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Mr. Black works in an office. His memory is very poor and often _1 something. One day his son had a cold and he had to __2___ him to hospital. When they got there, he remembered that he left his __3__ at home. He ran to the telephone box ___4__ and was going to ask his wife to take the money to him. But there was a woman in it. She was looking

up something in the telephone book. He had to stand outside to __5____. About ten minutes passed, she was still in it. His son began to cry on a chair in the waiting room. He was __6__. Another ten minutes passed, the woman didn’t __7__. Hw was more worried. He thought for a while and knocked at the door. The door ___8___and he went in.

“May I help you to look for the telephone number, madam?” asked Mr. Black.

“Thank you, sir,” said the woman, “ I don’t _9___ anybody up. I had a baby last moth and I’m only looking for a good ___10____ for her in the telephone book.

1 A. finds      B. fails      C. forgets      D. sees

2 A. throw     B. take       C. lift         D. help

3 A. wife       B. book     C. son         D. money

4 A. slowly     B. carefully  C. quickly      D. quietly 

5 A wait       B. sleep      C. sing        D. read

6 A. excited     B. relaxed   C. interested   D. worried

7 A. come out   B. come in   C. sit down     D. stand up

8 A. closed     B. opened    C. stopped     D. dropped

9 A. call       B. gave       C. wake       D. pick

10A. address   B. age        C. name       D. birthday

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_________.