Question

完形填空（共20小题，满分30分）

阅读下面段文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

A man and his wife arrived in Boston by train. After getting off the train, they walked without an __36__ into the outer office of Harvard’s president. So they were stopped by his secretary and kept __37__. For hours, the secretary took no notice of them, __38__ that the couple would finally become disappointed and __39__. But they didn’t. The secretary finally decided to disturb the president, though __40__.

A few minutes later, the president walked towards the couple with a __41__ face. The lady told him, “We had a son that __42__ at Harvard for one year. He loved Harvard. He was __43__ here. But about a year ago, he was accidentally killed. My husband and I would like to __44__ a memorial to him, somewhere on campus.”

The president wasn’t moved. Instead, he was __45__. “Madam,” he said, “ we can’t put up a statue for every person who studied at Harvard and died. If we did, this place would look like a __46__.” “Oh, no,” the lady __47__ quickly. We don’t want to put up a statue. We would like to give a __48__ to Harvard.” The president rolled his eyes and __49__ at the couple and then exclaimed, “ A building! Do you have any __50__ how 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 __51__ , 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 __52__? Why don’t we just start our own?” Her husband nodded. __53__ their offer was turned down, Mr. and Mrs. Stanford traveled to California where they founded Stanford University __54__ after them, a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer __55__ about.

1.	A．choice B．decision C．acquaintance D．appointment

2.	A．waiting B．standing C．sitting D．talking

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

4.	A．go down B．go out C．go away D．go around

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

6.	A．funny B．cold C．sad D．pleasant

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

8.	A．brave B．proud C．happy D．clever

9.	A．set up B．set down C．set off D．set about

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

11.	A．cemetery B．garden C．museum D．park

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

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

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

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

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

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

18.	A．While B．Since C．Though D．Once

19.	A．looked B．taken C．followed D．named

20.	A．knew B．heard C．cared D．talked

Answer

1.D2.A3.A4.C5.D  

6.B7.B8.C9.A10.B  

11. A12.D13.D14.B15.A 

16. C17.A18.B19.D20.C

【解析】略