完形填空（共20小题;每小题1. 5分，满分30分）
A man and his wife arrived in Boston by train．After getting off the train, they walked without an
36____ into the outer office of Harvard’s president．So they were stopped by his secretary and kept
37____ ．For hours, the secretary took no notice of them,
38____ that the couple would finally become disappointed and
39____ ．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 husband and I would like to
44____ a memorial（纪念物）to him, somewhere on campus．”
The president wasn’t moved．Instead, he was
45____ ．“Madam,” he said, “we can’t put up a statue for every person who studied at Harvard and died．If we did, this place would look like a
46____ ,” “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 Stanford University
54____ after them, a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer
55____ about．
| 小题1: | | A．choice | B．decision | C．acquaintance | D．appointment | |
| 小题2: | | A．waiting | B．standing | C．sitting | D．talking | |
| 小题3: | | A．hoping | B．finding | C．realizing | D．imagining | |
| 小题4: | | A．go down | B．go out | C．go away | D．go around | |
| 小题5: | | A．hopelessly | B．carefully | C．unexpectedly | D．unwillingly | |
| 小题6: | | A．pleasant | B．funny | C．cold | D．sad | |
| 小题7: | | A．attended | B．visited | C．studied | D．served | |
| 小题8: | | A．clever | B．brave | C．proud | D．happy | |
| 小题9: | | A．set about | B．set up | C．set down | D．set off | |
| 小题10: | | A．satisfied | B．excited | C．shocked | D．ashamed | |
| 小题11: | | A．park | B．cemetery | C．garden | D．museum | |
| 小题12: | | A．explained | B．expressed | C．refused | D．admitted | |
| 小题13: | | A．building | B．yard | C．playground | D．square | |
| 小题14: | | A．laughed | B．shouted | C．glanced | D．called | |
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