完形填空（共20小题，满分30分）
阅读下面段文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
A man and his wife arrived in Boston by train. After getting off the train, they walked without an __36__ into the outer office of Harvard’s president. So they were stopped by his secretary and kept __37__. For hours, the secretary took no notice of them, __38__ that the couple would finally become disappointed and __39__. 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__ at 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 to him, somewhere on campus.”
The president wasn’t moved. Instead, he was __45__. “Madam,” he said, “ we can’t put up a statue for every person who studied at Harvard and died. If we did, this place would look like a __46__.” “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 Stanford University __54__ after them, a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer __55__ about.
| 小题1: | | A．choice | B．decision | C．acquaintance | D．appointment |
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| 小题2: | | A．waiting | B．standing | C．sitting | D．talking |
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| 小题3: | | A．hoping | B．finding | C．realizing | D．imagining |
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| 小题4: | | A．go down | B．go out | C．go away | D．go around |
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| 小题5: | | A．hopelessly | B．carefully | C．unexpectedly | D．unwillingly |
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| 小题6: | | A．funny | B．cold | C．sad | D．pleasant |
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| 小题7: | | A．visited | B．studied | C．served | D．attended |
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| 小题8: | | A．brave | B．proud | C．happy | D．clever |
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| 小题9: | | A．set up | B．set down | C．set off | D．set about |
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| 小题10: | | A．excited | B．shocked | C．ashamed | D．satisfied |
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| 小题11: | | A．cemetery | B．garden | C．museum | D．park |
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| 小题12: | | A．expressed | B．refused | C．admitted | D．explained |
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| 小题13: | | A．yard | B．playground | C．square | D．building |
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| 小题14: | | A．shouted | B．glanced | C．called | D．laughed |
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| 小题15: | | A．idea | B．thought | C．opinion | D．suggestion |
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| 小题16: | | A．astonished | B．interested | C．pleased | D．bored |
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| 小题17: | | A．university | B．business | C．club | D．department |
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| 小题18: | | A．While | B．Since | C．Though | D．Once |
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| 小题19: | | A．looked | B．taken | C．followed | D．named |
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| 小题20: | | A．knew | B．heard | C．cared | D．talked |
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