Question

A lady and her husband stepped off the train in Boston. They walked without an appointment (預(yù)約) into the outer ___36___of Harvard’s president. But they were ___37___ by his secretary and kept waiting. For hours, the secretary took no notice of them, ___38___ that the couple would finally become ___39___ and go away. 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 hus??band and I would like to ___44___ a memorial (紀念物) to him, somewhere on campus.”

The president wasn’t ___45___ 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 ___46___ would look like a cemetery (墓地).” “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, “A building! Do you have any ___50___ how much a building costs? We have spent over $ 7,500,000 on the cam??pus 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 the University that bears their ___54___, a me??morial to a son that Harvard no longer ___55___ about.

36. A. Lab      B. library       C. hall     D. off ice

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

38. A. hoping B. finding       C. realizing     D. imaging

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

40. A. hopelessly    B. carefully    C. unexpected D. unwillingly

41. A. pleasant       B. funny  C. cold    D. sad

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

43. A. clever   B. brave  C. proud  D. happy

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

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

46. A. house   B. part    C. garden       D. place

47. A. explained     B. expressed   C. refused       D. admitted

48. A. building      B. yard    C. playground D. square

49. A. laughed       B. shouted      C. glanced      D. called

50. A. suggestion   B. idea    C. thought      D. opinion

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

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

53. A. Once    B. While C. Since  D. Though

54. A. name    B. character    C. picture       D. sign

55. A. talked   B. knew  C. beard  D. cared

Answer 1

36---55      DBABD   CADBC   DAACB   DBCAD          

解析:

本文主要講述了Stanford大學(xué)是怎樣創(chuàng)建的。

36. D。Stanford夫婦沒有預(yù)約來找Harvard的校長，根據(jù)常識，他們應(yīng)該是在校長辦公室的外間。

37. B。根據(jù)前文講到的 without an appointment和后文講到的kept waiting可知，此處指Stanford夫婦被秘書攔住(stopped)了。

38. A。根據(jù)For hours, the secretary took no notice of them 這一信息來看，秘書肯定是希望(hoping)他們最后變得失望而離開。

39. B。分析見上題。

40. D。秘書開始對Stanford夫婦不理不睬，是希望他們最后變得失望而離開。但是，他們的堅持最后使得秘書不得不去找校長，故此處用 unwillingly 最合語境。

41. C。從下文可以看出，校長對Stanford夫婦一直很冷淡，而且拒絕了他們的要求。故此處填cold 最佳。

42. A。表示Harvard學(xué)習(xí)，要用study in Harvard或attend Harvard。

43. D。根據(jù)前文的 He love Harvard可知，Stanford夫婦的兒子在Harvard很愉快。

44. B。比較：set about著手工作；set up 建立；take down 拿下，記下；take over 繼承；接管。根據(jù)與其后賓語的搭配，只有set up 最佳。

45. C。此處指校長并沒有被夫婦二人的話所感動。相反，他感到很震驚，并拒絕了他們的請求。

46. D。If we did 在此的意思是“如果我們同意你們哈佛為你們的兒子建一個紀念物的話”，故此處選place，this place 指哈佛大學(xué)。

47. A。根據(jù)后文Harvard 夫人說的話來看，她是在作解釋(explain)。

48. A。根據(jù)下文提到的how much a building costs 可以推斷出此處填building。

49. C。此處指校長不相信Stanford夫婦有能力蓋一座樓，所以他用輕蔑的眼光掃視他們，故用glance 最貼切。

50. B。have an idea about sth 意為“知道……”。

51. D。此處指的是校長感到很高興，因為他認為現(xiàn)在可以擺脫掉他們了。

52. B。從下文可知，Stanford夫婦想建立了一所屬于自己的大學(xué)。

53. C。因上下文為因果關(guān)系，故用since。

54. A。bear one’s name 意為“用……的名字”“帶有……的名字”。

55. D。比較：talk about 談?wù)�；know about 知道，了解；hear about 聽說；care about 在乎，關(guān)心。根據(jù)文章語境，選care about 最佳。