IV. Reading Comprehension (40 points) Directions: Read the following four passages. Each p

IV. Reading Comprehension (40 points)

Directions: Read the following four passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A,B,C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.

(A)

  The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn’t know. I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned around to find a wrinkled, little old lady beaming up at me with a smile that lit up her entire being.

  She said, “Hi, girl! My name is Rose. I’m 87 years old. Can I give you a hug?”

  I laughed and enthusiastically(热情地)responded, “Of course you may!” and she gave me a giant squeeze.

  “Why are you in college at such a young, innocent age?” I asked. She jokingly replied, “I’m here to meet a rich husband, get married, have a couple of children, and then retire and travel!”

  “No seriously,” I said. I was curious what may have motivated her to be taking on this challenge at her age.

  “I always dreamed of having a college education and now I’m getting one!” she told me.

  Over the course of the year, Rose became a campus icon and she easily made friends wherever she went. She loved to dress up and she reveled in the attention bestowed upon her from the other students. She was living it up.

  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. There are only two secrets to staying young, being happy, and achieving success. You have to laugh and find humor everyday. You’ve got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you die!” she said.

  “There is a huge difference between growing older and growing up. If you are nineteen years old and lie in bed for one full year and don’t do one productive thing, you will turn 20 years older. If I am 87 years old, and stay in bed for a year, and never do anything, I will turn 88. Anybody can grow older. But every minute counts for young men,” she added.

  “The idea is to grow up by always finding the opportunity in change. Have no regrets. The elderly usually don’t have regrets for what we did, but rather for things we did not do. The only people who fear death are those with regrets.”

  She concluded her speech by courageously singing “The Song of Rose”. She challenged each of us to study the lyrics(歌词)and live them out in our daily lives.

  At the year’s end, Rose finished the college degree she had begun all those years ago. One week after graduation Rose died peacefully in her sleep.

51. Rose made herself known to the author in a ______ manner.

   A. serious         B. cold           C. humorous          D. crazy

52. From the information provided in the passage, we know ______.

   A. Rose finished the college degree within a year

   B. Rose did realize her dream of meeting a rich husband and getting married through college

     education

   C. Rose enjoyed her campus life very much

    D. Rose grew so old that she stopped playing

53. Rose delivered the speech ______.

   A. at the graduation                                 B. ended with “The Song of Rose”

   C. which she prepared carefully                D. to challenge all the other speakers

54. According to her speech, ______.

   A. whenever you have a dream, you succeed

   B. all people don’t grow up while growing older

   C. Rose usually regretted having done something

   D. a nine-year-old is as old as a 87-year-old if he doesn’t do anything

答案

51---54   CCBB      

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