Question

【題目】Growing up or Growing old

When the new term came, I had a new classmate, a little old lady with a warm smile. She said, “Hi, handsome! I'm 87 years old. Can I give you a hug(擁抱)?”

I said heartily, “Of course!”

“Why are you in college at such an age?” I asked.

She joked, "I'm here to meet a rich husband, get married, have children, and then travel around.”

“No, seriously,” I asked.

“I always dreamed of having a college education. Now I'm getting one!” she told me.

Over the year, Rose became an icon(偶像). She easily made friends wherever she went. She loved to dress up and she enjoyed the attention from other students.

At the end of the term we invited Rose to speak at our banquet. I'll never forget what she taught us.

“We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing. Here are the secrets of staying young. You have to laugh and find humor every day. You've got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you die!” she said.

“There is a big difference between growing old and growing up. Anybody can grow old. That doesn't take any talent or ability,” she added. “But to grow up, you have to find the chances in change. Have no regrets(遺憾). We usually don't have regrets for what we did, but rather for things we did not do.”

One week after graduation, Rose died peacefully in her sleep. She taught us by example that it's never too late to be all you can possibly be.

【1】What was the writer's new classmate like?

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【2】Why was she in college at such an age?

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【3】Rose was very popular in her college, wasn't she?

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【4】According to Rose, what's the secret of staying young, to laugh and find humor every day or to have a dream?

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【5】What does the underlined word “that” refer to?

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【6】Would you like Rose to be your icon? Why?

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Answer 1

【答案】

【1】She was a little lady with a warm smile.

【2】Because she always dreamed of having a college education.

【3】Yes, she was.

【4】Both.

【5】Growing old. / To grow old.

【6】Yes, I'd love to. Because she taught us by example that it's never too late to be all you can possible be. /Because we can learn if we hold on to our dreams, they will come true someday. /Because she easily made friends wherever she went…

（Any reasonable answer is acceptable.）

【解析】

文章大意：本文講新學(xué)期到來的時(shí)候，有一位小老太太成了作者的新同學(xué)，她告訴大家：每個(gè)人都能變老，但想要長大，你必須從變化中尋找機(jī)會(huì)。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第1段中“When the new term came, I had a new classmate, a little old lady with a warm smile.”可知新同學(xué)是一位面帶溫暖的微笑的小老太太。故答案為She was a little lady with a warm smile.

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第6段中新同學(xué)的回答“I always dreamed of having a college education.”可知她在這個(gè)年齡來上大學(xué)是因?yàn)樗�一直都�(jí)粝胍�接受大學(xué)教育。故答案為Because she always dreamed of having a college education.

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第7段中“Over the year, Rose became an icon(偶像). She easily made friends wherever she went.”可知Rose在大學(xué)很受歡迎；回答反意疑問句時(shí)要根據(jù)實(shí)際情況作答，此處要用肯定回答。故答案為Yes, she was.

【4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第9段中Rose的話“Here are the secrets of staying young. You have to laugh and find humor every day. You've got to have a dream.”可知問句中的兩個(gè)選擇都是保持年輕的秘訣。故答案為Both.

【5】詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)畫線詞所在語境“Anybody can grow old. That doesn't take any talent or ability”可知此處是說變老不需要任何天賦和能力，That指的是“變老”。故答案為Growing old. / To grow old.

【6】主觀發(fā)揮題。題目問“你愿意Rose做你的偶像嗎？為什么？”文中的Rose充滿正能量，一般都會(huì)用肯定回答，用“Yes, I’d love to.”然后根據(jù)自己覺得Rose身上的可取之處來寫原因，原因合理即可�？蓞⒖即鸢笧椋�Yes, I'd love to. Because she taught us by example that it's never too late to be all you can possible be. /Because we can learn if we hold on to our dreams, they will come true someday. /Because she easily made friends wherever she went…（Any reasonable answer is acceptable.）

題目要求根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容回答問題，做題時(shí)要先通讀全文，在了解文章大意的基礎(chǔ)上帶著題目要求從文中尋找合適的答案。第1小題問新同學(xué)的長相，文中只有第一段第一句有描述新同學(xué)的樣貌，很容易得出答案。