A lady and her husband stepped off the train in Boston．They walked without an appointmentinto the outer office of Harvard’s president．But they were by his secretary and kept waiting．For hours.the 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

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A lady and her husband stepped off the train in Boston．They walked without an appointment（预约）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（纪念物）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．and Mrs．Stanford traveled to California where they founded the University that bears their ，a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer cared about．

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

2.A．finding B．hoping C．realizing D．imagining

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

4.A．cold B．funny C．pleasant D．sad

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

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

7.A．died B．encouraged C．killed D．fought

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

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

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

1.D

2.B

3.A

4.A

5.B

6.D

7.A

8.D

9.B

10.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述了Stanford夫妇两人想在自己儿子曾经就读的学校建一个纪念碑，并同时搞建设支援学校，但是遭到了拒绝，于是两人就去了加利福尼亚在那里建了自己的学校，实现了他们的愿望。

我们不能为每个在哈佛大学学习然后死去的学生竖立纪念碑，选A

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