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【題目】A lady, in a plain（樸素的）cotton dress, and her husband, dressed in a homemade suit, stepped off a train. They walked into a university president’s office without an appointment(約定).

“We want to see the president,” the man said softly.

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

“We’ll wait,” the lady replied.

For two 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 so. When the couple went into the president’s office, the lady said: “We had a son who ever 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 glanced at（瞥了一眼）the cotton dress and homemade suit, 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 of buildings at the university.” For a moment the lady was silent.

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 nodded.

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，回答下列問題。

【1】Where did the conversation happen?

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

【3】How much are the buildings at the university worth?

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

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

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 In/at the president’s office.

【2】 Because they wanted to give a building to the university.

【3】 Over seven and a half million dollars.

【4】 Pleased.

【5】 They probably planned to start a university.

【解析】

本文講述了一對(duì)穿戴破舊的夫婦到哈佛大學(xué)見校長而遭冷遇，進(jìn)而自己建立一所新大學(xué)--斯坦福大學(xué)的故事。

【1】問題：談話發(fā)生在哪里？根據(jù)文中句子They walked into a university president’s office without an appointment(約定). But clearly, he didn’t want to do so. When the couple went into the president’s office,可知，談話發(fā)生在校長辦公室，答案為In/at the president’s office.

【2】問題：為什么這對(duì)夫婦想見校長？根據(jù)文中句子“We had a son who ever 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，他們想給這所大學(xué)建一棟樓。答案為Because they wanted to give a building to the university.

【3】句意：這所大學(xué)的建筑物值多少錢？根據(jù)文中句子We have over seven and a half million dollars worth of buildings at the university.可知，大學(xué)里擁有價(jià)值超過75萬美元的建筑。答案為Over seven and a half million dollars.

【4】句意：當(dāng)校長發(fā)現(xiàn)那位女士沉默時(shí)，他有什么感覺？根據(jù)文中句子The president was pleased. He thought the couple could go away now.可知，校長非常高興，答案為Pleased.

【5】最后，這對(duì)夫婦可能打算做什么？根據(jù)短文最后的句子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 nodded. 這位女士轉(zhuǎn)向丈夫，平靜地說：“開辦一所大學(xué)就要花這么多錢嗎？我們?yōu)槭裁床蛔约洪_始呢？”丈夫點(diǎn)點(diǎn)頭。由此判斷這對(duì)夫婦可能打算開辦一所大學(xué)。故答案為They probably planned to start a university.

任務(wù)型閱讀通常有回答問題型，判斷正誤型，閱讀填空型，英漢互譯型等題型，不僅考查學(xué)生閱讀理解層面的能力，更加注重考查學(xué)生“寫”的能力。本題適合用“掃讀法”來快速捕捉信息。掃讀法是指在快速瀏覽全文的基礎(chǔ)上，找到與問題相關(guān)的某些特定信息，如：人名、時(shí)間、地點(diǎn)、事件等，來回答細(xì)節(jié)問題。第三個(gè)問題詢問花費(fèi)多少錢，第四個(gè)問題詢問感受�？蛇\(yùn)用“搜索式跳讀”迅速從短文中鎖定問題信息，答語盡量簡短。