Question

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  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（纪念物）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．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．set down       D．set off

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

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

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．named     B．looked     C．taken         D．followed

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

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.A

4.C

5.D

6.C

7.A

8.D

9.B

10.C

11.B

12.A

13.A

14.C

15.B

16.D

17.B

18.C

19.A

20.D

【解析】略