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Yesterday, our teacher asked us when a man could be referred as an old man.David stood up and said people with wrinkles could be called old people. However, Mary didn't __21__， for some people may gain wrinkles at an earlier age owing to their __22__ work.Then Lily expressed her idea that those reaching their 60s or more could be called old people.This time, Emily expressed her __23__ that some old people may still be energetic and trying to pursue their dreams, which makes them appear __24__. The class was over and we still didn't reach any __25__， so the teacher asked us to think about it after class. The __26__ has reminded me of the saying of J．Barrymore that a man isn't old as long as he is __27__ something. My grandma is such a woman who pursues her dream __28__ when she's 70 now.She has __29__ her dream of being a painter since she was a little child. __30__， because her family was poor, she had to __31__ her dream and stepped into __32__ to raise money so as to support her family.Though she has __33__ abandoned her dream, she could hardly find any __34__ to realize it because of the tough work. __35__， chance came when she retired from her work.She began taking her painting lessons __36__ she had all­white hair and lots of wrinkles.At first, I was __37__ her idea of attending school at so old an age, but after seeing her paint happily and enjoyably, I __38__ feeling it a good choice.She seems energetic and __39__ fine. So if we have our dreams and seek for them, we aren't old.It's when we don't know what we want and let __40__ be the centre point of our lives that we can finally be regarded as the old. 21．A. respond                          B. agree C. identify                             D. understand 22．A. negative                         B. boring C. tough                                D. challenging 23．A. certainty                        B. wish C. theory                               D. doubt 24．A. attractive                       B. young C. intelligent                          D. ambitious 25．A. conclusion                       B. contract C. decision                             D. destination 26．A. embarrassment                    B. obstacle C. question                             D. confusion  27.A. preserving                       B. seeking C. treasuring                           D. possessing  28.A. even                             B. nearly C. only                                 D. hardly 29．A. realized                         B. changed C. promoted                             D. kept 30．A. However                          B. Instead C. Moreover                             D. Therefore 31．A. give up                          B. search for C. put aside                            D. stick to 32．A. reality                          B. society C. world                                D. nature 33．A. seldom                           B. occasionally C. already                              D. never 34．A. time                             B. energy C. help                                 D. money 35．A. Suddenly                         B. Finally C. Soon                                 D. Fortunately 36． A. because                         B. once C. though                               D. unless 37．A. against                          B. for C. at                                   D. with 38．A. risked                           B. rejected C. continued                            D. began 39．A. feels                            B. proves C. looks                                D. grows 40．A. achievements                     B. regrets C. dreams                               D. difficulties 答案：BCDBA CBADA CBDAB CADCB

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