As Rosalie Warren stood at the mailbox in the lobby of her apartment building in

As Rosalie Warren stood at the mailbox in the lobby ofher apartment building in May 1980, she shared the anxiety of many othercollege seniors. In her hand was an envelope containing her final grades. Asshe nervously opened it, Warren wondered whether her hundreds of hours ofstudying had paid off.

   They had.

   “I got five ‘A’s,” she still recalls withelation. “I almost fell on the floor!”

   Warren would graduate from SuffolkUniversity with a bachelor of science degree in philosophy and history at age80.Three years later, at age 83, she would receive her second degree fromSuffolk, a master’s in education.

   Now, with both diplomas proudly displayedin her apartment, Warren is not finished with learning. Now 93,she continuesfor her 18th year at Suffolk under a program that allows persons 65 and over toattend classes tuition free. “It’s my life to go to school, to enjoy being inan academic atmosphere,” she says. “That’s what I love.”

   Warren was born Rosalie Levey on Aug.29, 1900.Two years after she entered high school, her father died. Warren had to leaveschool for factory work to help support her family’s 10 children. Warrendescribes herself as a “person who always liked school,” and she says the move“broke my heart completely because I couldn’t finish high school.”

   In the end, however, “I went to schoolnights,” she recalls. “Any place I could find an outlet of learning andteaching, I was there.”

   A short time later, her mother becameill, and Warren had to care for her, once again putting her education on hold.

   Finally, in 1921, her mother, nowrecovered, drew from her saving to send Warren to Boston University for twoyears to study typing, stenography, and office procedures.

   Those courses helped Warren gain severallong-term office positions over the next 60 years, but her great desire “to bein the academic field” continued.

   In 1924, she married Eugene Warren, andseven years later, her daughter, Corinne, was born. In 1955, by then a widowand a grandmother, Warren took a bus tour across the United States that was tolast nine months. She said she wanted to see “things you never see in the WestEnd.”

   When she returned home, she took abookkeeping position and also enrolled in courses in philosophy, sociology

And Chinese history. free program for senior citizens.”I was at the registrar’s  office the very next day.”she recalls. At first,she took one or two courses at a time , but encouraged by her professors , sheenrolled as a

   In 1975, when she was 75, Warren learned froma neighbor about Suffolk University’s tuition- degree candidate.

   “I had not studied for so many years,”she says, “but I was determined.” For the next four years, Warren, who callsherself a “student of philosophy,” worked toward her degree.

   Nancy Stoll, dean of students at Suffolk,says Warren is “an interesting role model for our younger students---thatlearning is a lifetime activity….She is genuinely enthusiastic about beinghere, and that permeates (散发) her activities and iscontagious (传染的) to students and faculty.”

1.What does the word elation mean in the sentence “Igot fives ‘A’s”, she still recalls with elation”?

A. Great happiness   B. Greatsurprise    C. Great pride    D. Great honor

2.How old was Warren when she got her first collegedegree?

A. She was 79             B.She was 23                      C. She was 80             D. She was 75

3.What kind of work did she do for 60 years?

A. Studying     B. Factorywork      C. Typing                 D.Office work

4.Which statement can be inferred from the underlinedsentences?

A. Because Warren needn’t pay her tuition, she went tostudy at Suffolk University

B. At first Warren had to pay for her courses atSuffolk University

C. Most of the students at Suffolk University areolder than 65

D. Suffolk University encourages older people to takecourses

5.It can be inferred from this passage that RosalieWarren _______.

A. came from a wealthyfamily         B. didn’t like workingin an office

C. put her family before her education      D.didn’t like her family very much

6.What is the main topic of this passage?

A. Rosalie Warren’s family

B. Rosalie Warren’s life

C. Rosalie Warren’s education

D. Rosalie Warren’s studying at Suffolk University

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【答案】

1.A

2.C

3.D

4.D

5.C

6.C

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