二、教育故事類

The first day of school a new classmate touched my shoulder, "Hi, handsome! I'm Rose. I am 87 years old. Can I give you a hug?" I turned around and found a little 1 lady with a warm smile. I said heartily, "Of course!"

" 2are you in college at such an age?" I asked.

She joked, "I'm here to meet a rich husband, get 3, have children, and then travel around. "

"No seriously, "I asked.

"I always 4 of having a college education and now I'm getting one!"she told me.

Over the year，Rose became an icon（偶像）and she easily made friends. She loved to dress up and she enjoyed the 5 of the others. At the end of the term we invited Rose to our football party. I'll never forget what she said.

"We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing. Here are the 6 to staying young. You have to laugh and find humor every day. You've got to have a dream. When you 7 your dreams, you die! There's a huge difference 8 growing old and growing up. Anybody can grow older. That doesn't take any talent or ability. But 9 requires finding the opportunity in change. Have no regrets. "

One week after graduation that year. Rose died peacefully in her sleep. She taught us by example that it's never too 10 to be all you can possibly be.

（　）1．A. old

B. young

C. big

D. small

（　）2．A. How

B. When

C. Why

D. What

（　）3．A. married

B. dressed

C. lost

D. mad

（　）4．A. told

B. heard

C. reminded

D. dreamed

（　）5．A. question

B. attention

C. relation

D. emotion

（　）6．A. secrets

B. stories

C. reasons

D. results

（　）7．A. have

B. find

C. take

D. lose

（　）8．A. in

B. on

C. between

D. among

（　）9．A. stopping playing

B. having a dream

C. growing older

D. growing up

（　）10．A. early

B. late

C. young

D. small

本文是一篇教育故事類的記敘文，主要記敘了在大學開學日，“我”遇到了87歲的老婦人在同班入學，深感驚奇。在隨后的相處中，“我”發現老婦人具有年輕人般的樂觀、幽默，喜歡化妝、交友、參加運動。這個故事告訴我們：人生要不停追求，才能不斷成長并最終實現自己的夢想。

1．A 根據前文提到的“I am 87 years old”可推斷出這位女士年齡比較大，故答案為A。

2．C 根據老婦人的答語可知此處作者在提出疑問，故所缺的詞是why。

3．A 根據句意可知該設空處表示結婚，故答案為A。

4．D 根據上下文義思可知這位老婦人一直夢想接受大學教育，故答案為D。

5．B 根據文章細節描寫，可以推測出她喜歡引起別人的注意，故答案為B。

6．A 根據上下文可以推斷出，這里是表達保持年輕的秘訣，故答案為A。

7．D lose one's dream意思是“失去夢想”，為固定短語，故答案為D。

8．C 本句意思：在變老和成長之間，有很大區別。根據句意可知設空處表示在兩者之間，應該用介詞between。

9．D 根據前后句意思可推斷此處表達成長的意思，故答案為D。

10．B 根據語境可知此處表達一切為時不晚的意思，故答案為B。

教育故事類的短文主要是通過一些有意義的故事或案例，來教育人們要積極地面對學習、生活和工作中遇到的事。此類文章大都具有教育性、實用性等特征。我們在做此類題目時，要反復閱讀文章，加強理解；認真分析設空語句，找出突破口；做到全面考慮和細節處理結合。要根據所學的知識分析出題者的考查意圖和文章給我們傳遞的思想。因此，我們平時除了要增加自己的閱讀量，提高自己的英語語感外，還要有目的地訓練自己的答題能力和答題技巧。