On the first day of school our professor introduced himself and asked us to get to know someone we didn’t know. I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. “Hi, girl! My name is Rose, I’m 87 years old.”
“Why are you in college at such a young age?” I asked jokingly.
“I always dreamed of having a college education and now I’m getting one!”she replied.  Rose became a college symbol(象征) this year and she easily on her from the other students.
At the end of the term we invited Rose to speak at our football party. 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 humour every day. You’ve got to have a dream. When you lose you 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 anything, 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.
She ended her speech by singing The Song of Rose. She challenged each of us to study the lyrics and live then out in our daily lives.
At the year’s end, Rose finished the college education she had begun all those years ago. One week after graduation Rose did peacefully in her sleep.
【小题1】Rose went to college because she_________.

Nancy’s hobby is collecting sharpeners. She spends a lot of time on it after school. She has been collecting more than one hundred sharpeners from different countries. They are all different in color and size.
Nancy likes sharpeners with animals and birds on them. In this way, she learns the names of many animals and birds. She also borrows books on animals and birds from her school library. She learns a lot about them from books.
Sometimes Nancy has many sharpeners of the same kind. She gives them to her friends. Then they give her other different sharpeners in return.
Nancy has many pen pals in many countries. She sends them sharpeners of her country. In return, they send her sharpeners of their countries. Nancy’s father also gives her sharpeners. He brings them home from his friends for her.
Many of Nancy’s friends collect other things. Some collect coins and others collect matchboxes（火柴盒）or stamps. But, all of them say that Nancy’s collection is the most interesting of all.
【小题1】Nancy spends a lot of time on her hobby             .

词语运用（共5小题，每小题1分，计5分）

用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空。

1.Please call me if you have any problems ____________ (work) out．

2.Marie Curie received the Nobel Prize ____________ (two) during her life time．

3.I think it is ____________ (danger) for children to be close to wild animals．

4.The old man has been ____________ (die) since three years ago．

5.I know only one of the ____________ (visit)，how about you?

任务型阅读。（10分）

Susan is my pen friend. She is 14 years old now, and she is a middle school student in New York, USA. At school, she studies many subjects. She likes science very much. She reads books about science every day and wants to become a scientist.

Susan also likes traveling. Every summer she travels with her parents. She believes traveling is an important part in her life. She has visited many cities around the world. Of all the cities, she likes Beijing best. It is both big and beautiful.

Last August, she, with her parents, came to Beijing for the Olympic Games. They stayed in Beijing for 10 days. I saw her twice when she was in Beijing. During her staying in Beijing, she and her parents only visited the Great Wall and the Palace Museum, because they spent most time watching the Olympic Games.

根据短文内容，完成下面的表格。

Some Information About Susan