Question

A lady and her husband stepped off the train in Boston. They walked without an appointment（預約）into the outer 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 .

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 here. But about a year ago, he was accidentally killed. My husband and I would like to a memorial（紀念物）to him, somewhere on campus.”

The president wasn’t . 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 would look like a cemetery（墓地）,” “Oh, no,” the lady quickly. “We don’t want to put up a statue. We would like to give a to Harvard.” The president rolled his eyes and at the couple and then exclaimed, ” A building! Do you have any 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 ? Why don’t we just start our own?” Her husband nodded. 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 about.

1.A．lab B．libraryC．hall D．office

2.A．watchedB．stoppedC．followedD．interviewed

3.A．hopingB．findingC．realizingD．imagining

4.A．surprisedB．disappointedC．worried D．troubled

5.A．hopelessly B．carefullyC．unexpectedlyD．unwillingly

6.A．pleasantB．funnyC．cold D．sad

7.A．a(chǎn)ttendedB．visitedC．studied D．served

8.A．clever B．brave C．proudD．happy

9.A．set aboutB．set upC．take downD．take over

10.A．satisfied B．excitedC．movedD．a(chǎn)shamed

11.A．houseB．part C．garden D．place

12.A．explainedB．expressedC．refusedD．a(chǎn)dmitted

13.A．building B．yardC．playgroundD．square

14.A．laughedB．shoutedC．glancedD．called

15.A．suggestionB．ideaC．thoughtD．opinion

16.A．boredB．a(chǎn)stonished C．interested D．pleased

17.A．departmentB．university C．businessD．club

18.A．OnceB．WhileC．Since D．Though

19.A．nameB．characterC．pictureD．sign

20.A．talkedB．knewC．heardD．cared

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.B

3.A

4.B

5.D

6. C

7.A

8.D

9.B

10.C

11.D

12.A

13.A

14.C

15.B

16.D

17.B

18.C

19.A

20.D

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述了多年以前，美國哈佛大學的校長因為一次錯誤判斷，失去了一次難得的發(fā)展機遇，但卻造就了斯坦福大學。

1.】考查名詞和語境理解。A．lab實驗室 B．library圖書館 C．hall大廳 D．office辦公室。那天， Stanford夫婦沒有事先預約，就直接去拜訪哈佛大學的校長，根據(jù)常識，他們應該是在校長辦公室的外間。Lab, library, hall 都與文章不符。選 D。

2.】考查動詞和語境理解。A．watched觀看 B．stopped 停止C．followed跟隨 D．interviewed采訪。根據(jù)前文講到的 without an appointment和kept waiting , 校長的秘書斷定這兩個鄉(xiāng)下老土根本不可能與哈佛有業(yè)務往來。他們夫婦當時應當是被秘書擋住了。故用stopped。選B。

3.】考查動詞和語境理解。A．hoping 希望B．finding發(fā)現(xiàn) C．realizing意識到 D．imagining想象。秘書對他們夫婦不理不睬，為的是希望讓他們知難而退，知趣地早點離開。Hoping 做伴隨狀語，表示主動。選A。

4.】考查形容詞和語境理解。A．surprised驚訝的 B．disappointed失望的 C．worried擔心的 D．troubled麻煩的。見不到校長，秘書態(tài)度又不好，夫婦二人當然會覺得失望。選B。

5.】考查副詞和語境理解。A．hopelessly無望地B．carefully仔細地 C．unexpectedly出乎意料地 D．unwillingly不樂意地。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描述秘書的心情最合語境。選 D。

6.】考查形容詞和語境理解。A．pleasant 開心的B．funny有趣的 C．cold冷的 D．sad悲傷的。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。選C。

7.】考查動詞和語境理解。A．a(chǎn)ttended 出席B．visited 參觀C．studied 學習D．served服務 。表示他們有一個兒子曾經(jīng)在哈佛讀過一年書，在Harvard學習，要用study in Harvard或attend Harvard。選A。

8.】考查形容詞和語境理解。A．clever聰明的 B．brave勇敢的 C．proud驕傲的 D．happy開心的。根據(jù)前文的 He love Harvard可知，Stanford夫婦的兒子喜歡哈佛，他在哈佛的生活很愉快。選D。

9.】考查動詞短語和語境理解。A．set about開始 B．set up建立 C．take down 寫下來D．take over接管。但是去年，他因車禍而身亡。我丈夫和我想在校園里為他留一紀念物，因此本題應用set up 與memorial搭配，表示建一個紀念碑。選B。

10.】考查形容詞和語境理解。A．satisfied 滿意的B．excited興奮的 C．moved感動的 D．a(chǎn)shamed羞愧。對于這對夫婦的請求，校長并沒有感動，反而卻很吃驚。選C。

11.】考查名詞和語境理解。A．house 房子B．part 部分；零件C．garden花園 D．place地方。根據(jù)上文somewhere on campus，在大學的某處，只有place才符合。選 D。

12.根據(jù)下文可判斷出校長產(chǎn)生了誤解，這位老太太馬上進行了解釋。選A。

13.】考查名詞和語境理解。A．building大樓 B．yard庭院 C．playground操場 D．square廣場。根據(jù)下文“A building!” !說明他們想捐一棟大樓給哈佛。故可確定答案。選A。

14.校長顯然不相信他們的話。根據(jù)roll his eyes, 可以看出，校長看了他們一眼glanced at(盯著)是正確答案。而Laugh at 嘲笑shout at朝…大叫。選C。

15.】考查名詞和語境理解。A．suggestion建議 B．idea想法主意 C．thought想法 D．opinion觀點。你知道一棟樓要多少錢嗎？說明校長懷疑他們是否知道建一座大樓需要多少錢。have an idea知道，清楚。是固定詞組。選B。

16.】考查形容詞和語境理解。A．bored 無聊的B．a(chǎn)stonished驚訝的 C．interested感興趣的 D．pleased高興的。根據(jù)下半句because he could get rid of them now, 校長總算可以擺脫這對夫婦，他感到很高興。選 D。

17.】考查名詞和語境理解。A．department 部門B．university大學 C．business商業(yè) D．club俱樂部。根據(jù)下文，這么點資金就可以創(chuàng)辦一所大學了。上文中的campus和下文中的the University表明Harvard是一所大學。選B。

18.】考查連詞和語境理解。A．Once曾經(jīng)；一旦 B．While 當；盡管C．Since 自從；因為D．Though雖然。根據(jù)上下文，因為他們的請求被拒絕了，所以才會到California創(chuàng)辦大學。根據(jù)這兩個句子的意思可判斷出是因果關(guān)系。選C。

19.】考查名詞和語境理解。A．name 名字B．character人物，角色 C．picture圖畫 D．sign標記。因為他們建造大學的目的是紀念他們的兒子，所以以他們的姓氏命名這所大學。選A。

20.】考查動詞和語境理解。A．talked 談論B．knew知道 C．heard聽說 D．cared在乎。 son that Harvard no longer about是定語結(jié)構(gòu)，由于Harvard大學的校長不同意他們在校園里為兒子建造紀念物，即表示他們的兒子是這所大學不在乎的學生。care about表關(guān)注，關(guān)心，在乎，合乎語境。選 D。

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