A lady and her husband stepped off the train in Boston. They walked without an appointment (预约) 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 him, "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. |
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( )20. A. talked | B. library
B. stopped
B. finding
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B. brave
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B. excited
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B. expressed
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B. character
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C. heard | D. office
D. interviewed
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D. take over
D. ashamed
D. place
D. admitted
D. square
D. called
D. opinion
D. pleased
D. club
D. Though
D. sign
D. cared |
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| 完形填空。 | On May 27, 1995, our life was suddenly changed. It happened a few minutes past three, 1 my husband,
Chris, fell from his horse as it 2 over a fence. Chris was paralyzed (瘫痪) from the chest down, 3 to
breathe normally. As he was thrown from his horse, we entered into a life of 4 with lots of unexpected
challenges (挑战). We went from the "haves" to the "have-nots". Or so we thought.
5 what we discovered later were all the gifts that came out of 6 difficulties. We came to learn that
something 7 could happen in a disaster. All over the world people 8 Chris so much that letters and
postcards poured in every day. By the end of the third week in a 9 center in Virginia, about 35,000 pieces of
10 had been received and sorted.
As 11 , we opened letter after letter. They gave us 12 and became a source of strength for us. We used
them to 13 ourselves. I would go to the pile of letters marked with "Funny" if we needed a 14 , or to the
"Disabled" box to find advice from people in wheelchairs or 15 in bed living happily and 16 .
These letters, we realized, had to be shared. And so 17 we offer one of them to you. Dear Chris, My
husband and I were so sorry to hear of your 18 accident last week. No doubt your family and your friends are
giving you the strength to face this 19 challenge. People everywhere are also giving you best wishes every day
and we are among those who are keeping you 20 .
Yours Sincerely,
Nancy Reagan | ( )1. A.since
( )2. A. walked
( )3. A. able
( )4. A. disability
( )5. A. So
( )6. A. sharing
( )7. A. terrible
( )8. A. wrote for
( )9. A. medical
( )10. A. news
( )11. A. patients
( )12. A. effect
( )13. A. encourage
( )14. A. cry
( )15. A. much
( )16. A. bitterly
( )17. A. here
( )18. A. driving
( )19. A. technical
( )20. A. nearby | B. before
B. climbed
B. unable
B. possession
B. For
B. separating
B. similar
B. cared for
B. postal
B. paper
B. a family
B. effort
B. express
B. laugh
B. never
B. fairly
B. there
B. flying
B. different
B. close | C. when
C. pulled
C. suitable
C. convenience
C. Or
C. fearing
C. wonderful
C. hoped for
C. experimental
C. equipment
C. nurses
C. comfort
C. control
C. chat
C. even
C. weakly
C. therefore
C. running
C. difficult
C. busy | D. while
D. jumped
D. unsuitable
D. experience
D. Yet
D. exploiting
D. practical
D. sent for
D. mental
D. mail
D. a group
D. explanation
D. treat
D. sigh
D. seldom
D. successfully
D. forward
D. riding
D. valuable
D. alive | | 阅读理解。 | We have two daughters: Kristen is seven years old and Kelly is four. Last Sunday evening, we invited
some people home for dinner. I dressed them nicely for the party, and told them that their job was to join
Mommy in answering the door when the bell rang. Mommy would introduce them to the guests, and then
they would take the guests" coats upstairs and put them on the bed in the second bedroom.
The guests arrived. I introduced my two daughters to each of them. The adults were nice and kind and
said how lucky we were to have such good kids.
Each of the guests made a particular fuss over Kelly, the younger one, admiring her dress, her hair and
her smile. They said she was a remarkable girl to be carrying coats upstairs at her age.
I thought to myself that we adults usually make a big "to do" over the younger one because she"s the one
who seems more easily hurt. We do it with the best of intentions.
But we seldom think of how it might affect the other child. I was a little worried that Kristen would feel
she was being outshined. I was about to serve dinner when I realized that she had been missing for twenty
minutes. I ran upstairs and found her in the bedroom, crying.
I said, "What are you doing, my dear?"
She turned to me with a sad expression and said,"Mommy, why don"t people like me the way they like
my sister? Is it because I "m not pretty? Is that why they don"t say nice things about me as much?"
I tried to explain to her, kissing and hugging her to make her feel better.
Now, whenever I visit a friend"s home, I make it a point to speak to the elder child first. | | 1. The underlined expression " make a big "to do" over" (paragraph 4) means ______. | A. show much concern about
B. have a special effect on
C. list jobs to be done for
D. do good things for | | 2. The guests praised Kelly for carrying coats upstairs because of her ______. | A. beautiful hair
B. pretty clothes
C. lovely smile
D. young age | | 3. Kristen felt sad and cried because ______. | A. the guest gave her more coats to carry
B. she didn"t look as pretty as Kelly
C. the guests praised her sister more than her
D. her mother didn"t introduce her to the guests | | 4. We can conclude from the passage that ______. | A. parents should pay more attention to the elder children
B. the younger children are usually more easily hurt
C. people usually like the younger children more
D. adults should treat children equally | | 完形填空。 | In the summer vacation of 1997, I was fixed with a job. I worked as a(n) 1 at Mr. Breen"s fruit shop.The
fruit shop did 2 business. Most of the trade came from the housewives who lived in the neighborhood, 3
he also had regular customers who arrived outside the shop in cars. Mr. Breen 4 them all by name and they
sometimes even had their order already made up, always 5 me to carry it out to their car. They were clearly
long-standing customers, and I 6 they must have stayed faithful to him 7 he had promised to sell good
quality 8 . He had a way with them -I had to 9 that. He called every woman"madam" for a start, 10
those who clearly were not, but when he 11 it, it did not sound like flattery (奉承). It just sounded 12 in an
old-fashioned way. He was a great chatter 13 . If he did not know them, he would greet them with a few 14
about the weather, 15 he did, he would ask about their families or make 16 , always cutting his cloth 17 his
customers. Whatever their bills came to, he 18 gave them back the few odd pence (零钱), and I am sure they
thought he was very generous (慷慨). But I thought he was the opposite. He never 19 anything away. He was
always looking for 20 for nothing. | ( )1. A. operator
( )2. A. good
( )3. A. so
( )4. A. sold
( )5. A. making
( )6. A. wish
( )7. A. when
( )8. A. food
( )9. A. admit
( )10. A. yet
( )11. A. told
( )12. A. serious
( )13. A. as well
( )14. A. sayings
( )15. A. and then
( )16. A. preparations
( )17. A. according to
( )18. A. never
( )19. A. took
( )20. A. something | B. assistant
B. poor
B. when
B. knew
B. letting
B. insist
B. if
B. fruit
B. expect
B. only
B. said
B. strange
B. as usual
B. questions
B. and so
B. jokes
B. due to
B. ever
B. moved
B. anything | C. waiter
C. big
C. therefore
C. gave
C. getting
C. declare
C. because
C. vegetables
C. announce
C. just
C. spoke
C. polite
C. either
C. words
C. even if
C. repairs
C. instead of
C. seldom
C. threw
C. somebody | D. secretary
D. usual
D. but
D. sent
D. keeping
D. suppose
D. though
D. drink
D. promise
D. even
D. talked
D. familiar
D. also
D. speeches
D. but if
D. friends
D. up to
D. always
D. turned .
D. anybody | | 完形填空。 | When I was thirteen, my family moved from Boston to Tucson, Arizona. 1 the move, my father 2 us
in the living-room on a freezing January night. My sisters and I sat around the fire, not 3 that the universe
would suddenly change its course. "In May, we"re 4 to Arizona."
The words, so small, didn"t seem 5 enough to hold my new life. But the world changed and I awoke on
a tram moving across the country. I watched the 6 change from green trees to flat dusty plains to high
mountains as I saw strange new plants that 7 mysteries (奥秘) yet to come. Finally, we arrived and 8 into
own new home.
9 my older sisters were sad at the loss of friends, I 10 explored (探索) our new surroundings.
One afternoon, I was out exploring 46 and saw a new kind 11 of cactus (仙人掌). I crouched (蹲) down
for a closer look. "You"d better not 12 that."
I turned around to see an old woman
"Are you new lo this neighborhood?" I explained that I was, 13 , new to the entire state.
"My name is Ina Thorne. Have you got used to life in the 14 ? It must be quite a 15 after living in Boston."
How could I explain how I 16 the desert? I couldn"t seem to find the right words.
"It"s vastness," she offered. "That vastness 17 you stand on the mountains overlooking the desert-you can
18 how little you are in comparison with the world. 19 , you feel that the possibilities are limitless."
That was it. That was the feeling I"d bad ever since I"d first seen the mountains of my new home. Again, my
20 would change with just a few simple words.
"Would you like to come to my home tomorrow? Someone should teach you which plant you should and
shouldn"t touch." | ( )1. A. During
( )2. A. gathered
( )3. A. hoping
( )4. A. going
( )5. A. good
( )6. A. picture
( )7. A. suggested
( )8. A. settled
( )9. A. If
( )10. A. bitterly
( )11. A as well
( )12. A. move
( )13. A. of course
( )14. A. desert
( )15. A. luck
( )16. A. found
( )17. A. why
( )18. A. prove
( )19. A. However
( )20. A. idea | B. Until
B. warned
B. admitting
B. moving
B. simple
B. ground
B. solved
B. walked
B. After
B. easily
B. as usual
B. dig
B. in fact
B. city
B. doubt
B. examined
B. when
B. guess
B. Otherwise
B. life | C. Upon
C. organized
C. realizing
C. driving
C. big
C. sense
C. discovered
C. hurried
C. once
C. proudly
C. fight away
C. pull
C. after all
C. state
C. shock
C. watched
C. how
C. sense
C. Therefore
C. home | D. Before
D. comforted
D. believing
D. flying
D. proper
D. area
D. explained
D. stepped
D. While
D. eagerly
D. on time
D. touch
D. at least
D. country
D. danger
D. reached
D. where
D. expect
D. Meanwhile
D. family | | 阅读理解。 | We were on tour a few summers ago, driving through Chicago, when right outside of the city, we got
pulled over. A middle-aged policeman came up to the car and was really being troublesome at first. Lecturing
us, he said,"You were speeding. Where are you going in such a hurry?" Our guitarist, Tim, told him that we
were on our way to Wisconsin to play a show. His way towards us totally changed. He asked, "Oh, so you
boys are in a band (乐队)?" We told him that we were. He then asked all the usual broad questions about the
type of music we played, and how long we had been at it. Suddenly, he stopped and said, "Tim, you want to
get out of this ticket, don"t you?" Tim said, "Yes." So the officer asked him to step out of the car. The rest
of us, inside the car, didn"t know what to think as we watched the policeman talk to Tim. Next thing we
knew, the policeman was putting Tim in the back of the police car he had parked in front of us. With that, he
threw the car into reverse (倒车), stopping a few feet in back of our car. Now we suddenly felt frightened.
We didn"t know if we were all going to prison, or if the policeman was going to sell Tim on the black market
or something. All of a sudden, the pollen"s voice came over in a loudspeaker. He said, "Ladies and gentlemen,
for the first time ever, we have Tim here singing on Route 90." Turns out, the policeman had told Tim that
the only way he was getting out of the ticket was if he sang part of one of our songs over the loudspeaker in
the police car. Seconds later, Tim started screaming into the receiver. The policeman enjoyed the performance,
and sent us on our way without a ticket. | | 1. The policeman stopped the boys to _____. | A. put them into prison
B. give them a ticket
C. enjoy their performance
D. ask some band questions | | 2. The policeman became friendly to the boys when ha knew they ______. | A. had long been at the band
B. played the music he loved
C. were driving for a show
D. promised into a performance | | 3. The boys probably felt ______ when they drove off. | A. joyful
B. calm
C. nervous
D. frightened |
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