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? ”
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(严肃地),” 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 term we invited Rose to give a at our party. I'll never forget what she taught .
“We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow because we stop playing. Here are the of staying young. You have to laugh and find humor 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 , for things we did not do.”
Finally we graduated from the college with Rose. One week graduation ( 毕业), she died peacefully（平静地） in her sleep. She taught us by example that it's never too late to be all you can possibly be.
A．slowly B．happily C．heavily D．badly
A．so B．this C．such D．that
A．rich B．bad C．poor D．short
A．hoped B．wished C．wanted D．dreamed
A．another B．the other C．the others D．others
A．say B．speak C．talk D．discuss
A．us B．her C．him D．them
A．young B．old C．tall D．thin
A．stories B．secrets C．seasons D．surveys
A．week B．month C．year D．day
A．lose B．have C．keep D．like
A．chance B．change C．difference D．problem
A．stand up B．grow up C．grow old D．keep healthy
A．because B．so C．though D．but
A．in B．after C．during D．before
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Jim was a worker. One of his feet was ___1___ than the other. He couldn’t find the right shoes ___2____ his feet. One day his friend Mike said to him, “ Why don’ you go to a shoemaker? A ___3___ shoemaker can make you the right shoes.” __4___ Jim went to the shoemaker near Mike’s home. Very soon the shoemaker finished the work. Jim looked at the shoes and wasn’t ____5_____. He ___6__ the shoemaker, “ You aren’t a good shoemaker! I wanted you to ___7______ me one shoe bigger than ___8____, ___9____ you made me one shoe ___10____ than the other.”
A．big B．long C．bigger D．biggest
A．for B．with C．on D．of
A．friendly B．kind C．clever D．good
A．Then B．But C．So D．Becau
A．kind B．happy C．bad D．right
A．said B．said to C．spoke D．talked
A．make B．give C．show D．repair
A．another B．others C．the other D．the others
A．then B．and C．but D．so
A．smallest B．big C．bigger D．smaller
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Mrs. Black was a famous musician a few years ago. She 1 music at a school and her students did well in their lessons. They liked her very much. Now the old woman stays at home with her husband. The old man looks after his wife well and she 2 worries about anything. And she is very 3 .
Just like some old people, Mrs. Black finds that her memory(记忆) is falling. Sometimes she 4 what she did or will do. It often gets her in trouble. Her 5 noticed（注意到） it and asked her to see a famous doctor. He bought two tickets 6 London and told her he put 7 into her handbag while she was playing the piano. The next morning, they got to the
8 just on time to catch the plane. Mrs. Black said,“I wish we had the 9 with us.”
“Don’t be a fool, dear!”said Mr. Black,“We are not going to a concert, but to see a
10 .”
“I know，”she said，“but I left the tickets on it!”
A．loved B．taught C．enjoyed D．studied
A．always B．often C．never D．sometimes
A．sorry B．worried C．sad D．happy
A．forget B．remember C．forgets D．remembers
A．husband B．daughter C．son D．student
A．to B．in C．from D．of
A．it B．them C．this D．that
A．airport B．bus stop C．station D．hospital
A．money B．music C．tickets D．piano
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Ben woke up on Monday morning. He felt 1 . He always felt sick on Monday mornings. He had to go to school for a whole week. It was so difficult for him to go back to school.
He 2in bed and wondered what excuse he could make this time. He looked at his body, but couldn’t find 3 wrong. A little headache? No. He had used that excuse many times. Then he realized that one of his teeth was loose (松动). Good! He was just going to start groaning (呻吟) when he thought that Aunt Polly would pull the tooth out. That would hurt! He looked 4 something else. Suddenly he remembered the doctor had said something about a certain problem with toes. He pulled his right foot out and looked at it. 5 of the toes was really hurting, and Ben began to groan.
“What’s 6 with you?” Aunt Polly asked. “My toe hurts.” The old lady fell into a chair, smiling a little. “Ben, you frightened me. Now shut up at once and get out of 7 .”
Ben felt like a thief being caught. “Well, it seemed all right. It hurt so much 8 I forgot my tooth.” “Tooth, eh? What’s wrong with your tooth?” “One of them is loose and it hurts 9 .” “No problem,” answered Aunt Polly. “I can pull it out.” “Please, Aunt! Don’t pull it out. It has 10 hurting now. Please!” “No way! Well, you’d better go to school or you’ll have your tooth out.”
A．happy B．tired C．sick D．hungry
A．lie B．lay C．lied D．lying
A．something B．anything C．everything D．nothing
A．at B．for C．after D．like
A．One B．Two C．Some D．Many
A．matter B．trouble C．problem D．wrong
A．school B．chair C．bed D．kitchen
A．what B．which C．that D．until
A．bad B．badly C．worse D．terrible
A．stopped B．forgotten C．enjoyed D．begun
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it was a cold winter evening. __1__old man had done his work and was going home from the fields. __2__his way he saw something on the ground. He looked at it and __3__it was a snake（蛇）. it was not __4__, but it couldn’t move because it was so cold.
“Poor thing,” the man said, “I must try to save your life.” He picked __5__and looked for a warm place to put it in. But how could he find one in __6__cold weather? So he decided __7__the snake inside his clothes, right next to his heart.
_ _8__minutes later, the snake came back to life and began to move. __9__it had become __10__, it gave the man a bite（咬）. He killed（杀死）it and went on. When he got back, he was very ill and had to lie down.
A．A B．An C．The D．/
A．In B．On C．At D．By
A．finds B．find C．found D．founded
A．die B．dead C．died D．death
A．it B．one C．it up D．up it
A．so B．such C．so a D．such a
A．put for B．putting C．to put D．put
A．Few B．A few C．Little D．A little
A．When B．While C．As D．Before
A．enough strong B．strong enough C．too strong D．strongly enough
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Jimmy lives in London and he began to swim a few months ago. He 1 swimming, and he often goes to the swimming pool near his 2 with his mother and swims there for 3 or two.
One day his mother said, “You 4 quite well now. And you want to see the sea, don’t you? Your father and I are going to 5 you there on Sunday, and you are going to swim in the 6 . It’s not cold now, and it’s much nicer than a swimming pool.”
Jimmy’s parents took him 7 the sea in their 8 on Sunday. They 9 at the side of a small harbor(港口). Jimmy got out and looked at the sea for a long time, but he was not very 10 . Then he asked his mother, “Which is the shallow(浅的) end(部分)?”
A．likes B．studies C．started D．is
A．school B．house C．library D．London
A．a day B．a minute C．an hour D．a year
A．swims B．swim C．swam D．swimming
A．take B．bring C．get D．put
A．lake B．sea C．river D．swimming pool
A．in B．at C．to D．on
A．bus B．bike C．train D．car
A．lived B．stopped C．stored D．stop
A．happy B．hungry C．angry D．well