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     The first day of school we were interested to get to know a new classmate. I looked around when a gentle

hand touched my shoulder. I found a little old lady with a warm smile.

     She said, "Hi! I'm Rose. I'm 87 years old. Can I give you a hug?" I laughed and I heartily responded, "Of

course!"

     "Why are you in college at such a young, innocent (天真无邪的) age?" I asked.

     She jokingly replied, "I'm here to meet a rich husband, get married, have children, and then travel around." 

     "Not seriously," I asked. I was curious why she took on this challenge at this age.

     "I always dreamed of having a college education and now I'm getting one!" she told me. We became instant

friends.

     Over the year, Rose became a campus icon (偶像) and she easily made friends wherever she went. She

loved to dress up and she enjoyed the attention from the other students.

     At the end of the semester, we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet. I'll never forget what she

taught us.

     "We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing. Here are the secrets to

staying young. You have to laugh and find humor every day. You've got to have a dream. When you lose your

dreams, you die. Unfortunately we have many people like this walking around?" she said.

     "There is a huge difference between growing older and growing up. Anybody can grow older. That doesn't

take any talent or ability," she added. "But growing up requires finding the opportunity in change. Have no

regrets. The elderly usually don't regret what they did, but rather things they did not do."

     One week after graduation that year, Rose died peacefully in her sleep. She taught us by example that _____.

1. Why was Rose in college at 87? Because _____. [ ]

A. she wanted to meet a rich husband

B. she wanted to get married and have children

C. she wanted to travel around

D. she dreamed of having a college education

2. According to the passage, Rose loved to do the following EXCEPT _____. [ ]

A. dress up

B. enjoy the attention from the other students

C. play football

D. make friends

3. According to what Rose said,we can know that to stay young you must not _____. [ ]

A. laugh

B. be humorous

C. have a dream

D. lose your dream

4. According to the last paragraph but one we know _____. [ ]

A. growing older is quite different from growing up

B. growing older needs talent

C. growing up doesn't require ability

D. the elderly usually have no regrets

5. Which of the following can be used to fill in the blank at the end of the passage? [ ]

A. where there is a will, there's a way

B. never too late to learn

C. Study hard and you will be young

D. never too late to be all you can possibly be

How many of us would temp for three years while we waited for the perfect job Not many of us, perhaps. But Wentworth Miller, the "Prison Break" star, said he chose to wait even longer time (1) he found the right job.
"Actually I think it might have been three or four years until I was lucky enough to get guest (2) on TV shows," said Miller, 34, who rose to international stardom (3) to "Prison Break" in 2006. That kind of patience and p will was portrayed in "Prison Break". Miller (4) engineering wizard Michael Scofield, who tries everything to break out of a Chicago (5) with his brother. Miller said he was fond of his character, (6) he said "exists in shades of grey".
Miller comes from a (7) of teachers. He said he didn’t seem fated for a career in the arts, (8) his passion for acting. After (9) from Princeton with an English degree, he moved (10) his parents’ request to Los Angeles to look for a stable life. He started (11) in a little company that made television movies. This (12) simply faxing, filing, walking the boss’ dog and going to the store for the boss’ lunch. Every weekend during the summer, Miller (13) go to the office (14) he didn’t have air-conditioning. "I would hang (15) in the conference room and set up camp and rob the company kitchen," recalled Miller.
(16) , Miller realized he still had questions about his choice. He decided to quit. But the boss said he was making a mistake and offered him a well-paid assistant position. "I eventually (17) that if I did the corporate job, it would be great if I was successful, but I would always wonder about the (18) . If I did the acting and was successful, I would never wonder (19) that job," he explained. He quit and temped (20) many people in the entertainment industry.
Now, he’s a hot star and has people coming up to him at film festivals saying, "Weren’t you the one who (21) to stand by the copy machine "
"That was tough, but I’m glad I have that perspective. Because now I’m at a point (22) big shots laugh at all my jokes and I think, You know, I got coffee for people like you for six years’. So I know what’s (23) , because I’ve seen the other side." But what if, when he was offered the corporate job, there had been more money "It was never about the (24) There’s a kind of excitement that comes along with acting. I can’t find it anywhere else. Even if I had to go back to temping, even if this is not the beginning of an amazing career, I would not (25) making that jum
p."