Question

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

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

The president wasn't ____. 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 __ would look like a cemetery (墓地)“Oh, no," the lady _____ quickly. “We don't want to put up a statue. We would like to give a _____ to Harvard." The president rolled his eyes and _______ at the couple and then exclaimed, “A building! Do you have any ______ 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 _____ , 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 _____? Why don't we just start our own?" Her husband nodded. _____ their offer was turned down, Mr. and Mrs. Stanford traveled to California where they founded the University that ____ their name, a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer _______ about.

1.A.lab B.library C.office D.hall

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

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

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

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

6.A.pleasant B.funny C.cold D.sad

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

8.A.clever B.brave C.happy D.proud

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

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

11.A.house B.part C.garden D.place

12.A.expressed B.explained 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.opinion C.thought D.idea

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

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

18.A.Since B.While C.Once D.Though

19.A.boasts B.writes C.lists D.bears

20.A.talked B.knew C.heard D.cared

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.B

5.C

6.C

7.A

8.C

9.D

10.B

11.D

12.B

13.A

14.C

15.D

16.A

17.B

18.A

19.D

20.D

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。一天，一对年老的夫妇在没有预约的情况下去了哈佛大学校长的办公室，等了好久终于见到了校长，他们告诉校长他们的儿子曾在这里就读去世了，想捐钱建一栋楼。校长看不起他们，觉得他们没有那么多钱，就拒绝了他们。他们去加利佛尼亚以自己的名字建立了斯坦福大学。

1.考查名词辨析。句意：他们没有预约就进入哈佛校长的办公室。A. lab实验室；B. library图书馆；C. office办公室；D. hall大厅。由下句“But they were ___2___ by his secretary and kept waiting.（他的秘书让他们等待）”可推知，这对夫妇是来到了校长办公室。故选C。

2.考查动词辨析。句意：他们被秘书挡住了，不得不等待。A. stopped停止；B. watched观看；C. followed跟随，跟着；D. interviewed面试。由句中的“kept waiting（保持等待）”可知，这对夫妇没有进入校长办公室，被秘书拦住了。故选A。

3.考查动词辨析。句意：几小时过去了，秘书都没有注意他们，希望他们最后变得失望而离开。A. finding发现；B. hoping希望；C. realizing意识到；D. imagining想象。由下文中的“The secretary finally decided to disturb the president（秘书最后决定去打扰校长）”可知，秘书一开始是不希望去打扰校长的，是希望这对夫妇能知趣的离开。故选B。

4.考查形容词辨析。句意同上。A. surprised惊奇的，惊讶的；B. disappointed失望的；C. worried担心的；D. troubled忧虑的，烦恼的。根据常识，这对夫妇等得不耐烦了，失望了也许就会离开。故选B。

5.考查副词辨析。句意：尽管很不情愿，秘书最后决定去打扰校长。A. hopelessly绝望地，无望地；B. carefully仔细地；C. reluctantly不情愿地；D. unexpectedly意外地，出乎意料地。根据情景可知，秘书几小时后才决定去告诉校长，说明她很不情愿去做这件事。故选C。

6.考查形容词辨析。句意：几分钟后，校长带着冷冰冰的脸走向这对夫妇。A. pleasant令人愉快的，可喜的；B. funny好笑的，奇怪的；C. cold冷漠的，不友好的；D. sad悲伤的。根据下文中的“because he could get rid of them now（因为现在他可以摆脱他们了）”可知，校长一开始就是很不情愿去见他们的。故选C。

7.考查动词辨析。句意：这位妇人告诉校长：“她有一个儿子，在哈佛学习了一年。他很喜欢哈佛。在这里他很开心。” A. attended出席，参加；B. visited参观；C. studied学习；D. served服务。由下文中的“we can’t put up a statue for every person who studied at Harvard and died.（我们不能为每一个在哈佛学习过，又死亡的人树一个雕像）”，可知，这对夫妇的儿子是在这里学习过。study为不及物动词,后边直接接学校名词时需要介词at或者in。所以不可选C。attend为及物动词，可以直接加学校名词作宾语，表示在哪儿上学。故选A。

8.考查形容词辨析。句意同上。A. clever聪明的；B. brave勇敢的；C. happy开心的；D. proud骄傲的。由上句“He loved Harvard（他喜欢哈佛）”可推至，他在这里很开心。故选C。

9.考查动词短语。句意：我的丈夫和我想在校园的某处为他建立一个纪念物。A. set about动手，开始；B. take over 接收，接管；C. take down拿下，够下来；D. set up创建，建立。空格处单词与下文中的“we can’t put up a statue for every person who studied at Harvard and died.”中的put up（建造，搭起）呼应。故选D。

10.考查形容词辨析。句意：校长没有被感动，相反他很震惊。A. satisfied满意的，满足的；B. moved感动的；C. excited激动的，兴奋的；D. ashamed惭愧，羞愧。由上文中老妇人讲的他儿子的故事可知，按照常理听着是会被感动的，但是校长没有被感动。故选B。

11.考查名词辨析。句意：如果我们这样做，这个地方看起来将会像一个墓地了。A. house房子；B. part部分；C. garden花园；D. place地方。由上文中的“somewhere on campus”可知，这对夫妇想在校园里的某处给他儿子建个纪念物，所以校长说学校这个地方将会变成像墓地一样。故选D。

12.考查动词辨析。句意：这位妇人赶快解释道：哦，不是的，我们不是要建一个雕像。我们是想给哈佛一栋建筑物。A. expressed表达；B. explained解释；C. refused拒绝；D. admitted承认。由这句话中老妇人的话可知，校长误解了他们，所以他们急忙解释。故选B。

13.考查名词辨析。句意同上。A. building建筑物，楼房；B. yard庭院；C. playground操场；D. square广场。此空格与下文校长感叹中的“A building!”呼应，故选A。

14.考查动词辨析。句意：这位校长翻了个白眼，看了一样这对夫妇，说道：“你们知道建一栋楼要花多少钱吗？建哈佛的这些楼我们已经花费了$ 7,500,000。” A. laughed at 嘲笑；B. shouted at朝某人大喊；C. glanced at瞥了一眼；D. called at呼吁。由这句话中校长说话的口气可知，校长认为这对夫妇不自量力，所以应是瞥了他们一眼。故选C。

15.考查名词辨析。句意同上。A. suggestion建议；B. opinion意见，想法；C. thought想法；D. idea主意。从这句话中校长的语气可知，校长认为他们不知道建一栋楼要花多少钱。“have …idea of…”意为“知道……”,符合句意。故选D。

16.考查形容词辨析。句意：校长很开心，因为他终于能摆脱他们了。A. pleased开心的，高兴的；B. astonished感到十分惊讶；C. interested感兴趣的，关心的；D. bored厌倦的，烦闷的。由“because he could get rid of them now（因为现在他可以摆脱他们了）”可知，校长此时很开心。空格与第六题空格中cold（冷冰冰的脸）前后形成反义呼应。故选A。

17.考查名词辨析。句意：那是建大学的所有费用吗？我们为什么不自己建一个？A. department部门；B. university大学；C. business 商业；D. club俱乐部。由上文中的“We have spent over $ 7,500,000 on the campus building at Harvard.（建哈佛的这些楼我们已经花费了$ 7,500,000。）”可知，这位妇人反问的是那是建大学所需要的的钱吗？故空格处单词与Harvard呼应，选B。

18.考查状语从句的连词。句意：自从他们被拒绝，斯坦福夫妇到了加利福尼亚，在那里他们以自己的名字建立了大学，以此来纪念哈佛不再关心的他们的儿子。A. Since自从；B. While当……时；C. Once一旦；D. Though尽管。根据句意，斯坦福夫妇建立大学在这件事件之后，故选A。

19.考查动词辨析。句意同上。A. boasts自夸，自吹自擂；B. writes写；C. lists把……列表，列清单；D. bears承受，忍受。bear one’s name 是固定搭配，意为“以……的名字命名”,符合句意。故选D。

20.考查动词辨析。句意同上。A. talked about谈论；B. knew about 知道；C. heard about听说；D. cared about关心。根据上文中校长对待这对老人的态度可知，他们一点也不关心他们的儿子。故选D。