题目内容：

Remember, growing older is mandatory(无法抗拒的)，growing up is optional.

The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know a new classmate. I    to look around when a gentle hand   my shoulder. I turned around to find a wrinkled(起皱纹的), little    lady looking up at me with a smile.

She said, “Hi, my name is Rose. I’m eighty-seven years old. Can I give you a hug?” I laughed and    responded, “ Of course you may!” And she gave me a gaint one.

Why are you in college at such a(n)      ?” I asked. “ I always     having a college education and now I’m getting     !” She told me.

Later, we became close friends. Every day we would leave class together and she          her wisdom and experience with me. Over the           of the year, Rose became a campus icon(偶像) and she         made friends wherever she went.

At the     of the semester we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet(宴会). I’ll    forget what she taught us. She was introduced and stepped up to the platform. A little embarrassed, she cleared her     and said, “We do not stop playing because we are old; we     old because we stop playing. There are only two secrets to staying    , being happy, and achieving success. You have to     and find humor every day. You’ve got to have a dream. When you    your dreams, you die.”

One week after graduation Rose died      in her sleep. Many college students attended her funeral in honor of the wonderful woman who taught     example that it’s never too    to be all you can possibly be.

1.A. lay down       B. stood up       C. fell off          D. went out

2.A. touched        B. felt           C. wounded           D. clapped

3.A. beautiful      B. young          C. old               D. kind-hearted

4.A. sadly          B. coldly         C. absently          D. enthusiastically

5.A. age            B. speed          C. point             D.year

6.A. talked about   B. tried out      C. looked forward    D. dreamed of

7.A. those          B. one            C. that              D. they

8.A. learned        B. told           C. shared            D. debated

9.A. course         B. path           C. distance          D. road

10.A. easily        B. rarely         C. unwillingly       D. strangely

11.A. middle        B. beginning      C. end               D. top

12.A. ever          B. never          C. still             D. already

13.A. throat        B. face           C. nose              D. eyes

14.A. grow          B. prove          C. look              D. stay

15.A. rich          B. healthy        C. cheerfully        D. young

16.A. eat           B. cry            C. laugh             D. shout

17.A. have          B. lose           C. get               D. keep

18.A. bitterly      B. fortunately    C. peacefully        D. young

19.A. to            B. for            C. in                D. by

20.A. early         B. bad            C. good              D. late