【題目】 A lady, in a cotton dress, and her husband, dressed in a homemade coat, stepped off a train. They walked into the office of a university without an appointment(約定).

“We want to see the president（校長(zhǎng)）,” the man said softly.

“He’ll be busy all day,” the secretary said.

“We’ll wait,” the lady replied.

For hours, the secretary didn’t pay any attention to them, hoping the couple would give up and go away. They didn’t. The secretary finally decided to tell the president about it. The president agreed to meet them. But clearly, he didn’t want to do it. When the couple went into the president’s office, the lady said: “We had a son who studied in this university for one year. He loved here very much but he died last year. We would like to give a building to the university.”

The president took a quick look at the cotton dress and homemade coat, and then said, “A building! Do you have any idea how much a building costs? We have over seven and a half million dollars worth（價(jià)值） of buildings at the university.” For a moment the lady sat in silence.

The president was pleased. He thought the couple could go away now.

The lady turned to her husband and said quietly: “Is that all it costs to start a university? Why don’t we just start our own?” Her husband agreed.

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，回答下列問題。

【1】Where did the conversation happen?

【2】Was the president very glad to meet the couple?

【3】Why did the couple want to see the president?

【4】How did the president feel when he found the lady was in silence?

【5】At last, what did the couple probably plan to do?

【答案】

【1】At a university. /At the president’s office.

【2】No, he wasn’t.

【3】Because they wanted to give a building (to the university).

【4】He was pleased.

【5】They probably planned to start their own university.

【解析】

本篇講述衣著樸實(shí)的一對(duì)夫婦為了完成兒子的遺愿，要給他曾經(jīng)就讀的大學(xué)捐建一棟教學(xué)樓；但那位大學(xué)校長(zhǎng)傲慢說出建一棟大學(xué)教學(xué)樓所需的資金，夫婦決定自己開辦大學(xué)。

【1】根據(jù)第一段“They walked into the office of a university without an appointment”，可知“對(duì)話發(fā)生在一間大學(xué)辦公室”；故答案為 At a university. /At the president’s office.

【2】根據(jù)第五段“The president agreed to meet them. But clearly, he didn’t want to do it.”，可知“校長(zhǎng)不情愿會(huì)見這對(duì)夫婦”；故答案為 No, he wasn’t.

【3】根據(jù)第五 段““We had a son who studied in this university for one year. He loved here very much but he died last year. We would like to give a building to the university.””，可知“他們?yōu)榱送瓿蓛鹤拥倪z愿要給這所大學(xué)建一棟大樓”；故答案為Because they wanted to give a building (to the university).

【4】根據(jù)第七段“The president was pleased. He thought the couple could go away now.”，可知“校長(zhǎng)看到那位太太沉默時(shí)感到很高興”；故答案為He was pleased.

【5】根據(jù)第八段夫人的話“Why don’t we just start our own?”，可知“他們計(jì)劃要開辦自己的大學(xué)”；故答案為They probably planned to start their own university.

本篇任務(wù)型閱讀考查學(xué)生推理歸納概括能力；題2、3考查細(xì)節(jié)理解能力，可以在原文中找出題干包含的信息部分作答；題1、5考查閱讀推理能力，解答時(shí)要根據(jù)文本的表層信息推斷答案。

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