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(拥抱)?”
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,” 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 semester(学期) we invited Rose to        at our party. I’ll never foget what she
taught        .
“We do not stop playing becasuse we are old; we grow        because we stop playing. Here are the      of staying young. You have to laugh and find humour 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,       rather for things we did not do.”
Finally we graduated from the college with Rose. One week        graduation(毕业), she died peacefully 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