t stop learning because we are old; we grow old because we stopped our learning. We elderly don’t have ________  for what we have done, but rather for things we didn’t do and the only people who ________  death are those with regrets.” I admired the man for his ________ . I gave him a ride till his house and ________ telephone numbers.

We ________ our results after two months and we passed our exams. I ________  called the old man. His grand kid________the call and informed about his death.

Growing ________is mandatory (强制性的) but growing up is optional(可选择的) .

1.A. serious       B. various     C. unique          D. distant

2.A. arranged     B. booked       C. took             D. offered

3.A. handed      B. posted       C. read            D. introduced

4.A. talked with   B. looked at   C. dropped into     D. smiled at

5.A. passage       B. seat         C. answer           D. exam

6.A. guided        B. approached   C. visited         D. encouraged

7.A. question     B. prize       C. practice         D. degree

8.A. jokingly      B. cautiously   C. proudly         D. anxiously

9.A. disappointed  B. frightened   C. embarrassed      D. amazed

10.A. language    B. phone      C. dictionary       D. computer

11.A. amusing      B. immediate  C. basic            D. informal

12.A. refused     B. desired      C. failed          D. tended

13.A. regrets      B. problems     C. opinions         D. rules

14.A. cause        B. fear         C. bring            D. stop

15.A. calmness    B. generosity   C. kindness        D. enthusiasm

16.A. expected   B. exchanged    C. discovered      D. forgot

17.A. got          B. changed      C. ignored         D. produced

18.A. luckily     B. seldom      C. excitedly       D. usually

19.A. put up       B. set up       C. gave up          D. picked up

20.A. old          B. tense       C. angry            D. impatient