Question

A lady and her husband stepped off the train in Boston. They walked without an appointment（预约）into the outer  1of Harvard’s president. But they were  2by his secretary and kept waiting. For hours, the secretary took no notice of them,  3that the couple would finally become  4and go away. But they didn’t. The secretary finally decided to disturb the president, though  5.

A few minutes later, the president walked towards the couple with a  6face. The lady told him, “We had a son that  7Harvard for one year. He loved Harvard. He was  8here. But about a year ago, he was accidentally killed. My husband and I would like to  9a memorial（纪念物）to him, somewhere on campus.”

The president wasn’t  10. Instead, he was shocked. “Madam,” he said, “we can’t put up a statue for every person who studied at Harvard and died. If we did, this   11would look like a cemetery（墓地）,” “Oh, no,” the lady  12quickly. “We don’t want to put up a statue. We would like to give a  13to Harvard.” The president rolled his eyes and  14at the couple and then exclaimed, ” A building! Do you have any  15how much a building costs? We have spent over ＄7,500,000 on the campus building at Harvard.” For a moment the lady was silent. The president was  16, because he could get rid of them now. Then the lady turned to her husband and said quietly, “Is that all it costs to start a  17? Why don’t we just start our own?” Her husband nodded.  18their offer was turned down. Mr. and Mrs. Stanford traveled to California where they founded the University that bears their  19, a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer  20about.

1.A. lab              B. library        C. hall           D. office

2.A. watched          B. stopped        C. followed       D. interviewed

3.A. hoping           B. finding        C. realizing      D. imagining

4.A. surprised        B. disappointed   C. worried        D. troubled

5.A. hopelessly       B. carefully      C. unexpectedly   D. unwillingly

6.A. pleasant         B. funny          C. cold           D. sad

7.A. attended         B. visited        C. studied        D. served

8.A. clever           B. brave          C. proud          D. happy

9.A. set about        B. set up         C. take down      D. take over

10.A. satisfied       B. excited        C. moved          D. ashamed

11.A. house           B. part           C. garden         D. place

12.A. explained       B. expressed      C. refused        D. admitted

13.A. building        B. yard           C. playground     D. square

14.A. laughed         B. shouted        C. glanced        D. called

15.A. suggestion      B. idea           C. thought        D. opinion

16.A. bored           B. astonished     C. interested     D. pleased

17.A. department      B. university     C. business       D. club

18.A. Once            B. While          C. Since          D. Though

19.A. name            B. character      C. picture        D. sign

20.A. talked          B. knew           C. heard          D. cared

Answer

1.D

【详解】一对夫妇没有预约进入哈佛校长的办公室。Lab, library, hall 都与文章不符。

2.B

【详解】根据上文及kept waiting ,他们应是被秘书挡住了。故用stopped。

3.A

【详解】秘书对他们不理不睬，为的是让他们早点离开。Hoping 当伴随状语。

4.B

【详解】见不到校长，秘书态度又不好，当然会觉得失望。

5.D

【详解】unwillingly“不情愿”之意。

6.C

【详解】根据下文的理解，校长的态度也是冷漠的。

7.A

【详解】attend  Harvard是上学之意。其余的不符合文章的情景。

8.D

【详解】根据上句He loved Harvard, 所以在哈佛是快乐的。

9.B

【详解】set about开始（着手）做… ；set up创立，设立 ；take down拆掉，记下；

 take over接管，接手，因此本题应用set up 与memorial搭配。

10.C

【详解】对于这对夫妇的请求，校长并没有感动，反而却很吃惊。

11.D

【详解】根据上文somewhere on campus，只有place才符合。

12.A

【详解】对于校长的误解，她很快的予以解释。

13.A

【详解】根据下文“A building!”故可确定答案。

14.C

【详解】校长显然不相信他们的话。根据roll his eyes, 显然glanced at(盯着)是正确答案。Laugh at 嘲笑shout at朝…大叫。

15.B

【详解】本句意思为：你知道一栋楼要多少钱吗？have an idea知道，清楚。系固定词组。

16.D

【详解】根据下半句because he could get rid of them now, 可以确定答案。

17.B

【详解】根据下文，这么多资金足可以创办一所大学了。

18.C

【详解】本题考查连词。while和 though都有转折的意思，once一旦，since既然；因为。根据上下文，因为他们的请求被拒绝了，所以才会到California创办大学。

19.A

【详解】而这所大学就是以他们的名字命名的，也是给死去的儿子最好的纪念物。

20.D

【详解】a son that Harvard no longer         about是定语结构，care about表关注，关心，在乎，合乎语境。

【备考建议】

    完型填空是测试考生英语水平的最重要的题型之一，也是得分率较低的题型之一。完形填空着重考查对文章的整体理解和词汇意义，包括惯用法。多数题要求考生以语篇为线索，对文章进行通篇理解，正确把握上下文语境的逻辑关系。在解题的时候，我们一定要根据前后词语的相互关系，联系上下文，有时要结合常识，才能确定正确的选项。