A lady and her husband stepped off the train in Boston. They walked without an appointment 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 them, “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 husband and I would like to 44 a memorial (纪念物) 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 campus 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 memorial to a son that Harvard no longer 55 about.

36．A．lab　　　　　　　　　　 B．library　　　　　　　　 C．hall　　　　　　　　　　 D．office

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

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

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

40．A．hopelessly 　　　 B．carefully 　　　　　 C．unexpectedly 　　 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

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．heard　　 　　　 D．cared

    阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给出的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

We were about to gather up things and return to our car when a man came up. He looked very strong indeed and asked us angrily if we knew that these  1were his own. Father looked troubled and the man  2a notice. It said that camping was  3forbidden. Poor Father explained that he had not seen the notice and did not  4that camping was not allowed. Though father  5, the man did not seem  6.

He asked Father his name and   7. All the way home, we were so  8that hardly anyone spoke a word. This   9thing had spoiled a wonderful day in the camp.

For the rest of the week, we   10what would happen. The following Sunday, we stayed at home  11it was a fine day. About noon, a large and very expensive car stopped outside our house. We were surprised when we saw several people  12to have a picnic in our small garden. Father got very angry and went to ask them what they thought they were doing. You can imagine how  13he was when he saw the man whom we had met the week before! Both men burst out   14. Then Father welcomed the strangers into our  15. We became good friends.

1.A．things                      B．grounds               C．trees                   D．camps

2.A．put on                     B．pointed to            C．took out              D．pointed out

3.A．firmly                      B．merely                 C．simply                 D．finally

4.A．remind                    B．refer                   C．remember            D．realize

5.A．argued                     B．agreed                 C．approved             D．apologized

6.A．happy                      B．satisfied               C．pleasant               D．delighted

7.A．address                   B．house                  C．family                 D．home

8.A．depressed                B．worried               C．unhappy              D．disappointed

9.A．uninteresting            B．unable                 C．unpleasant           D．unfortunate

10.A．expected                B．supposed             C．imagined             D．wondered

11.A．though                   B．yet                      C．however              D．since

12.A．waiting                  B．continuing           C．preparing             D．managing

13.A．surprised               B．funny                  C．acute                  D．considerate

14.A．crying                   B．shouting              C．screaming           D．laughing

15.A．address                  B．garden                 C．house                  D．camp

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从 1～15各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Practice, practice, and practice! That’s how Tiger Woods became a champion golfer.

Tiger Woods   1   golf when he was very young.   2   with other children of his age, he showed special interest in golf. Finding that his son had a    3   for this game, Tiger’s father decided to train him on his own. To his father’s surprise, Tiger was a (n)   4   golfer even at the age of 6.

However, being a child, Tiger couldn’t focus all the time, but he never gave up. Tiger listened to soft music to improve his   5   . His father helped him learn to focus in spite of the   6   . Sometimes his father stood in front of Tiger and said, “I’m a tree in your way. ” He would have to hit the ball over his father. Sometimes his father would dance and sing when it was Tiger’s turn to hit and Tiger had to focus on the   7   .

The training helped him. Once a   8   made a loud noise while Tiger was playing. He said he never heard the broadcast because he was so  9  on the game. Tiger cannot stand losing. If he loses, he will go out and  10 

even harder in order not to make the same mistake.

In the year 2000, when he was 24 years old, he  11  four major golf competitions—the US Open, the US Amateur, the British Open and the British Amateur. But during the 2008 season it became clear that Tiger was  12   pain in his knee. In April his left knee was operated on and he  13  the PGA tour season. After an eight-month period of  14  he returned to play again in February 2009. He didn’t make his fans  15  . He won again.

He is so much better than the other golfers that some say he is the greatest golfer to ever play the game.