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A lady and her husband stepped off the train in Boston. They walked without an appointment(预约)into the outer  31_ of Harvard’s president(哈佛大学校长). But they were  32  by his secretary and kept waiting. For hours, the secretary took no notice of them,  33  that the couple would finally become  34  and go away. But they didn’t. The secretary finally decided to disturb the president, though  35  .
A few minutes later, the president walked towards the couple with a  36  face. The lady told him, “We had a son that  37_ Harvard for one year. He loved Harvard. He was  38  here. But about a year ago, he was accidentally killed. My husband and I would like to  39  a memorial(纪念物)to him, somewhere on campus.”
The president wasn’t  40 . 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  41_  would look like a cemetery(墓地),” “Oh, no,” the lady  42  quickly. “We don’t want to put up a statue. We would like to give a  43  to Harvard.” The president rolled his eyes and  44  at the couple and then exclaimed(惊叫), “ A building! Do you have any  45_  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  46  , 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  47  ? Why don’t we just start our own?” Her husband nodded.  48_ their offer was turned down, Mr. and Mrs. Stanford traveled to California where they founded the University that bears their  49  , a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer  50  about.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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