- 1 - 山西长治县 2015 高考英语阅读自练（ 5）完形填空。阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项A、B、C 和 D 中，选出最佳答案。 A lady and her husband stepped off the train in Boston. They walked without an appointment （预约） into the outer 1 of Harvard’s president. But they were 2 by his secretary and kept waiting. For hours, the secretary took no notice of them, 3 that the couple would finally become 4 and go away. But they didn ’t. The secretary finally decided to disturb the president, though5 . A few minutes later, the president walked towards the couple with a 6 face. The lady told him, “We had a son that 7 Harvard for one year. He loved Harvard. He was 8 here. But about a year ago, he was accidentally killed. My husband and I would like to 9 a memorial（纪念物） to him, somewhere on campus.”The president wasn’t 10 . 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 11 would look like a cemetery （墓地） , ” “Oh, no, ” the lady 12 quickly “We don’t want to put up a statue. We would like to give a 13 to Harvard. ” The president rolled his eyes and 14 at the couple and then exclaimed,” A building! Do you have any 15 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 16 ,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 17 ? 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 the Univ...
