湖南省部分县2021-2022学年高一上学期期末考试英语汇编：完形填空

湖南省部分县 2021-2022学年高一上学期期末考试英语试题分类汇编 完形填空 湖南省长沙市长沙县等2021-2022学年高一上学期期末调研考试英语试题 第四部分 完形填空 The first day of school our professor introduced a little old lady to us. “Why are you in college at such a ‘young’ age?” I asked later. She ____21____ replied, “I’m here to meet a rich husband, get married, have a couple of ____22____, and then retire and travel.” I was curious what may have motivated her to be ____23____ this challenge at her age. “I always dreamed of having a college education and now I’m getting one!” she told me. Later, we became friends. I was always listening to this “time machine” as she ____24____ her wisdom and experience with me. At the end of the semester we invited Rose to make a speech. I’ll never forget what she ____25____ us. As she began to ____26____ her prepared speech, she dropped her note card on the floor. A little ____27____ she simply said, “I’m sorry. This whiskey is killing me! I’ll never get my speech back in order so let me just tell you what I know.” As we laughed she cleared her ____28____ and began, “We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing. There are only four secrets to staying young, being happy, and ____29____ success. You’ve got to have a _____30_____. When you lose your dreams, you die. There is a huge _____31_____ between growing older and growing up. The idea is to grow up by always finding the opportunity in change. Have no regrets. The elderly usually don’t have regrets for what we did, but rather for things we did not do. The only people who _____32_____ death are those with regrets.” At the year’s end Rose finished the college degree. One week after graduation Rose died _____33_____ in her sleep. Over two thousand college students _____34_____ her funeral to honor the wonderful woman who taught by example that it’s never too _____35_____ to be all you can possibly be. 21. A. jokingly B. immediately C. definitely D. seriously 22. A. workmates B. neighbors C. children D. friend