Question

Yesterday, our teacher asked us when people could be considered old. David said that when people got wrinkles (皺紋). However, Mary didn’t   31  . She thought people might gain wrinkles at an earlier age because of their    32   work. Then Lily said that those   33    their 60s or more could be called old people. This time, Emily expressed her doubt. She said that some old people might   34   be full of energy and working on their dreams, which made them appear  35   .The class was over and the teacher asked me to continue to  36   it after class.

The question  37    me of a saying of J.Barrymore: a man isn’t old   38   he is pursuing (追求 ) something.

My grandma is such a woman who   39    her dream even when she’s 70 now. She has kept her dream of being a painter since she was a little child.  40  , because her family was poor, she had to   41   her dream. She had to work to raise money so as to   42    her family. Although she had never forgotten her dream, she could hardly find any   43    to make it come true because of the tough work. Fortunately, a(n)    44   came when she retired from her work. She    45    taking painting lessons even though she was already old. At first, I was    46   her idea of attending school at such an old age, but after seeing her paint happily and enjoyably, I began feeling it a good   47  .She looks fine and seems   48   .

So if we have our dreams and try to   49   them, we aren’t old. If we don’t know what we want and let regrets be the   50   point of our lives, then we can be considered old.

31.    A.  answer              B.  agree                   C.  move               D.  understand

32.    A.  exciting             B.  common              C.  hard                 D.  old

33.    A.  reaching            B.  avoiding               C.  repeating          D.  confirming

34.    A.  sometimes         B.  almost                 C.  hardly              D.  still

35.    A.  attractive           B.  young                  C.  smart               D.  interesting

36.    A.  think about        B.  look for               C   refer to            D.  turn to

37.    A.  prevented          B.  spotted                C.  reminded          D.  puzzled

38.    A.  even if              B.  as if                    C.  so that             D.  as long as

39.    A.  remembers        B.  follows                C.  knows             D.  finds

40.    A.  However           B.  Also                    C.  Fortunately       D.  Approximately

41.    A.  give up              B.  search for            C.  put aside          D.  return to

42.    A.  combine            B.  protect                C.  leave                D.  support

43.    A.  way                  B.  person                 C.  place                D.  service

44.    A.  success             B.  chance                C.  excuse             D.  helper

45.    A.  stopped             B.  considered           C.  liked                D.  began

46.    A.  on                    B.  for                      C.  against             D.  with

47.    A.  choice               B.  dream                  C.  task                 D.  purpose

48.    A.  gentle                B.  energetic              C.  wealthy            D.  penniless

49.    A.  satisfy               B.  express                C.  change             D.  realize

50.    A.  tip                    B.  bottom                C.  center              D.  side

Answer 1

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