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
第一节 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—15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
