（2017-2018镇江润州区九上期末）On the first day of school，our professor i【小题1】 himself and then asked us to get to know someone we didn't already know.

I stood up to look around and saw a little o【小题2】 lady looking up at me with a smile. She said，"Hi handsome. My name is Rose. I'm eighty-seven years old. ” I was so curious what made her to be here at her age. “I always d【小题3】 of having a college education and now I'm getting one，"she told me. Every day for the next three months we would leave class t【小题4】 and talk nonstop. We became friends. I was always c【小题5】 about listening to this" time machine" as she shared her wisdom and experience with me.

I’ll never forget what she said in the party at the end of the term. She simply said，"We do not stop playing b【小题6】 we are old； we grow old because we stop playing. There are only four secrets to staying young，being happy，and a【小题7】success. ”

"You have to laugh and find humour every day. "

“You should have a dream. When you lose your dreams，you die. ”

"There is a huge d【小题8】 between growing older and growing up. Anybody can grow older. That doesn't take any talent or ability. The idea is to grow up by always finding the chance in change. "

"Have no regrets. The elderly usually don't have regrets for what we did，but rather for things we did not do. ”

At the year's end Rose finished the college degree she had begun many years ago. One week later Rose died p【小题9】 in her sleep. Over two thousand college students mourned the l【小题10】 of the wonderful woman.

Remember，growing older is mandatory，growing up is optional.