.第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。The first da

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第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
The first day of college I met a little old lady. I was     36    . “Why are you here at such a young age?” I asked.
“To meet a rich husband,     37    , have children, and then retire and travel!” she replied     38    .
I laughed, but we became close friends. For the whole     39     we would leave class together and     40     nonstop. I was always listening as she     41     her wisdom and experience.
At the end of the term Rose was invited to make a     42    . I’ll never forget her words. “We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old     43     because we stop playing. The only     44     of staying young is being happy and achieving success. You have to find humor and     45    . You’ve got to have a(n)     46    . When you lose dreams, you die. We have so many people walking around who are     47     and don’t even know it! Growing older doesn’t     48     growing up. Anybody can grow older doing     49    . That doesn’t take any talent or ability. My idea is that one grows up by always finding     50     in life. Have no regrets. The elderly don’t have regrets for what we did,     51     for things we didn’t do. The only people who fear death are those with     52    .”
The college year ended. Rose got her     53     but passed away one week after graduation. Many students attended the funeral (葬礼) of the     54     woman who taught by     55    : never too late to be all you can possibly be.
36. A. happy                 B. sorry                        C. active                       D. curious
37. A. make money              B. get married               C. earn a degree            D. find work
38. A. briefly                B. happily                    C. jokingly                   D. seriously
39. A. term                   B. month                      C. week                        D. day
40. A. talk                    B. work                        C. race                         D. smile
41. A. shared                B. enjoyed                    C. admired                   D. imagined
42. A. decision                     B. speech                      C. wish                        D. bet
43. A. slightly               B. possibly                   C. hardly                      D. simply
44. A. skill                   B. secret                       C. plan                         D. style
45. A. stop                    B. rest                          C. wonder                    D. laugh
46. A. try                            B. chance                           C. dream                      D. education
47. A. weak                  B. dead                        C. old                          D. ill
48. A. include               B. need                        C. mean                       D. escape
49. A. nothing               B. anything                   C. something                D. everything
50. A. solutions             B. faults                       C. secrets                      D. opportunities
51. A. but rather            B. in turn                            C. and yet                        D. if not
52. A. talents                B. abilities                    C. regrets                            D. dreams
53. A. respect                B. degree                      C. fame                        D. disease
54. A. attractive            B. funny                       C. easy-going                D. impressive
55. A. direction             B. promise                    C. example                   D. theory36---55   DBCAA   ABDBD   CBCAD   ACBDC