完形填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
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,” 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 we invited Rose to       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. 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, 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