A lady and her husband stepped off the train in Boston. They walked without an appointment into the outer _ 1_____ of Harvard’s president. But they were ___2___by his secretary and kept waiting. For hours, the secretary took no notice of them, __3____ that the couple would finally become __4____ and go away. But they didn’t. The secretary finally decided to disturb the president, though __5___.
A few minutes later, the president walked towards the couple with a __6___ face. The lady told them, “We had a son that __7____ Harvard for one year. He loved Harvard. He was __8____ here. But about a year ago, he was accidentally killed. My husband and I would like to __9____ a memorial (纪念物) to him, somewhere on campus.”
The president wasn’t __10____ .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 __11___ would look like a cemetery (墓地)。”“Oh, no,” the lady __12___ quickly, “We don’t want to put up a statue. We would like to give a __13____ to Harvard.” The president rolled his eyes and __14____ at the couple and then exclaimed,” A building! Do you have any __15____ 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 __16___, 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 __17___ ? Why don’t we just start our own?” Her husband nodded. __18____ their offer was turned down, Mr. And Mrs. Stanford traveled to California where they founded the University that bears their ___19___,a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer __20____ about.
1．A．lab B．library C．hall D．office
2．A．watched B．stopped C．followed D．interviewed
3．A．hoping B．finding C．realizing D．imagining
4．A．surprised B．disappointed C．worried D．troubled
5．A．hopelessly B．carefully C．unexpectedly D．unwillingly
6．A．pleasant B．funny C．cold D．sad
7．A．attended B．visited C．studied D．served
8．A．clever B．brave C．proud D．happy
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9．A．set about B．set up C．take down D．take over
10．A．satisfied B．excited C．moved D．ashamed
11．A．house B．part C．garden D．place
12．A．explained B．expressed C．refused D．admitted
13．A．building B．yard C．playground D．square
14．A．laughed B．shouted C．glanced D．called
15．A．suggestion B．idea C．thought D．opinion
16．A．bored B．astonished C．interested D．pleased
17．A．department B．university C．business D．club
18．A．Once B．While C．Since D．Though
19．A．name B．character C．picture D．sign
20．A．talked B．knew C．heard D．cared