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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. “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 didn’t have the time to spend with nobodies.
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(纪念碑) 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.
“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? The physical building at Harvard cost seven million and a half.”
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?” Her husband nodded(点头). Mr. and Mrs. Leland Stanford walked away, traveling to Palo Alto, California where they set up the university with their name -------a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer cared about.
You can easily judge(判断) others by how they treat those who can do nothing for them or to them.
46. 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 see start a university
D. They wanted to meet the president of Harvard.
47. 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.
48. 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
49. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. the old couple set up their own university.
B. the old couple set up a memorial to their son
C. the old couple gave a building to Harvard.
D. Giving a building to Harvard was easy and cheap at that time.
50. The best title of the passage is “______”.
A. Never Judge a Book by Its Cover B. How the Stanford Was Built
C.A Visit to Harvard University D. A Strange Old Couple
| 通读短文，掌握其大意，从各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳的一项。 |
| Six people were travelling in a compartment (包厢) on a train. Five of them were 1 and well behaved (举止文明),but the sixth was a rude( 粗野的) young man who was causing (引起) a lot of 2 to the other passengers. At last this young man got out at a station with his two heavy bags. 3 of the other passengers helped him, but one of them 4 until the rude young man was very 5 , and then opened the window and shouted to him ."You 6 something behind in the compartment!" Then he closed the window again. The young man turned around and 7 with his two bags. He was very 8 when he arrived, but he shouted through the window, "What did I leave behind?" As the train began to move again, the passenger who had 9 him back opened the window and said, "A very 10 impression ( 印象)!" |
| ( ) 1．A. noisy ( )2．A. interest ( )3．A. None ( )4．A. helped ( )5．A. tired ( )6．A. left ( )7．A. ran away ( )8．A. surprised ( )9．A. brought ( )10．A. bad |
B. happy B. trouble B. One B. left B. busy B. made B. hurried back B. angry B. phoned B. polite |
C. quiet ? C. questions ? C. Some ? C. stayed ? C. weak ? C. fell ? C. stood still ? C. tired ? C. called ? C. nice |
D. strong D. accidents D. All D. waited D. far away D. threw D. got in D. pleased D. sent D. deep |
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| Many people think the more time is spent, the more work will be done. So students have to spend the whole 1 doing schoolwork except the three meals. It is 2 to see students struggling (挣扎) in a sea of schoolwork both at school and at home. Modern students usually have many 3 . They love music and sports. They like reading and watching TV. A two-day weekend can get them 4 from too much schoolwork ,and they can do what they like. But still teachers do not think about it. They still arrange (安排) a lot of homework for students to do. 5 students have too much school work, they have no time to enjoy themselves. Students are really tired of their weekend homework. So they usually don't do their weekend homework 6 Sunday night. And there is not enough time for homework, students have to finish it 7 . The weekend homework makes teachers angry. Things always get 8 without right ideas. Too much schoolwork makes students lose interest in learning. It's also bad for their health. A horse runs faster after a 9 . So all the teachers should give students 10 pleasureand knowledge. | |||
| ( )1. A. day ( )2. A. never ( )3. A. books ( )4. A. busy ( )5. A. For ( )6. A. until ( )7. A. good ( )8. A. better ( )9. A. minute ( )10. A. either |
B. morning B. common B. interests B. pleased B. With B. when B. poor B. afraid B. moment B. both |
C. afternoon C. glad C. sports C. away C. Though C. at C. carelessly C. worse C. meal C. same |
D. week D. hardly D. friends D. tired D. Because D. on D. happy D. wonderful D. rest D. between |
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| Most people were asleep at night, but Frank was 1 . Frank was a night watchman. His work was to guard a large factory. He had to keep everything 2 . He felt lonely because there was 3 there to talk with. Frank liked his work. If he heard a noise, he went 4 to see what it was. Most of time he walked around inside the big building but he also walked around outside 5 . When he was 6 , he could sit on a chair by the door. In the winter it was very cold. He 7 a warm coat when he left the factory. Last night when Frank went outside, he heard a noise near the gate of the factory. He went very quietly to the noise to see 8 somebody was there, but he saw only a small dog. It looked cold and sad. He took the dog inside the factory and the happy dog 9 him around. The dog was a good friend for the night watchman. Frank was no longer 10 . He could talk to the dog. | ||||
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| Most people were asleep at night, but Frank was 1 . Frank was a night watchman. His work was to guard (保卫) a large factory. He had to keep everything 2 . He felt lonely (寂寞) because there was 3 there to talk with. Frank liked his work. If he heard a noise, he went 4 to see what it was. Most of time h  e walked around inside the big building but he also walked around outside 5 . When he was 6 , he could sit on a chair by the door. In the winter it was very cold. He 7 a warm coat when he left the factory. Last night when Frank went outside, he heard a noise near the gate of the factory. He went very quietly to the noise to see 8 somebody was there, but he saw only a small dog. It looked cold and sad. He took the dog inside the factory and the happy dog 9 him around. The dog was a good friend for the night watchman. Frank was no longer 10 . He could talk to the dog. | ||||
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