A lady and her husband stepped off the train in Boston.They walked without an appointment(預(yù)約)into the outer office 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 unwillingly.
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 happy here.But about a year ago,he was accidentally killed.My husband and I would like to a memorial(紀(jì)念物)to him,somewhere on campus.”
The president wasn’t moved .Instead,he was shocked.“Madam,” he said,“we can’t put up a statue for every person who studied at Harvard and .If we did,this place would look like a cemetory,” “Oh,no,” the lady explained quickly “We don’t want to put up a statue.We would like to give a building to Harvard.”The president rolled his eyes and at the couple and then exclaimed,“A building! Do you have any idea 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 university? Why don’t we just start our own?” Her husband nodded.Since their offer was turned down,Mr.a(chǎn)nd Mrs.Stanford traveled to California where they founded the University that bears their ,a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer cared about.
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解析試題分析:本文敘述了Stanford夫婦兩人想在自己兒子曾經(jīng)就讀的學(xué)校建一個(gè)紀(jì)念碑,并同時(shí)搞建設(shè)支援學(xué)校,但是遭到了拒絕,于是兩人就去了加利福尼亞在那里建了自己的學(xué)校,實(shí)現(xiàn)了他們的愿望。
【小題1】考查動(dòng)詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。A.watched觀看, B.interviewed采訪, C.followed跟隨,D.stopped停止,攔下來(lái),他們被秘書攔下來(lái),一直在等,選D
【小題2】考查動(dòng)詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。. A.finding發(fā)現(xiàn), B.hoping希望, C.realizing意識(shí)到, D.imagining想象,秘書希望這對(duì)夫婦等的感覺沒有希望了就會(huì)主動(dòng)離開了,所以秘書故意讓他們等了好久,故選B
【小題3】考查形容詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。A.disappointed失望的, B.surprised驚訝的, C.worried擔(dān)心, D.troubled困難,希望這對(duì)夫婦等的感覺失望了,選A
【小題4】考查形容詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。A.cold冷淡的,B.funny滑稽的,C.pleasant令人愉快的, D.sad悲傷的,根據(jù)下文The president wasn’t moved 和he could get rid of them now可知,校長(zhǎng)不愿意見到他們,所以臉上的露出的肯定是冷漠的表情,故選A
【小題5】考查動(dòng)詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。A.visited參觀,B.a(chǎn)ttended參加,上學(xué),C.studied學(xué)習(xí),D.served服務(wù),根據(jù)下文studied at Harvard可知那對(duì)夫婦的兒子在這里上過(guò)學(xué)。那對(duì)夫婦說(shuō)“我們有個(gè)兒子在這里上了一年的學(xué)” studied后需要加介詞at。故選B
【小題6】考查動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)及上下文的呼應(yīng)。A.set about開始;B.take over接管,C.take down記下;D.set up建立,設(shè)立,因?yàn)閮鹤右荒昵叭ナ懒,所以想給他見一個(gè)紀(jì)念碑,故選D
【小題7】考查動(dòng)詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。A.died死了,B.encouraged鼓勵(lì),C.killed殺死,D.fought斗爭(zhēng),
我們不能為每個(gè)在哈佛大學(xué)學(xué)習(xí)然后死去的學(xué)生豎立紀(jì)念碑,選A
【小題8】考查動(dòng)詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。laugh at sb嘲笑; shout at sb向某人呼喊;call at+地點(diǎn)拜訪某地, glance atsb 瞥了某人一眼;校長(zhǎng)聽到要建樓就瞥了他們一眼,故選D
【小題9】考查形容詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。A.bored厭煩的, B.pleased高興的, C.interested感興趣的, D.a(chǎn)stonished驚訝的,根據(jù)下文because he could get rid of them now 可知校長(zhǎng)的這時(shí)的心情應(yīng)是高興的,故選B
【小題10】考查名詞及上下文的呼應(yīng)。 A.picture圖畫, B.character性格, C.name名字, D.sign標(biāo)志,以他們的名字給學(xué)校命名,選C
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