【Onthefirstdayofcollege，IgottoknowsomeoneIdidn'tknow．SuddenlyIfoundavery（46）___ladylookingatmewithasmile．"Hi!Girl，"shesaid．"Myname'sRose．I'meightysevenyearsold．I'm（47）___tobecomeyour】

　　On the first day of college，I got to know someone I didn't know．Suddenly I found a very（46）___ lady looking at me with a smile．"Hi!Girl，"she said．"My name's Rose．I'm eighty seven years old．I'm（47）___to become your classmate．"

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

　　"I （48）___ dreamed of having college education and now I'm getting it!"she told me happily．

　　Then during the next four months，we left （49）___ together every day and never stopped talking after class．She became one of my closest friends．

　　At the end of the term we （50）___ Rose to speak at the New Year party，and she agreed．

　　"I'm sorry I'm kind of nervous，"she said and we laughed．Then she cleared her throat and （51）___，"One is never too old to learn．We can't stop learning（52）___ we are old．We grow old because we stop learning．"

　　"There is much （53）___ between growing old and growing up，"she continued．"Anybody can grow old．That doesn't take any talent．But you should grow up （54）___ always finding chances to change．"

　　Three years later，Rose （55）___ the college．One week after that，she invited us to her ninety-year-old birthday party happily．

　　46．A．oldB．youngC．tallD．short47．A．sorryB．surprisedC．nervousD．glad48．A．perhapsB．almostC．alwaysD．hardly49．A．classB．workC．homeD．study50．A．allowedB．invitedC．orderedD．controlled51．A．wonderedB．askedC．continuedD．argued52．A．beforeB．untilC．unlessD．because53．A．differenceB．developmentC．importanceD．independence54．A．inB．byC．wit