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A lady in an old cotton dress and her husband, dressed in an old suit, stepped off the train in Boston, and walked into the president of Harvard’s outer office. The secretary could tell in a moment that such country people had no business at Harvard. She frowned. “We want to see the president,” the man said softly. “He’ll be busy all day,” the secretary said coldly. “We’ll wait,” the lady replied.
For hours, the secretary didn’t talk to them, hoping that the couple would finally become tired and go away. They didn’t. And the secretary finally decided to disturb the president. “Maybe if they just see you for a few minutes, they’ll leave,” she told him. He frowned too. Someone of his importance didn’t have the time to spend with nobodies.
The president walked toward them unwillingly. The lady told him, “We had a son that attended Harvard for one year. He loved Harvard, and was very happy here. But he was accidentally killed. And my husband and I would like to set up a memorial(纪念碑) to him somewhere on campus. ” The president was so surprised that he shouted sharply, “We can’t put up a statue(塑像) for every person who attended Harvard and died, this place would look like a cemetery.
“Oh, no” the lady explained, “We don’t want to build a statue. We thought we would give a building to Harvard.” The president rolled his eyes. He glanced at their plain clothes, and said with surprise, “A building! Do you have any idea how much a building costs? The physical building at Harvard cost seven million and a half.”
For a moment the lady was silent. The president was pleased. He could get rid of them now. The lady turned to her husband and said quietly. “Is that all it costs to start a university?” Her husband nodded(点头). Mr. and Mrs. Leland Stanford walked away, traveling to Palo Alto, California where they set up the university with their name -------a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer cared about.
You can easily judge(判断) others by how they treat those who can do nothing for them or to them.
46. What did the old couple go to Harvard for?
A. They wanted to see their son.
B. They had an important meeting
C. They went to Harvard just to see start a university
D. They wanted to meet the president of Harvard.
47. Why didn’t the president come out to meet the couple?
A. He was really busy at that time.
B. The secretary didn’t allow the couple to meet the president.
C. He was important and didn’t have time for unimportant people.
D. He had an important friend to meet and had to spend some time together.
48. From the passage, we can know ______.
A. the old couple were in fact rich people
B. the secretary was afraid of the old couple
C. the old couple’s son was killed in Harvard
D. the president of Harvard was kind and patient to anyone
49. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. the old couple set up their own university.
B. the old couple set up a memorial to their son
C. the old couple gave a building to Harvard.
D. Giving a building to Harvard was easy and cheap at that time.
50. The best title of the passage is “______”.
A. Never Judge a Book by Its Cover B. How the Stanford Was Built
C.A Visit to Harvard University D. A Strange Old Couple
查看习题详情和答案>>According to Harris’ Internet blog, Astronaut Abby, she has wanted to be the first astronaut to walk on Mars since she was 5 years old.
Harris wrote that at the beginning, most people didn’t take her dream seriously. But she stuck with (坚持) it.
“I made plans, I worked hard and I focused on (集中于) my goal. As I got older and continued to stay focused on science, people in my life began to notice and encouraged me to dream big,” she wrote.
In the 7th grade, Harris was doing a project on the International Space Station. She set up a Twitter account to get in touch with NASA. But soon she found that it was a great place for her to write about her dreams and talk with others who are interested in space. Her friends on Twitter then helped her create her website and blog, Astronaut Abby.
What’s more, Harris has a real astronaut as her mentor. Several years ago, Harris ran into Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano at an airport. They talked for an hour and Parmitano agreed to become her mentor. Now Parmitano is in the International Space Station. Harris e-mails him every day to learn about his experiences.
It’s not easy to become an astronaut, but Harris is confident about herself.
“If you work really hard at something, it can happen. And it will happen,” she said.
小题1:What’s the meaning of the word “mentor” (in paragraph 6) ?
| A．朋友 | B．导师 | C．徒弟 | D．助手 |
| A．learn more about space | B．make more friends online |
| C．tell others about her dream | D．introduce her website and blog |
| A．In Italy. | B．On the street. |
| C．At an airport. | D．In the International Space Station. |
learned American Sign Language. With American Sign Language, deaf people use their hands to communicate.
They can spell words with their fingers, or they can use signs for whole words. Wayne communicated with
teachers and friends in sign language. He graduated at the age of 20. In those days, people who were deaf did
not get jobs and were not part of the community (社区), so Wayne went back to the family farm. His family
did not know sign language, so Wayne communicated a little by making simple motions (手势) with his hands.
He was never able to tell them his thoughts and feelings.
Wayne's father died in 1971. There was no place for Wayne to live, so they sent him to Mountain
Meadows nursing home. He was only 51 and much younger and healthier than the other people in the nursing
home, but he was treated like the 80 and 90-year-old people because he did not hear or speak. No one knew
that Wayne was able to use sign language.
Twenty-nine years passed slowly and silently for Wayne. Then one day he saw a visitor using sign
language with her deaf mother during a visit to the nursing home. He walked up to them and signed, "I'm
Wayne Mix."
Suddenly everything changed for Wayne. He found many people who knew sign language. These-people
communicated through sign language, e-mail, television with subtitles and a special telephone that prints (打印)
the words that are spoken. It was a whole new world for Wayne. Now he could tell people his feelings, his
needs, and his thoughts.
The people in Wayne's town were sad about the thousands of days in Wayne's life when no one knew
that he could communicate. They wanted to help Wayne to do some of the things he always wanted to do.
The workers at the nursing home found out that as a young man he loved to swim, and' he loved to see
pictures of dolphins swimming. When he started signing again, they asked him where he wanted to go.
"Water." Wayne signed.
Mountain Meadows workers had an idea. "Let's send Wayne to Sea World in San Diego. "They told other
people in town about their idea. Many people in Wayne' s . town and in other states gave money to help
Wayne make the trip. The people at Sea World were very kind to Wayne. They let him swim with the dolphins
and help them feed all the sea animals. Newspapers wrote about Wayne, so many people gave money to buy
him a special TV and a telephone set. These were things Wayne never knew about before.
B. By drawing pictures.
C. By spelling words on their hands.
D. By making simple 'motions.
B. Because nobody in his family knew the sign language.
C. Because his family was not able to provide him a room to live in.
D. Because he like to talk with the old people living in the nursing home.
B. His life stayed the same as before.
C. He could send e-mails and make telephones to his new friends.
D. He could "talk" with people, telling them his needs and feelings.
B. Because he failed to communicate with his family for such a long time.
C. Because he was not able to communicate with others while he could.
D. Because they were not sure how to look after Wayne later on.
B. Many people gave money to buy Wayne a special TV and a telephone set.
C. The nursing home workers sent Wayne to a Sea World to swim.
D. Wayne Mix lived in silence all his life though many people helped him.
56. Betty：My parents are always talking to me about studying. I know studying is very important, but they put too much pressure on me. How can I explain to my parents that I need some free time?
57. Jimmy：My best friend Tony is a nice young man, but he has a bad habit. He is always late. Once he turned up thirty minutes late for a meeting! What can I do to break him of this bad habit?
58.David：I have a new roommate named Louis. He is my good friend, but he is making me crazy because he is very untidy. He leaves his dirty clothes everywhere and never makes bed.
59. Mike：My cousin plays computer games a lot and he keeps on talking to me about them. I don’t have any interest at all,but I find it difficult to stop him.
60. Alice：I’m feeling upset these days because the result of my last English exam was not as good as I had expected. My teacher comforted me, “Don’t worry. You can do better next time.” But I’m still feeling bad. I need your help.
| A: Next time when he begins talking,you might interrupt him with a smile,saying,“That’s interesting,but I hope you understand this is my time to relax.I read to do some reading now.” B: You could try talking to him about the importance of being on time. If it doesn’t work, one trick you can try is to ask him to set his clock 15 minutes ahead. C: Tell your parents how you feel.Let them know you respect them.Maybe you can make a deal with them. For example,ask them far one day off each week to do what you want to do. D: “Be yourself”is the best solution.If I were you,I’d tell him to leave me alone.At least tell him,“That was hurtful.Please don’t say things like that to me.I can make my own decision.” E: You can have a talk with him and see if you could both be a little less nervous about your attitudes towards housekeeping. F: Scores are important for a student,but you don’t have to care too much about the result of one test.Maybe it’s more important to find out why you failed to achieve your goal.Try to do better next time. |
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