7．On the first day of college，I got to know someone I didn't know．Suddenly I found a very（46）A lady looking at me with a smile．"Hi!Girl，"she said．"My name's Rose．I'm eighty seven years old．I'm（47）Dto become your classmate．"
"Why are you in college at such an age？"I asked．
"I （48）C dreamed of having college education and now I'm getting it!"she told me happily．
Then during the next four months，we left （49）A together every day and never stopped talking after class．She became one of my closest friends．
At the end of the term we （50）B Rose to speak at the New Year party，and she agreed．
"I'm sorry I'm kind of nervous，"she said and we laughed．Then she cleared her throat and （51）C，"One is never too old to learn．We can't stop learning（52）B we are old．We grow old because we stop learning．"
"There is much （53）A between growing old and growing up，"she continued．"Anybody can grow old．That doesn't take any talent．But you should grow up （54）B always finding chances to change．"
Three years later，Rose （55）C the college．One week after that，she invited us to her ninety-year-old birthday party happily．
| 46．A．old | B．young | C．tall | D．short |
| 47．A．sorry | B．surprised | C．nervous | D．glad |
| 48．A．perhaps | B．almost | C．always | D．hardly |
| 49．A．class | B．work | C．home | D．study |
| 50．A．allowed | B．invited | C．ordered | D．controlled |
| 51．A．wondered | B．asked | C．continued | D．argued |
| 52．A．before | B．until | C．unless | D．because |
| 53．A．difference | B．development | C．importance | D．independence |
| 54．A．in | B．by | C．with | D．for |
| 55．A．missed | B．accepted | C．finished | D．lost． |
