A lady and her husband stepped off the tra

题目内容：

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

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

The president wasn’t moved ．Instead，he was shocked．“Madam,” he said，“we can’t put up a statue for every person who studied at Harvard and ．If we did，this place would look like a cemetory,” “Oh，no,” the lady explained quickly “We don’t want to put up a statue．We would like to give a building to Harvard．”The president rolled his eyes and at the couple and then exclaimed，“A building! Do you have any idea 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 ，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 university? Why don’t we just start our own?” Her husband nodded．Since their offer was turned down，Mr．and Mrs．Stanford traveled to California where they founded the University that bears their ，a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer cared about．

小题1:

A．watched

B．interviewed

C．followed

D．stopped小题2:

A．finding

B．hoping

C．realizing

D．imagining小题3:

A．disappointed

B．surprised

C．worried

D．troubled小题4:

A．cold

B．funny

C．pleasant

D．sad小题5:

A．visited

B．attended

C．studied

D．served小题6:

A．set about

B．take over

C．take down

D．set up小题7:

A．died

B．encouraged

C．killed

D．fought小题8:

A．laughed

B．shouted

C．called

D．glanced小题9:

A．bored

B．pleased

C．interested

D．astonished小题10:

A．picture

B．character

C．name

D．sign

最佳答案：

小题1:D

小题2:B

小题3:A

小题4:A

小题5:B

小题6:D

小题7:A

小题8:D

小题9:B

小题10:C

答案解析：

本文叙述了Stanford夫妇两人想在自己儿子曾经就读的学校建一个纪念碑，并同时搞建设支援学校，但是遭到了拒绝，于是两人就去了加利福尼亚在那里建了自己的学校，实现了他们的愿望。

小题1:考查动词及上下文的呼应。A．watched观看， B．interviewed采访， C．followed跟随，D．stopped停止，拦下来，他们被秘书拦下来，一直在等，选D

小题2:考查动词及上下文的呼应。. A．finding发现， B．hoping希望， C．realizing意识到， D．imagining想象，秘书希望这对夫妇等的感觉没有希望了就会主动离开了，所以秘书故意让他们等了好久，故选B

小题3:考查形容词及上下文的呼应。A．disappointed失望的， B．surprised惊讶的， C．worried担心， D．troubled困难，希望这对夫妇等的感觉失望了，选A

小题4:考查形容词及上下文的呼应。A．cold冷淡的，B．funny滑稽的，C．pleasant令人愉快的， D．sad悲伤的，根据下文The president wasn’t moved 和he could get rid of them now可知，校长不愿意见到他们，所以脸上的露出的肯定是冷漠的表情，故选A

小题5:考查动词及上下文的呼应。A．visited参观，B．attended参加，上学，C．studied学习，D．served服务，根据下文studied at Harvard可知那对夫妇的儿子在这里上过学。那对夫妇说“我们有个儿子在这里上了一年的学” studied后需要加介词at。故选B

小题6:考查动词短语及上下文的呼应。A．set about开始；B．take over接管，C．take down记下；D．set up建立，设立，因为儿子一年前去世了，所以想给他见一个纪念碑，故选D

小题7:考查动词及上下文的呼应。A．died死了，B．encouraged鼓励，C．killed杀死，D．fought斗争，

我们不能为每个在哈佛大学学习然后死去的学生竖立纪念碑，选A

小题8:考查动词及上下文的呼应。laugh at sb嘲笑； shout at sb向某人呼喊；call at 地点拜访某地， glance atsb 瞥了某人一眼；校长听到要建楼就瞥了他们一眼，故选D

小题9:考查形容词及上下文的呼应。A．bored厌烦的， B．pleased高兴的， C．interested感兴趣的， D．astonished惊讶的，根据下文because he could get rid of them now 可知校长的这时的心情应是高兴的，故选B

小题10:考查名词及上下文的呼应。 A．picture图画， B．character性格， C．name名字， D．sign标志，以他们的名字给学校命名，选C

考点核心：

人物传记类文章的文体特征：

人物传记是记叙文体的一种，主要描写某人的生平事迹、趣闻轶事、生活背景、个性特征、成长奋斗历程等，包含记叙文的时间、地点、人物、事件等要素。其特点是以时间的先后或事件的发展为主线，空间或逻辑线索贯穿文章始终，脉络清楚，可读性较强。