第二部分：语言知识及应用 (共两节，满分45分)
完形填空 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从1~15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
On the first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know a new classmate. I ___1___to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned around to find a wrinkled, little ____2____ 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 ____3___ responded, “Of course you may!” and she gave me a giant squeeze.
“Why are you in college at such a young, innocent age?” I asked. “I always___4__having a college education and now I’m getting___5 ___!” she told me.
Later, we became close friends. Every day we would leave class together and she ____6____ her wisdom and experience with me. Over the course of the year, Rose became a campus icon（偶像） and she ____7____made friends wherever she went.
At the ____8____of the semester we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet（宴会）. I’ll never forget what she taught us. When she was___9____, frustrated and a little embarrassed, she cleared her throat and said, “We do not stop playing because we are old; we___10___old because we stop playing. There are only two secrets to staying ____11____, being happy, and achieving success. You have to laugh and find humor every day. You’ve got to have a dream. When you ____12____ your dreams, you die.”
One week after graduation Rose died ____13___ in her sleep. Many college students attended her funeral in tribute to（悼念）the wonderful woman who taught  by ___14____ that it’s never too _____15_____ to be all you can possibly be.
1. A. lay down            B. stood up           C. fell off              D. went out
2. A. beautiful             B. young             C. old                  D. kind-hearted
3. A. sadly             B. coldly             C. absently             D. enthusiastically 
4. A. talked about     B. tried out       C. looked forward           D. dreamed of
5. A. those                  B. one            C. that                  D. them 
6. A. learned           B. told            C. shared               D. debated
7. A. easily             B. rarely                  C. unwillingly          D. strangely
8. A. middle             B. beginning       C. end                   D. top  
9. A. taught                 B. introduced     C. reached                   D. got
10. A. grow            B. prove                C. look                         D. stay   
11. A. rich                  B. healthy           C. cheerful                  D. young    
12. A. have               B. lose                  C. get                   D. keep   
13. A. bitterly       B. fortunately      C. peacefully              D. hopefully
14. A. learning            B. question      C. book                   D. example  
15. A. early            B. bad                  C. good                 D. late