A lady and her husband stepped off the train in Boston. They walked without an  appointment（预约）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（纪念物）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