Question

       A lady and her husband stepped off the train in Boston. They walked without an  appointment（預約）into the outer  36  of Harvard’s president. But they were  37  by his secretary and kept waiting. For hours, the secretary took no notice of them,  38  that the couple would finally become  39  and go away. But they didn’t. The secretary finally decided to disturb the president, though  40  .

      A few minutes later, the president walked towards the couple with a  41  face. The lady told him, “We had a son that  42  Harvard for one year. He loved Harvard. He was  43  here. But about a year ago, he was accidentally killed. My husband and I would like to  44  a memorial（紀念物）to him, somewhere on campus.”

     The president wasn’t  45  . 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   46  would look like a cemetery（墓地）,” “Oh, no,” the lady  47  quickly. “We don’t want to put up a statue. We would like to give a  48  to Harvard.” The president rolled his eyes and  49  at the couple and then exclaimed, “ A building! Do you have any  50  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  51  , 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  52  ? Why don’t we just start our own?” Her husband nodded.  53  their offer was turned down. Mr. and Mrs. Stanford traveled to California where they founded the University that bears their  54  , a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer  55  about.

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

37．A．watched           B．stopped              C．followed            D．interviewed

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Answer 1

36.D  37.B  38.A  39.B  40.D  41.C  42.A  43.D  44.B  45.C 

46.D  47.A  48.A  49.C  50.B  51.D  52.B  53.C  54.A  55.D

解析:

36.解析：根據其定語of Harvard’s president可判斷出走進了Harvard大學校長的辦公室。

37.解析：從下文kept waiting可以看出，他們被秘書攔住了。follow跟隨；interview采訪。

38.解析：hope希望。秘書不理睬他們的目的是希望他們離開。realize認識到；imagine想像。

39.解析：disappointed失望。從下文go away可知，秘書希望他們失望而離開。

40.解析：unwillingly不情愿地。上文“the secretary took no notice of them”和“go away”說明秘書很不情愿地把這件事報告給校長。

41.解析：with a cold face冰冷的面孔。上文“without an appointment”說明這一對夫婦是在沒有預約的情況下要求見校長的，這引起了校長的不快。

42.解析：attend上（學，課）。在Harvard大學上了一年的課。study是不及物動詞，在Harvard前要加at。

43.解析：上文的“He loved Harvard.”表明他在大學里過得很愉快。

44.解析：set up建立。根據賓語a memorial to him可判斷出想為建立紀念物。set about散布；take down拿下；take over接管。

45.解析：moved感動。校長并沒有被感動。satisfied滿意；excited激動；ashamed羞恥。

46.解析：Harvard大學是一個地方。

47.解析：explain解釋。根據下文可判斷出校長產生了誤解，這位老夫人馬上進行了解釋。express表達；refuse拒絕；admit承認。

48.解析：下文A building!說明他們想建造一座樓房。

49.解析：glance匆匆一看。從上文“rolled his eyes”可以看出，校長看了他們一眼。laugh at嘲笑；shout at沖……喊叫；call at訪問。

50.解析：have any idea知道，了解。下文“We have spent over $7 500 000 on the campus building at Harvard.”說明校長懷疑他們是否知道建一座大樓需要多少錢。

51.解析：pleased高興。從下文“because he could get rid of them now”可知，校長認為不會再受這兩個人的糾纏，因而感到高興。bored無聊；astonished吃驚。

52.解析：上文中的campus和下文中的the University表明Harvard是一所大學。

53.解析：since引導原因狀語從句。根據這兩個句子的意思可判斷出是因果關系。

54.解析：因為他們建造大學的目的是紀念他們的兒子，所以以他們的姓氏命名這所大學。

55.解析：care about喜歡。由于Harvard大學的校長不同意他們在校園里為兒子建造紀念物，即表示他們的兒子是這所大學不受喜歡的學生。