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（喊道）, ” 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．
| 小题1: | | A．appointment | B．decision | C．acquaintance | D．choice |
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| 小题2: | | A．talking | B．standing | C．sitting | D．waiting |
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| 小题3: | | A．hoping | B．finding | C．realizing | D．imagining |
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小题4:A．go down B．go out C．go around D go away
小题5:A．hopelessly B．carefully C unwillingly D．unexpectedly
| 小题6: | | A．cold | B．funny | C．pleasant | D．sad |
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| 小题7: | | A．attended | B．studied | C．visited | D．served |
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| 小题8: | | A．clever | B．brave | C．proud | D．happy |
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| 小题9: | | A．set about | B．set down | C．set up | D．set off |
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| 小题10: | | A．satisfied | B．shocked | C．excited | D．ashamed |
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| 小题11: | | A．park | B．cemetery | C．garden | D．museum |
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| 小题12: | | A．expressed | B．explained | C．refused | D．admitted |
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| 小题13: | | A．building | B．yard | C．playground | D．square |
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| 小题14: | | A．laughed | B．shouted | C．glanced | D．called |
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| 小题15: | | A．suggestion | B．thought | C．idea | D．opinion |
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| 小题16: | | A．bored | B．astonished | C．interested | D．pleased |
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| 小题17: | | A．department | B．club | C．business | D．university |
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| 小题18: | | A．Once | B．While | C．Since | D．Though |
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| 小题19: | | A．followed | B．looked | C．taken | D．named |
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| 小题20: | | A．cared | B．knew | C．heard | D．talked |
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