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A man and his wife arrived in Boston by train．After getting off the train, they walked without an1
into the outer office of Harvard’s president．So they were stopped by his secretary and kept2．
For hours, the secretary took no notice of them,3 that the couple would finally become disappointed and4 ．But they didn’t．The secretary finally decided to disturb the president, though 5．
A few minutes later, the president walked towards the couple with a6face．The lady told him, “We
had a son that7 Harvard for one year．He loved Harvard．He was8_ here．But about a year ago, he
was accidentally killed．My husband and I would like to9 a memorial（纪念物）to him, somewhere
on campus．”
The president wasn’t moved ．Instead, he was10 ．“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 a11 ,” “Oh, no,” the lady12 quickly．“We don’t want to put up a statue．We would like to give a13 to
Harvard．” The president rolled his eyes and14 at the couple and then exclaimed, ” A building! Do
you have any15 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 was16 , 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 a17 ? Why
don’t we just start our own?” Her husband nodded．18 their offer was turned down．Mr．and Mrs．
Stanford traveled to California where they founded Stanford University19 after them, a memorial to
a son that Harvard no longer20 about．
( )1． A．choice
( )2． A．waiting
( )3． A．hoping
( )4． A．go down
( )5． A．hopelessly
( )6． A．pleasant
( )7． A．attended
( )8． A．clever
( )9． A．set about
( )10．A．satisfied
( )11．A．park
( )12．A．explained
( )13．A．building
( )14．A．laughed
( )15．A．suggestion
( )16．A．bored
( )17．A．department
( )18．A．Once
( )19．A．named
( )20．A．talked B．decision
B．standing
B．finding
B．go out
B．carefully
B．funny
B．visited
B．brave
B．set up
B．excited
B．cemetery
B．expressed
B．yard
B．shouted
B．idea
B．astonished
B．university
B．While
B．looked
B．knewC．acquaintance
C．sitting
C．realizing
C．go away
C．unexpectedly
C．cold
C．studied
C．proud
C．set down
C．shocked
C．garden
C．refused
C．playground
C．glanced
C．thought
C．interested
C．business
C．Since
C．taken
C．heardD．appointment
D．talking
D．imagining
D．go around
D．unwillingly
D．sad
D．served
D．happy
D．set off