广东省紫金县中山高级中学2014届高三上第三次段考英语试题.docVIP

紫金县中山高级中学2014届高三年级第一学期段考三 英语科试卷 2013-12 Ⅰ 语言知识及应用第节 完形填空 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分) 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1—5各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。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 1 by his secretary and kept waiting. For hours, the secretary took no notice of them, 2 that the couple would finally become 3 and go away. But they didn’t. The secretary finally decided to disturb the president, though 4 . A few minutes later, the president walked towards the couple with a 5 face. The lady told him, “We had a son that 6 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 7 a memorial（纪念物）to him, somewhere on campus.” The president wasn’t 8 . Instead, he was shocked. “Madam,” he said, “we can’t put up a statue for every person who studied at Harvard and 9 . If we did, this place would look like a cemetory,” “Oh, no,” the lady 10 quickly “We don’t want to put up a statue. We would like to give a 11 to Harvard.” The president rolled his eyes and 12 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 13 , 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 14 ? 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 15 , a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer cared about. 1.A.watched B. interviewed C. followed D. stopped 2.A. finding B. hoping C. realizing D. imagining 3.A.disappointed B. surprised C. worried