A lady and her husband stepped off the train in Boston. They walked without an appointment（预约）into the outer  31_ of Harvard’s president(哈佛大学校长). But they were  32  by his secretary and kept waiting. For hours, the secretary took no notice of them,  33  that the couple would finally become  34  and go away. But they didn’t. The secretary finally decided to disturb the president, though  35  .

A few minutes later, the president walked towards the couple with a  36  face. The lady told him, “We had a son that  37_ Harvard for one year. He loved Harvard. He was  38  here. But about a year ago, he was accidentally killed. My husband and I would like to  39  a memorial（纪念物）to him, somewhere on campus.”

The president wasn’t  40 . 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   41_  would look like a cemetery（墓地）,” “Oh, no,” the lady  42  quickly. “We don’t want to put up a statue. We would like to give a  43  to Harvard.” The president rolled his eyes and  44  at the couple and then exclaimed（惊叫）, “ A building! Do you have any  45_  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  46  , 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  47  ? Why don’t we just start our own?” Her husband nodded.  48_ their offer was turned down, Mr. and Mrs. Stanford traveled to California where they founded the University that bears their  49  , a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer  50  about.

A．lab         B．library     C．office          D．hall

A．watched     B．interviewedC．followed       D．stopped

A．realizing           B．finding     C．hoping          D．imagining

A．disappointed  B．surprised   C．worried         D．troubled

A．hopelessly     B．carefully   C．unwillingly      D．unexpectedly

A．cold           B．pleasant    C．funny           D．sad

A．visited       B．attended    C．studied         D．served

A．clever        B．brave     C．happy           D．proud

A．set about       B．set up       C．take down       D．take over

A．moved     B．satisfied    C．excited          D．ashamed

A．house       B．part       C．garden          D．place

A．expressed    B．explained  C．refused         D．admitted

A．building      B．yard      C．playground      D．square

A．laughed       B．glanced     C．shouted         D．called

A．suggestion   B．thought     C．idea           D．opinion

A．bored       B．astonished C．interested      D．pleased

A．department  B．university C．business        D．club

A．Once        B．While       C．Since           D．Though

A．name       B．character   C．picture          D．sign

A．talked      B．knew       C．heard           D．cared

   A recent study shows that gossip（流言蜚语）is more powerful than truth．It suggests people believe what they hear through the grapevine(小道消息)__36__they have evidence to the contrary．

   Researchers, __37__students using a computer game, also found gossip played an important role when people __38__ decisions．"We show that gossip has a strong __39__, even when people have __40__ to the original information as well as gossip about the same information．Thus, it is __41__ that gossip has a strong controlling potential," said Ralf Sommerfeld, who led the study．

   In the study, the researchers __42__ the students money and allowed them to give it to others in a series of rounds．The students also wrote __43__ about how others played the game that everyone could review．Students tended to give __44__ money to people described as “scrooges (吝啬鬼)” and more to those described as “__45__ players”．“People only believed the gossip, not the past decisions," Sommerfeld said in a telephone interview．

   The researchers then took the game a step_46_and showed the students the actual decisions people had made．But they also supplied false gossip that contradicted that __47_．In these cases, the students_48_ their decisions to award money on the gossip, __49__ the hard evidence．

   “If you know what the people did, you should care, but they still __50__ what others said,” Sommerfeld said．Researchers have __51__ used similar games to study how people cooperate and the __52__ of gossip in groups．Scientists define gossip __53__ social information spread about a person who is not __54__．In evolutionary terms, gossip can be an important tool for people to __55__ information about others' reputations or find the way through social networks at work and in their everyday lives．

36．A．in case     B．for fear that     C．as if  D．even if    

37．A．testing     B．checking C．examining       D．experimenting

38．A．draw       B．make       C．reach       D．conclude

39．A．impression      B．difference       C．influence D．function

40．A．access      B．entrance   C．charge     D．communication

41．A．curious    B．serious     C．obvious    D．worth

42．A．impressed       B．asked       C．showed    D．gave

43．A．articles    B．notes       C．dairies     D．letters

44．A．less B．more       C．fewer       D．much

45．A．general    B．mean       C．generous D．outgoing

46．A．away       B．forward   C．ahead       D．further

47．A．existence B．evidence C．confidence      D．dependence

48．A．based       B．put   C．focused    D．passed

49．A．more than       B．less than   C．rather than      D．other than

50．A．referred to      B．listened to       C．turned to D．stuck to

51．A．soon        B．presently C．far    D．long

52．A．strength   B．energy     C．effect      D．force

53．A．as     B．for   C．to     D．by

54．A．absent      B．present     C．gone  D．missing

55．A．achieve    B．earn C．acquire    D．win

A 25-year-old student from Hubei was admitted into Tsinghua，China’s most famous university，after an eight-year

   36   ．Li Jun comes from a poor family in a small village of Hubei Province．He first   37   going to college in the year 2000   38   he was admitted by a local school after   39   from a secondary technical school at age 17．As a（n）   40   art student，he passed the exam again next year but   41   school due to economic pressures in September 2002．Life seemed    42    but Li didn’t give in．He earned a   43   by working part time in Wuhan’s art rooms and tutoring students．But he never lost sight of his lifelong dream of   44   the Academy of Arts＆Design of Tsinghua University．Li  45   the college entrance examination for five continuous years starting from 2003．   46   ，he missed making the cut one mark last year．

In 2008，his fifth try，Li’s efforts   47   ．He finished the qualifying exam in his province and was finally admitted as a sculpture major into Tsinghua University．Every year，Li took art   48   in Beijing and took exams from December to March．He then took cultural courses in his school till June．The rest of the year he spent on    49    work．Li said he hadn’t   50   any money from his family since he graduated from the technical secondary school．Li said the reason he maintained for eight years was that he wanted to change his   51   through knowledge．

   52    by his contribution，Li Jun’ s university   53   him 9,000 yuan out of his tuition fees of 11，450 yuan．An eight-year struggle may have come to an end for Li Jun，but a new   54   has now begun．Li said he would not worry about repaying loans at present．He wants to study well and   55   more scholarships．

A．research            B．struggle           C．service             D．expectation

A．talked of                  B．told of             C．dreamt of         D．knew of

A．where                  B．when             C．that                 D．since

A．learning               B．separating        C．dating              D．graduating

A．gifted                  B．surprised          C．interested         D．easy going

A．went on with B．watched out for           C．dropped out of D．looked forward to

A．unfair                 B．hard                C．practical          D．busy

A．value                   B．respect             C．freedom           D．living

A．entering               B．visiting            C．supporting              D．pursing

A．turned to            B．applied for       C．called for               D．adapted to

A．Instead               B．At times          C．However          D．Besides

A．took off             B．paid off           C．gave off          D．sent off

A．ways                  B．programmes     C．success            D．courses

A．full-time            B．part-time         C．out-of-door      D．all

A．asked for           B．looked for       C．payed for         D．waited for

A．plan                   B．ideal                C．fate                 D．opinion

A．Encouraged        B．Influenced              C．Accused          D．Impressed

A．funded               B．gave                C．paid                D．cost

A．challenge           B．life                  C．case                 D．relationship

A．spend                 B．win                 C．care                 D．use

A person may have a false idea about himself that will stop him from doing good work．

       He may have the belief that he is unable to do it．A child may think he is  36  because he doesn’t understand how to make  37  use of his mental gifts．Old people may have a false idea that they are unable to learn things new because of their  38 ．

       A person who believes that he is stupid will not make a real  39  because he feels that it would be useless．He won’t go at a job with confidence necessary for  40 ．Besides, he won’t work his hardest way, even though he may think he is doing so． 41 , he is likely to fail, and the failure will  42  his belief in his incompetence（无能） in turn．

       Alfred Alder, a famous doctor, had  43  like this．When he was a small boy, he had a poor 44  in maths．His teacher told his parents he had no ability in maths in order that they would not  45  too much of him．In this way, his teacher and parents  46  the idea．He  47  their false judgment of his ability, feeling that it was useless to  48 ．Then, he was very poor at maths,  49  as they expected．

       But one day everything changed．He worked out a problem which  50  of the other students had been able to solve．He  51  in solving the problem which gave him confidence （信心）．Soon he became especially good at  52 ．

       Alder now  53  with interest, determination and purpose．He not only proved that he could learn maths well, but luckily he learned it  54 , not too late．From his own experience, we can tell that if a person goes at a job with determination and purpose, he may  55  himself as well as others by his ability．

A．clever        B．shy        C．useless          D．stupid

A．big           B．full       C．high       D．great

A．age           B．ability          C．brain     D．knowledge

A．decision     B．plan            C．effort           D．promise

A．work         B．study     C．improvementD．success

A．Truly         B．Really          C．However   D．Therefore

A．lead to     B．strengthen C．improve    D．get rid of

A．an experience       B．an example      C．a thought  D．a story

A．state          B．mind     C．start      D．ending

A．blame      B．expect          C．get        D．win

A．developed    B．organized  C．discovered       D．found

A．broke       B．refused     C．doubted    D．accepted

A．manage           B．argue    C．try        D．act

A．only         B．almost          C．just       D．then

A．none        B．all        C．some     D．most

A．broke       B．succeeded C．failed           D．believed

A．physics           B．medicine   C．English         D．maths

A．studies     B．works     C．plays          D．graduates

A．early        B．deeply          C．later       D．simply

A．discourage   B．love      C．surprise    D．disappoint

 A friend of mine was sitting in the living room one day when his cat dragged in a little “gift” in its mouth—a dead animal of some sort. Taking a closer look, he was surprised to  36 it as the bunny(小兔子) that  37 Mary, the young daughter of the family next door. My friend felt  38 , believing his cat had killed Mary’s bunny.
My quick-thinking friend came up with a plan.  39  from the cat’s mouth the dead animal, which by now was a     40 mess, he put it in the kitchen sink. With a little warm water and some shampoo, he tried to  41 the dead bunny as best he could. Then he took a hair dryer and blowdried the bunny  42 it looked pretty good.
Finally, under the cover of darkness, he crept into the next-door garden and placed it  43 in the cage. He managed to make the bunny look very  44 there in his little box.
The next morning, my friend looked out of the window and noticed a crowd of people  45 around the rabbit hutch(笼). Everyone seemed to be talking and pointing. My friend  46 to go over and act like any normal  47 neighbor and find out what was going on.
When he got there, Mary’s mother said to my friend, “You won’t believe this! It’s a(n)   48 thing! Mary’s bunny  49 a few days ago, and we buried that little bunny right over there…”
Have you ever tried to cover up one wrongdoing with another? Covering up only makes matters  50 .
When we get caught doing something  51 , for example, we may  52 to cover it up with a lie. But just like Mary’s bunny, the result is  53 what we expected. We  54 looking foolish. We would have been better off admitting we were wrong and accepting the  55 . What do you think of it?