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e day, a(n) 2 lady and her husband, both 3 in old but tidy clothes, walked into the 4 0ffice of Harvard University without being 5 The president could 6 in a moment that they had no business at Harvard, and probably didn39。t deserve(值得)to stay here. For hours, the president 7 them, hoping that they would 8 bee discouraged and go away. 9 , they didn39。t. Then the lady said with great care, We had a son that 10 Harvard University, he loved Harvard. Unfortunately, he was killed 11 . We would like to donate(捐錢)a building to Harvard University in memory of our son. The president was 12 at what he heard. He stared at the ordinary woman, Donate a building? Do you have an 13 how much a building costs? We 14 more than seven million dollars setting up a chemistry lab, can you 15 to set up a building? The lady was 16 for a moment. The president was pleased: He could 17 them now. The lady turned to her 18 and said quietly, Is that all costs to start a 19 ? her husband nodded. The couple walked away, travelling back to Palo Alto, California 20 they built a university named after their sonStanford University, which turned out to be a famous university in America.1. A. powerB. answerC. examinationD. attitude2. A. absentB. elderlyC. aliveD. interested3. A. warnedB. separatedC. persuadedD. dressed4. A. president39。sB. manager39。sC. student39。sD. customer39。s5. A. discoveredB. injuredC. mentionedD. invited6. A. tellB. supportC. expressD. prefer7. A. organizedB. ruinedC. destroyedD. ignored8. A. howeverB. besidesC. finallyD. although9. A. StillB. BesidesC. HoweverD. Suddenly10. A. attendedB. recalledC. supposedD. recognized11. A. on purposeB. in totalC. by accidentD. at present12. A. shockedB. devotedC. determinedD. educated13. A. identityB. ideaC. agreementD. accent14. A. spentB. escapedC. avoidedD. damaged15. A. announceB. affordC. admireD. attack16. A. gratefulB. stubbornC. absentD. silent17. A. get along withB. fall in loveC. get rid ofD. be fond of18. A. sonB. husbandC. assistantD. friend19. A. restaurantB. hotelC. universityD. hospital20. A. whichB. whenC. whatD. where【答案】(1)B;(2)B;(3)D;(4)A;(5)D;(6)A;(7)D;(8)C;(9)C;(10)A;(11)C;(12)A;(13)B;(14)A;(15)B;(16)D;(17)C;(18)B;(19)C;(20)D; 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文,一對老夫婦想為在哈佛大學(xué)捐贈建一棟大樓,為紀(jì)念意外死去的兒子,被校長以貌取人看不起而百般刁難。最終這對夫婦以兒子命名建立了斯坦福大學(xué)。(1)考查名詞。A. power“力量”;B. answer“回答”;C. examination“考試”;D. attitude“態(tài)度”。根據(jù)本句的“no”,可知此處是前一句“is it wise to do so?”的回答。答案是“否”。故選B。(2)考查形容詞。A. absent“不在的”;B. elderly“年老的”;C. alive“活著的”;D. interested“有趣的”。根據(jù)下文可知,這對夫婦有個兒子讀哈佛大學(xué)可知該夫婦應(yīng)該是老年人了。故選B。(3)考查動詞。A. warned“警告”;B. separated“分開”;C. persuaded“勸服”;D. dressed“穿”。根據(jù)本句中的“clothes”可知是穿著“dress”。都穿舊而整潔的衣服。故選D。(4)考查名詞。A. president39。s“校長的”;B. manager39。 s“經(jīng)理的”;C. student39。s“學(xué)生的”;D. customer39。s“顧客的”。根據(jù)下文可知這對老夫婦是走進(jìn)哈佛大學(xué)校長的辦公室。故選A。(5)考查動詞。A. discovered“發(fā)現(xiàn)”;B. injured“受傷”;C. mentioned“提及”;D. invited“邀請”。根據(jù)校長的態(tài)度可知這對夫婦是沒事先預(yù)約。不請自到。故選D。(6)考查動詞。A. tell“告訴”;B. support“支持”;C. express“表達(dá)”;D. prefer“更喜歡”。tell此處是“判斷”的意思。校長立刻判斷他們不該在哈佛。故選A。(7)考查動詞。A. organized“組織”;B. ruined“毀滅”;C. destroyed“破壞”;D. ignored“忽視”。校長對這對不請自到的老夫婦很不滿意,故采取不理睬的態(tài)度。故選D。(8)考查副詞。A. however“然而”;B. besides“此外”;C. finally“最終”;D. although“盡管”。校長希望通過自己的冷漠態(tài)度讓這對老夫婦知難而退,最終無趣離開。故選C。(9)考查副詞。A. Still“仍然”;B. Besides“此外”;C. However“然而”;D. Suddenly“突然”。上下文邏輯關(guān)系,校長沒料到這對老夫婦竟然沒有離開。故選C。(10)考查動詞。A. attended“參加,”;B. recalled“回憶”;C. supposed“假定”;D. recognized“認(rèn)識到”。此處attend “求學(xué)”。我們有一個在哈佛讀書的兒子。故選A。(11)考查介詞短語。A. on purpose“故意”;B. in total“總共”;C. by accident“意外”;D. at present“目前”。根據(jù)副詞“unfortunately”推知老夫婦的兒子是意外死亡。故選C。(12)考查動詞。A. shocked“震驚”;B. devoted“奉獻(xiàn)”;C. determined“決心”;D. educated“教育”。校長對這對貌似普通的老夫婦的話感到“震驚”。 故選A。(13)考查名詞。A. identity“身份”;B. idea“想法”;C. agreement“同意”;D. accent“口音”。have an idea固定短語,“知道”。你知道一個建筑物將要花費多少錢嗎?故選B。(14)考查動詞。A. spent“花費”;B. escaped“逃跑”;C. avoided“避免”;D. damaged“損害”。根據(jù)上文建一座樓要花費很多錢推知。我們花了七百萬美元建立了一個化學(xué)實驗室。故選A。(15)考查動詞。A. announce“宣告”;B. afford“付得起”;C. admire“崇拜”;D. attack“攻擊”。你們能付得起建一棟樓嗎?故選B。(16)考查形容詞。A. grateful“感激的”;B. stubborn“固執(zhí)的”;C. absent“缺席的”;D. silent“沉默的”。老婦人聽到校長的話不知如何回答故沉默不語。故選D。(17)考查動詞短語。A. get along with“進(jìn)展”;B. fall in love“愛上”;C. get rid of “去除”;D. be fond of“喜歡”。校長看到老婦人不說話了,感到高興終于可以讓他們知難而退了。故選C。(18)考查名詞。A. son“兒子”;B. husband“丈夫”;C. assistant“助手”;D. friend“朋友”。,老婦人是轉(zhuǎn)身對丈夫說話商量。故選B。(19)考查名詞。A. restaurant“飯店”;B. hotel“旅館”;C. university“大學(xué)”;D. hospital“醫(yī)院”。老夫婦決定要出錢建一所新大學(xué)。故選C。(20)考查定語從句。此處先行詞是Palo Alto,在定語從句中作地點狀語。在那里他們建立了以他們兒子斯坦福的名字命名的大學(xué)。故選D?!军c評】本題考點涉及動詞,名詞,形容詞,副詞,介詞,定語從句,固定短語等多個知識點的考查,是一篇故事類閱讀,要求考生在理解細(xì)節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上,進(jìn)一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系,進(jìn)行分析推理,從而選出正確答案。4.閱讀下面短文,從短文后各題所給的四個選項(A、B、C和D)中選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。 Harper, a third grade teacher in Southwest Washington , was named the city39。s teacher of the year and is one of four finalists(決賽選手)in the national 1 . No teacher in . has ever won the national 2 since 2005. When I got the call I was so surprised. I was like, Wow, are you 3 ? said Harper, whose school 4 students who are mostly black and from lowine families. But I39。m 5 , being able to share my students39。 amazing stores. 39。39。 Harper studied law in college but became interested in 6 After she graduated in 2012, she decided to teach for a public school 7 her father left the same school. Her father 8 dropped out of school, but teachers pulled him back in. Finally he 9 school and became a business owner. I can39。t imagine if someone had 10 my dad, Harper often said.Like her father39。s 11 Harper believes every child has the possibility to learn at high levels a