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.
【小題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.

【小題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.

【小題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

【小題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

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

 

Mr. and Mrs. Long had one daughter．Her name was Lena．She was eighteen years old．Lena lived with her parents and worked in an office．She had some friends，but she didn’t like any of the boys very much．

One day she met a very nice man．He was young．His name was Watts and he worked in a post office．They became friends and he came to Lena's parents' house twice．Last week Lena said to her father，“I'm going to marry（嫁給）Watts，Daddy．He was here．” “Oh，yes．” Her father answered．“He's a nice boy，but has he got much money?” “Oh，no，both of you are the same，” the daughter answered angrily（生氣的；憤怒的）．I met Warts on the first day of June and the next day he asked me，“Has your father got much money?”

1．Mr. and Mrs. Long had a _______．

A．son                     B．grandson              C．daughter                D．granddaughter

2．Lena worked ________．

A．in a school             B．in an office            C．in a factory            D．in a hospital

3．Lena had a few friends before she came to know Watts，but she ________．

A．didn't like any boys                                  B．like all of them

C．didn't know their names                              D．didn't talk to them about their work

4．Last week Lena asked her father ________．

A．to help her find a good husband                 B．to let her marry（嫁給）Warts

C．to give her some money to buy a house               D．to let her work in a big city

5．Lena got angry because _________．

A．her father didn't like her boyfriend，Watts

B．her father asked her to make friends with money

C．her father and Watts only thought of money

D．her parents asked Watts to give them too much money

Sally is a student．She likes  1  ．One day there is a new film．People say it's good．So she goes to the  2  to see it．She goes in and finds  3  seat．Five minutes later a man goes  4 her and asks，“  5  ，is this Seat 1，the 9th Row（排）?”

Sally says，“Yes，is there anything wrong?’’

“I think you take the wrong  6  ．This is my seat．”The man says．

“Just a minute．Let me  7  my ticket．”Sally looks at it．Oh．it says Seat 11, the 6th Row．

“I’m sorry，”says Sally．Then she finds her seat and the film begins．

It is a very good film about festivals．From it Sally know s American people celebrate   8   on the fourth Thursday of November，but people in Canada celebrate their Thanksgiving Day on the second Monday  9  October．Maybe it is because it's cold in Canada．This year，Canadian Thanksgiving Day falls on   10  ，October 11，2010．Sally loves the film very much．

1．A．seeing films             B．flying kites           C．playing games      D．chatting on line

2．A．shop                  B．cinema              C．playground         D．party

3．A．his                    B．he                  C．her               D．she

4．A．with                    B．to                   C．from              D．a(chǎn)t

5．A．Thank you              B．Hello                C．Excuse me         D．I'm sorry

6．A．book                  B．student              C．seat             D．way

7．A．find                   B．take                 C．finish                   D．paint

8．A．New Year              B．Christmas            C．Halloween     D．Thanksgiving Day

9．A．on                    B．for                 C．a(chǎn)t                       D．of

10．A．Sunday              B．Monday             C．Tuesday           D．Thursday