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(皺眉). “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 obviously didn’t have the time to spend with them.

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(紀(jì)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 (墓地).

“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? We have over seven and a half million dollars in the physical buildings here at Harvard.”

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? Why don't we just start our own?” Her husband nodded. Mr. and Mrs. Leland Stanford walked away, traveling to Palo Alto, California where they set up the university with their name, Stanford University, a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer cared about.

1.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 start a university

D．They wanted to meet the president of Harvard.

2.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.

3.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

4.The best title of the passage is “______”.

A．A Statue or A Building                    B．How Stanford University Was Built

C．A Visit to Harvard University               D．A Strange Old Couple

 

從對話后的選項中選擇適當(dāng)?shù)倪x項補全對話
A:Hello! May I speak to Mr. Smith?
B:I'm sorry._____ 【小題1】____
A:When will he come back?
B:I think he'll be back in an hour.___ 【小題2】____
A:That's very kind of you. I'd like him to come to my birthday party.【小題3】
B:Certainly.__ 【小題4】__I'll go and get a pen and a piece of paper. Now please give me your phone number.
A:7667569. My name is Liu Wei.
B:All right. _____【小題5】____

A. Could I take a message? B. Can I leave my telephone number for you? C. Wait a minute, please. D. He isn't here right now. E. I'll tell him to call you back.

John ________ to Japan on business. He’ll be back ________ a few days.

A．goes; in           B．went; after        C．has gone; in        D．go; after

 

It was 12:45 pm on January 2, 2007. 50-year-old Wesley Autrey was waiting for the train at a subway station in New York. His two daughters, aged four and six, were with him.
Suddenly, a sick man fell down on the platform (站臺). The man, 20-year-old Cameron Hollopeter, got up, but then fell again—this time, onto the track between the two rails (道軌). A train was coming into the station. It was a frightening moment.
But Mr Autrey wasn’t frightened. He looked at the man and the space that the man was in. It was about half a meter deep. And he thought, “The train is going to travel over this man. If he tries to get up, the train will kill him. But if he lies on the ground and doesn’t move, he’ll be OK.” So he got an idea.
He jumped down and kept Mr Hollopeter down on the ground. The train driver saw them. He was terrified, but he couldn’t stop in time. The train traveled over the two men before it stopped.
The people on the platform were surprised. When Mr Autrey heard them screaming, he shouted, “We’re OK down here, but I’ve got two daughters up there. Let them know their father is OK.”
In an interview on a TV show, Mr Autrey said, “The only thing that happened to me was my blue hat got dirty.”
【小題1】Why did Mr Hollopeter fall on the platform and then the track?

A．Because he was ill.	B．Because he walked so fast.
C．Because he was too old.	D．Because the subway station was so crowed.

【小題2】Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Mr Autrey was so frightened when he saw what had happened.

B．Mr Autrey thought the space that the man was in was about one meter deep.

C．The train driver saw the two men but he couldn’t stop the train in time.

D．Mr Autrey and Mr Hollopeter were both taken to a hospital.

【小題3】Mr Autrey was worried about         when the train stopped.

A．his two daughters

B．Mr Hollopeter

C．his blue hat

D．the train driver

【小題4】Mr Autrey lay on top of Mr Hollopeter in order to        .

A．keep him calm	B．keep him down
C．keep him warm	D．keep him awake

【小題5】What’s the best title for the passage?

A．A Sick Man	B．Save One’s Life
C．Mr Autrey and Mr Hollopeter	D．The Subway Hero

Four girls were at the same school. They were good friends, so they often studied and played together. They went to school every day by taxi.
One day one of the girls said, “There is a test this morning. Let’s go to school late. Then we won’t have to take the test.” “What can we tell the teacher?” One of the girls said. “He’ll be angry. We’ll need a good excuse.”
The girls thought for several moments, then one of them said, “Let’s tell him that our taxi had a flat tire(爆胎).” “That’s a good idea,” the other girls said. “We’ll tell him that.”
They arrived at school an hour later. The test was finished.
“Why are you late?” the teacher asked. “You miss the test.” “Our taxi had a flat tire,” one of the girls said.
The teacher thought for a moment, then he said, “Sit down, one of you in each corner of the room.” The four girls did this. Then the teacher said, “Write the answer to this question on a piece of paper: Which tire was flat?”
【小題1】The four girls went to school every day by ________.

A．bus

B．taxi

C．subway

D．bike

【小題2】 One day the four girls got to school late because they ________.

A．didn’t like their teacher	B．got up late in the morning
C．didn’t want to take the test	D．had an accident on the road

【小題3】What’s the meaning of the word “excuse” in Chinese?

A．對不起

B．請假

C．借口

D．請示

【小題4】 The teacher asked the four girls to sit down like Picture ________.

A．

B．

C．

D．