二、完形填空。(共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分)(2025·江苏连云港灌南县调研)
阅读下面短文,从短文后每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
It was the first day of school. I had a new classmate, an 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 1 , “Of course!”
“Why are you in college(大学) 2 such an age?” I said.
She joked, “I’m here to meet a 3 husband, get married, have children, and then travel around the world.”
“Seriously?” I asked.
“I always 4 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 5 .
At the end of the term, we invited Rose to 6 at our party. I’ll never forget what she taught 7 .
“We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow 8 because we stop playing. Here are the 9 of staying young. You have to laugh and find humour every 10 . You’ve got to have a dream. When you 11 your dreams, you die!” she said.
“There is a big 12 between growing old and growing up. Anybody can grow old. That doesn’t take any talent(天赋) or abilities,” she added. “But to 13 , you have to find the chance in change. Try to have no regrets(遗憾). We usually don’t have regrets for what we did, but for 14 we did not do.”
Finally, we graduated(毕业) from the college with Rose. One week 15 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.
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B
)1. A. slowly B. happily C. heavily D. badly
(
B
)2. A. on B. at C. of D. in
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A
)3. A. rich B. bad C. poor D. short
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D
)4. A. hope B. wish C. want D. dream
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D
)5. A. another B. the other C. other D. others
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B
)6. A. say B. speak C. talk D. discuss
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A
)7. A. us B. her C. him D. them
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B
)8. A. young B. old C. tall D. thin
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B
)9. A. stories B. secrets C. seasons D. surveys(调查)
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D
)10. A. week B. month C. year D. day
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A
)11. A. lose B. have C. keep D. like
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C
)12. A. chance B. change C. difference D. problem
(
B
)13. A. stand up B. grow up C. grow old D. keep healthy
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D
)14. A. that B. when C. how D. what
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B
)15. A. in B. after C. during D. before
