Question

閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C、D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

On the first day of the school, our teacher made us know somebody. Looking out, we found an old woman______at the door. She came in and said, “Hi, my name is Susan. I am seventy years old”. All of us were______that she took this_____ at her age. She said with a smile. “I’m here to meet a rich husband, get _____, have two children and travel together. ” Hearing this, all of us laughed. “ In fact, ” she went on, “I have always______of having a college education, and now it comes______! ”

After class we had chocolate and milk together. We became good_______. I often listened to this “time machine” as she shared her______with me. At the end of the term we invited Susan to give a______in the class. When she was in the front of the classroom, suddenly she found she took the wrong paper. She felt a little______and said, “I am sorry. I am so nervous. I can’t get my ready talk______, so I have to tell you______I know. “

In her speech she told us “We don’t stop playing as we are old, we grow old______we stop playing. The secret of staying ______and being happy is that we should laugh and find something ______ to do every day. I think there is a great______between growing old and growing up. I am seventy now. If I______in bed for one year and never do anything, I’ll become seventy-one. Since(既然) anybody can grow older, my______ is to grow up by always finding the chance to change. Growing older can’t be avoided, growing up can be______. It’s never too late to be all you can possibly be. ”

During the four years' study, it was so easy for Susan to make friends______she went. In the end, the wonderful woman finished all her courses and got the college degree (學位).

1.A. talking B. crying C. reading D. standing

2.A. surprised B. relaxed C. bored D. tired

3.A. success B. challenge C. activity D. work

4.A. excited B. worried C. married D. relaxed

5.A. realized B. made C. known D. dreamed

6.A. over B. true C. back D. down

7.A. teachers B. students C. friends D. neighbors

8.A. stories B. study C. hope D. news

9.A. warmth B. postcard C. present D. speech

10.A. strict B. upset C. serious D. painful

11.A. again B. back C. down D. away

12.A. what B. how C. which D. why

13.A. until B. before C. though D. because

14.A. old B. busy C. awake D. young

15.A. natural B. interesting C. difficult D. impossible

16.A. difference B. pleasure C. examination D. influence

17.A. leave B. hide C. lie D. turn

18.A. idea B. mind C. energy D. regret

19.A. noticed B. mentioned C. thought D. chosen

20.A. whenever B. however C. wherever D. whether

Answer 1