【2011·河南省示范性高中五校聯(lián)考】

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One Saturday, I got a phone call about electrical problems. Since I am not an electrician, I quickly  36  that the woman on the line had the wrong number. The woman on the phone sounded extremely  37  as her electricity wasn't working.  Her husband tried to replace a wall  38  , but now some of their lights wouldn’t turn on, and the heat had  39  .

The woman thought she was  40  an electrician who had done work for her in the past. I had just recently changed my  41  and she got me instead. I'm not an electrician but I do work with  42  . 

I  43  her that she had the wrong number, and I didn’t know what her old electrician changed his number to. She  44  , and we said goodbye. After I hung up the phone I thought 45   I could help her so I dialed back and found out she was just one town over.

When I got to her house, I told her I would help her, but I would not  46  any money. This confused her and she asked  47  I would bother if I wasn’t getting paid. I told her it was an act of  48  and to "pay it forward.”  Dorothy and Jacob, who were both retired, seemed  49  and said they never met anyone like me.

Her husband had installed the  50  switch which was causing a short.  After I was done, they thanked me and tried to give me some  51  .  I told them I wouldn’t accept anything, and that the best  52  would be to find someone else to help out.  I  53  said if you can't find someone else to repay then just be extra nice to each other. They were both incredibly happy that I  54  to solve their electrical problems quickly, but I think I was even  55  at the opportunity to help them.

36. A. noticed               B. imagined           C. believed                   D. realized

37. A. anxious              B. excited             C. frustrated                D. curious

38. A. glass                  B. switch              C. light                        D. picture

39. A. shown off          B. paid off            C. shut off                   D. taken off

40. A. introducing         B. calling              C. expecting                 D. searching

41. A. mind                  B. address             C. cellphone                  D. number

42. A. organization        B. electricity          C. decoration                      D. engineering

43. A. encouraged         B. warned             C. taught                     D. informed

44. A. apologized          B. complained       C. shouted                   D. nodded

45. A. maybe                B. anyway            C. otherwise                D. indeed

46. A. provide              B. receive             C. reward                    D. accept

47. A. when                 B. whether            C. why                        D. how

48. A. honesty              B. kindness           C. courage                   D. friendship

49. A. embarrassed       B. excited             C. interested                 D. surprised

50. A. wrong                B. necessary         C. proper                     D. inexpensive

51. A. candy                B. praise               C. money                     D. gift

52. A. decision             B. solution            C. reaction                   D. payment

53. A. also                   B. ever                 C. just                         D. even

54. A. decided              B. succeeded         C. managed                  D. promised

55. A. better                 B. happier             C. easier                             D. stronger

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LAST weekend, I helped my friend Alex get money for poor children at Crossroads Mall He  36  needed volunteers, especially of the female. I decided that this was a pretty good  37  , so the next day I got ready to go.

I arrived at Crossroads about five minutes  38  , and helped Alex and   39  of the volunteers. There were only three  40  at first, and we figured we might as well get started  41  just waiting for more to arrive. I held the   42  , and suddenly felt extremely shy. I did not  43  asking people for donations. In fact, I’m usually one of those people who try to   44  those boring stands and ask you for a little contribution. For heaven’s sake, I can contribute to a few,   45  I cannot alone  46  every single cause in the world!

I really didn’t like the idea of asking anyone for donations to our cause.   47  , I watched my friends speak to the strangers, and noticed that they were extra polite to everyone—no matter whether they  48  . I realized that   49  I wasn’t pushy（強(qiáng)求的）, it would be okay, and my conscience could be  50  .

I pasted on a large smile, and started asking people passing by. My mouth tripped over words, and I continually said “um” while I thought of the correct terms.   51  I talked to more and more people. Not only improved, but also started noticing small  52  . Instead of saying “donate”, which made most people walk away  53  .I started suing the word “contribute”. I added the phrase “every little bit counts”, and people started to donate small amounts in larger quantities. As the day went on, I learned how to pull on the hearts of the   54  , and I became a successful fundraiser.

At the end of the day, we all gathered at Alex’s house and   55  how much money we raised. I was so surprised; We raised over $300! We celebrated, and went home tired, but satisfied that we helped a great cause.

36．A．every                  B．much                  C．desperately          D．too

37．A．cause                  B．business              C．a(chǎn)ffair                  D．career

38．A．earlier                 B．early                   C．later                    D．late

39．A．the other             B．others                 C．a(chǎn)nother               D．the rest

40．A．passers—by        B．teachers              C．volunteers           D．people

41．A．instead of            B．but                      C．in spite of            D．in place of

42．A．signal                  B．signature             C．sing                    D．symbol

43．A．a(chǎn)ppreciate            B．like                     C．want                   D．need

44．A．a(chǎn)nnoy                 B．flee                     C．meet                   D．a(chǎn)void

45．A．a(chǎn)nd                     B．but                      C．or                       D．so

46．A．do                      B．support               C．make                  D．create

47．A．What’s more        B．Besides                C．Whatever            D．However

48．A．donated               B．gave                    C．came                  D．passed

49．A．a(chǎn)s soon as          B．a(chǎn)s far as              C．a(chǎn)s long as            D．a(chǎn)s short as

50．A．a(chǎn)t ease                B．with happiness     C．in silence             D．in surprise

51．A．As                      B．Before                 C．Since                  D．During

52．A．a(chǎn)ctions                B．hoopes                C．wishes                D．trends

53．A．slow                   B．fast                     C．slower                D．faster

54．A．goers                  B．passers-by           C．students              D．strangers

55．A．thought               B．looked at             C．counted               D．decided

【2011·四川成都4月月考】

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I was recently invited to lecture on anxiety to several hundred mental-health professionals. My talk was scheduled to ____21__those of a number of famous psychiatrists. When my turn came, I was especially ___22__ because the speaker before me had been particularly impressive and charming. As I approached the podium(講臺(tái))， my heart pounded and my mouth went completely ___23__.

What am I doing here? I asked myself. To make matters worse, my presentation partly __24___ with fear of public speaking. To ___25__ myself, I tried an unusual way. I asked the audience,” How many of you feel nervous__26___ you give a speech. Nearly every hand __27__. “Well, that’s exactly _28__ I feel right now!”

The audience___29__ with laughter. I relaxed and was able to get on with my __30__.

__31__, we all find ourselves in a __32___ that makes us nervous. Perhaps you’re afraid of saying __33___things at a drinking party, stumbling over a presentation at work or having your __34__go blank during a test. For some of us the anxiety is so __35__ that it is personally and professionally incapability.___36__ the years, my work with hundreds of patients has taught me that __37__ can increase his or her social ___38___, even in the most stressful situations. And I have a few simple but helpful___39__, such as tackling your fears one step at a time; focusing on others; ___40__anxity into energy and stopping comparing yourself, which I think are of great value to us in our work.

21. A. take               B. follow          C. observe     D. learn

22. A. worried             B. eager         C. nervous       D. anxious

23. A. sweet             B. wet        C. bad             D. dry

24. A. dealt            B. went             C. stayed           D. left

25. A. comfort          B. calm              C. enjoy            D. delight

26. A. during           B. while    C. before          D. when

27. A. went up          B. raised            C. lifted             D. brought up

28. A. what            B. how             C. when          D. why

29. A. shouted         B. cried            C. responded   D. answered

30. A. job             B. idea           C. speech        D. nervousness

31. A. At times         B. At any time   C. All the time  D. At one time

32. A. state            B. condition    C. situation         D. position

33. A. foolish        B. wonderful    C. believable    D. false

34. A. head           B. mind            C. heart            D. brain

35. A. important    B. valuable          C. difficult          D. strong

36. A. For           B. Through        C. During         D. Over

37. A. anyone          B. someone       C. none             D. no one

38. A. position         B. experience   C. knowledge   D. confidence

39. A. tips           B. ideas              C. means           D. abilities

40. A. putting         B. turning             C. forcing          D. getting

【2011·河北邢臺(tái)市一�！�

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“Everything happens for the best,” my mother said whenever I faced   21  . “If you carry on, one

day 22  good will happen. And you’ll realize that it wouldn’t have happened if not for that disappointment ahead.”

Mother was   23  , as I discovered after graduating from college. I had   24   to try for a job in radio, then work my way up to sports   25  . I hitchhiked（搭車） to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station-and got turned   26   every time. In one studio, a kind lady told me that big stations couldn’t risk hiring a(n)  27   person. So I went home to Dixon, Illinois.

While there were no   28  jobs in Dixon, my father said Montgomery Ward had opened a store and   29  someone to manage its sports department. The job sounded just right for me. But I wasn’t   30  . My disappointment must have   31  . “Everything happens for the best.” Mom  32  me. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa. The program director told me they had   33  hired an announcer.

As I   34  his office, my frustration（挫折）boiled over. I asked  35  , “How can a fellow get to be a sports announcer if he can’t get a job in a   36  station.” I was waiting for the life when I heard  37  calling, “What was that you said about  38  ? Do you know anything about football?” Then he  39  me before a microphone(話筒)and asked me to   40  an imaginary game. I did a 15-minute build-up, and was told I would be broadcasting Saturday’s game!

21．A．interviews           B．chances               C．disappointment     D．failures

22．A．nothing               B．something            C．a(chǎn)nything              D．everything

23．A．kind                    B．serious                C．wrong                 D．right

24．A．decided               B．learned                C．wondered            D．hoped

25．A．meeting               B．a(chǎn)nnouncer           C．player                 D．program

26．A．off                      B．a(chǎn)way                   C．down                  D．to

27．A．unknown             B．famous                C．strange                D．inexperienced

28．A．radio-managing                                    B．TV-broadcasting

       C．radio-announcing                                 D．TV-announcing

29．A．a(chǎn)llowed               B．wanted                C．trained                D．refused

30．A．satisfied              B．discouraged         C．hired                   D．interested

31．A．shown                B．gone                   C．changed              D．disappeared

32．A．reminded             B．warned                C．a(chǎn)sked                  D．called

33．A．never                  B．still                     C．yet                      D．a(chǎn)lready

34．A．entered                B．left                      C．found                  D．saw

35．A．a(chǎn)loud                  B．silently                C．immediately         D．quickly

36．A．railway                B．bus                     C．radio                   D．TV

37．A．my mother          B．my father            C．the lady               D．the director

38．A．sports                 B．radio                   C．me                      D．jobs

39．A．observed             B．stood                  C．watched              D．forced

40．A．play                    B．direct                  C．design                 D．broadcast

【2011·河北邯鄲市二�！�

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“I am so proud of you and all you have achieved. I   21  your opinion from. The L. A. Times with my family and thought about you as my student at Hibbing High School.”

It was    22  Margarel Leibfried, — a teacher who helped me believe that I could become   23  .

Thirty years ago, in Hibbing, I  24  high school as a bookish introvert（內(nèi)向）made all the more shy because I was the school’s only non—while student. I always felt  25  being swept away by a sea of golden hair schoolmates. By 10th grade, I’d developed strange behavior, hoping to   26  being laughed at as a “brain”. I spent a lot of time alone, reading and writing stories.

Ms. Leibfried taught composition grammar, as well as the usual – memorizing vocabulary and reading  27  .

Exciting to me, that is. Many of my classmates expressed dislike for novels because they were “not real.” For once, I didn’t care what they thought. Ms. Leibfried seemed to notice my   28  in both reading and writing, and she took the time to draw me out; she   29   offered reading suggestions.

That year’s big task was a book report, to be read aloud to   30  .   31  , Ms. Leibfried suggested I do something “a little different.” Instead of a report. I was to    32   a passage from a book, memorize it and reeite it in front of the class.

The morning of the presentations, I remember  33  sweating（出汗）so badly as I walked to the front of the class that I held my hands  34  in prayer（祈禱）formation, so I wouldn’t wipe them on my shirt. I finished and,   35  , the class broke out in applause（鼓掌）. “As a writer and a good reader, Marie has  36  a particularly sensitive part of novel and   37  it beautifully,” Ms. Leibfried said, smiling. I felt, maybe for the first time, confident.

I can now appreciate how much  38  it must have taken for those teachers to let me move away so   39  from the lesson plan. With today’s pressure on teachers to “teach to the test,” I wonder if any would or could take the time to find the potential（潛力）in a single,    40   student. Good teaching helps make productive and fully realized adults – a result that won’t show up in each term’s test scores.

21．A．shared                    B．proved                    C．introduced              D．explained

22．A．written                   B．signed                     C．marked                   D．said

23．A．a(chǎn) student                 B．a(chǎn) teacher                 C．a(chǎn) writer                  D．a(chǎn)n adult

24．A．left                         B．served                    C．entered                   D．missed

25．A．in charge of            B．in honor of              C．in danger of            D．in need of

26．A．escape                    B．stand                      C．enjoy                      D．a(chǎn)dmit

27．A．news                      B．poems                    C．novels                    D．diaries

28．A．mistakes                 B．interest                   C．condition                D．trouble

29．A．still                         B．never                      C．only                       D．even

30．A．the teachers            B．the parents              C．the class                 D．the public

31．A．Therefore               B．However                 C．Besides                   D．Otherwise

32．A．pick                       B．write                      C．read                       D．describe

33．A．my face                  B．my legs                   C．my hands                D．my neck

34．A．cupped                   B．closed                     C．tied                        D．covered

35．A．to my sadness         B．to my surprise         C．to my joy                D．to my delight

36．A．looked out               B．picked out               C．put out                   D．carried out

37．A．carried                    B．drew                      C．delivered                 D．designed

38．A．courage                  B．a(chǎn)ttention                  C．knowledge              D．pleasure

39．A．seriously                 B．broadly                   C．similarly                  D．carly

40．A．good                      B．bad                         C．shy                        D．strange

 (05·安徽)

I did very badly at school. My headmaster thought I was   36   and when I was 14 he said, “You’re never going to be   37   but a failure.”

After five years of   38   jobs, I fell in love with a very nice middle-class girl. It was the beat   39   that could have happened to me. I   40   ! wanted-to do something positive (積極地) with my life because I wanted to prove to   41   that what people said about me was   42 . Especially her mother, who had said to me, “Let’s   43   it, you’ve failed at everything you’ve ever done.”  So I tried hard with my  44   and went to college. My first novel (小說)  45   while I was at college.

After college I taught during the   46   in high schools and attended evening classes at London University,  where I got a    47   in history. I became a lecturer at a college and was thinking of  48   that job to write full time   49   I was offered a part-time job at Leeds University. I began to feel proud of myself —  50   was a working-.class boy who’d   51   school early, now teaching at the university

My writing career (職業(yè)) took off when I discovered my own style. Now I’m rich and   52  , have been on TV, and met lots of film stars.   53   what does it mean? I   54   wish all the people that have put me down had  55  : “I believe in you. You’ll succeed.”

36. A. bright                        B. useless              C. simple               D. hopeful

37. A. anything                     B. something          C. everything     D. nothing

38. A. low                           B. poor                  C. good                 D. useful

39 A. support                       B. happiness          C. surprise             D. thing

40. A. admitted                     B. decided             C. planned             D. told

41. A. me                                   B. them                 C. her                   D. it

42. A. wrong                       B. right                  C. stupid               D. faulty

43. A. see                                   B. know                C. understand        D. face

44. A. experiment                 B. practice             C. writing              D. composition

45. A. came on                     B. came in             C. came out           D. came back

46. A. day                            B. night                 C. month               D. year

47. A. graduation                  B. pass                  C. degree               D. success

48. A. giving in                     B. giving back        C. giving out          D. giving up

49. A. while                         B. if                      C. when                D. or

50. A. there                          B. here                  C. it                      D. that

51. A. left                                   B. attended            C. changed            D. graduated

52. A. tired                          B. calm                 C. nervous             D. famous

53. A. And                           B. But                   C. However           D. Well

54. A. just                            B. exactly              C. so                     D. very

55. A. praised                       B. said                   C. answered          D. advised

 (05·湖南)

When I was thirteen, my family moved from Boston to Tucson, Arizona.  36  the move, my father  37  us in the living-room on a freezing January night. My sisters and I sat around the fire, not   38  that the universe would suddenly change its course. "In May, we're  39  to Arizona."

     The words, so small, didn't seem  40  enough to hold my new life. But the world changed and I awoke on a tram moving across the country. I watched the  41_  change from green trees to flat dusty plains to high mountains as I saw strange new plants that  42  mysteries(奧秘) yet to come. Finally, we arrived and  43  into own new home.

     44  my older sisters were sad at the loss of friends, I   45   explored(探索) our

new surroundings.

     One afternoon, I was out exploring  46  and saw a new kind of cactus(仙人掌). I crouched (蹲) down for a closer look. "You'd better not  47  that."

     I turned around to see an old woman

     "Are you new lo this neighborhood?" I explained that I was,  48 , new to the entire state.

     "My name is Ina Thorne. Have you got used to life in the  49 ? It must be quite a   _50  after living in Boston."

     How could I explain how I  51  the desert? I couldn't seem to find the right words.

     "It's vastness," she offered. “That vastness  52  you stand on the mountains overlooking the desert -- you can  53  how little you are in comparison with the world.  _54 , you feel that the possibilities are limitless.”

     That was it. That was the feeling I'd bad ever since I'd first seen the mountains of my new home. Again, my  55  would change with just a few simple words.

     "Would you like to come to my home tomorrow? Someone should teach you which plant you should and shouldn't touch."

36. A. During                B. Until                  C. Upon          D. Before         

37. A. gathered              B. warned              C. organized       D. comforted      

38. A. hoping                B. admitting           C. realizing        D. believing        

39. A. going                  B. moving              C. driving          D. flying          

40. A. good                   B. simple               C. big            D. proper         

41 A. picture                 B. ground         C. sense                D. area            

42. A. suggested         B. solved          C. discovered      D. explained        

43. A. settled                 B. walked            C. hurried              D. stepped   

44. A. If                   B. After                 C. once                 D. While           

45. A. bitterly                B. easily                C. proudly             D. eagerly          

46 A as well                  B. as usual        C. fight away      D. on time  

47. A. move                  B. dig            C. pull            D. touch           

48. A. of course         B. in fact               C. after all       D. at least

49. A. desert                 B. city          C. state                 D. country         

50. A. luck                    B. doubt          C. shock               D. danger

51. A. found            B. examined       C. watched            D. reached

52. A. why                   B. when          C. how                 D. where

53. A. prove                  B. guess          C. sense                D. expect

54. A. However             B. Otherwise       C. Therefore       D. Meanwhile

55. A. idea                    B. life            C. home                D. family

 (05·江西)

In the summer vacation of 1997 , I was fixed with a job . I worked as a(n)     36    at Mr. Breen’s fruit shop .The fruit shop did     37     business . Most of the trade came from the housewives who lived in the neighbourhood ,    38     he also had regular customers who arrived outside the shop in cars . Mr Breen     39     them all by name and they sometimes even had their order already made up , always      40    me to carry it out to their car . They were clearly long-standing customers , and I     41     they must have stayed faithful to him    42      he had promised to sell good quality      43    . He had a way with them —I had to    44      that . He called every woman “madam” for a start ,    45     those who clearly were not, but when he      46    it , it did not sound like flattery (奉承). It just sounded      47    in an old-fashioned way . He was a great chatter      48    . If he did not know them , he would greet them with a few     49     about the weather ,     50    he did , he would ask about their families or make     51     , always cutting his cloth     52     his customers . Whatever their bills came to , be      53    gave them back the few odd pence (零錢), and I am sure they thought he was very generous (慷慨). But I thought he was the opposite . He never     54     anything away . He was always looking for      55    for nothing .

36．A．operator             B．a(chǎn)ssistant             C．waiter                D．seretary

37．A．good                  B．poor                   C．big                     D．usual

38．A．so                      B．when                  C．therefore            D．but

39．A．sold                   B．knew                  C．gave                   D．sent

40．A．making               B．letting                 C．getting                D．keeping

41．A．wish                  B．insist                  C．declare               D．suppose

42．A．when                 B．if                       C．because              D．though

43．A．food                   B．fruit                   C．vegetables           D．drink

44．A．a(chǎn)dmit                 B．expect                C．a(chǎn)nnounce            D．promise

45．A．yet                     B．only                   C．just                    D．even

46．A．told                    B．said                    C．spoke                 D．talked

47．A．serious               B．strange               C．polite                  D．familiar

48．A．a(chǎn)s well               B．a(chǎn)s usual              C．either                 D．a(chǎn)lso

49．A．sayings               B．questions            C．words                D．speeches

50．A．a(chǎn)nd then             B．a(chǎn)nd so                C．even if                D．but if

51．A．preparations        B．jokes                  C．repairs                D．friends

52．A．a(chǎn)ccording to       B．due to                 C．instead of           D．up to

53．A．never                 B．ever                   C．seldom               D．a(chǎn)lways

54．A．took                   B．moved                C．threw                 D．turned .

55．A．something           B．a(chǎn)nything             C．somebody           D．a(chǎn)nybody

 (05·遼寧)

Scott and his companions were terribly disappointed. When they got to the South Pole, they found the Norwegians（挪威人）had    36     them in the race to be the first ever to reach it. After   37    the British flag at the Pole, they took a photograph of themselves    38    they started the 950-mile journey back.

The journey was unexpectedly    39     and the joy and excitement about the Pole had gone out of them. The sun hardly    40    . The snow storms always made it impossible to sight the stones they had     41    to mark their way home. To make things    42    . Evans, whom they had all thought of    43     the strongest of the five, fell badly into a deep hole in the ice. Having     44    along for several days, he suddenly fell down and died.

The four who were     45    pushed on at the best speed they could    46    . Captain Oates had been suffering for some time from his    47     fact; at night his feet swelled（腫脹） so large that he could    48     put his boots on the next morning, and he walked bravely although he was in great    49     . He knew his slowness was making it less likely that      50    could save themselves. He asked them to leave him behind in his sleeping-bag, but they refused, and helped him     51    a few more miles, until it was time to put up the   52      for another night.

The following morning,     53    the other three were still in their sleeping-bags, he said. “I am just going outside and may be     54     some time.” He was never seen again. He had walked out    55     into the snow storm, hoping that his death would help his companions.

36．A．hit                      B．fought                 C．won                       D．beaten

37．A．growing              B．putting                C．planting                  D．laying

38．A．a(chǎn)fter                   B．until                    C．while                      D．before

39．A．safe                    B．fast                     C．short                      D．slow

40．A．rose                    B．set                      C．a(chǎn)ppeared                 D．disappeared

41．A．taken up              B．cut up                 C．set up                     D．picked up

42．A．easier                  B．better                  C．bitter                      D．worse

43．A．to                       B．upon                   C．a(chǎn)s                          D．in

44．A．battled                 B．struggled             C．speeded                  D．waited

45．A．left                     B．lost                     C．defeated                  D．saved

46．A．manage               B．try                      C．employ                   D．find

47．A．a(chǎn)ched                  B．frozen                 C．harden                    D．harmed

48．A．hardly                 B．never                  C．seldom                   D．nearly

49．A．pain                    B．fear                     C．trouble                    D．danger

50．A．a(chǎn)ll others             B．some others         C．others                     D．the others

51．A．a(chǎn)way                  B．with                    C．off                         D．on

52．A．bed                     B．tent                        C．blanket                D．sleeping-bag

53．A．while                  B．since                   C．for                         D．once

54．A．missed                B．separated             C．passed                    D．gone

55．A．patiently              B．lonely                  C．a(chǎn)lone                      D．worriedly

 (06·福建)

A lady and her husband stepped off the train in Boston. They walked without an appointment（預(yù)約）into the outer  36  of Harvard’s president. But they were  37  by his secretary and kept waiting. For hours, the secretary took no notice of them,  38  that the couple would finally become  39  and go away. But they didn’t. The secretary finally decided to disturb the president, though  40  .

A few minutes later, the president walked towards the couple with a  41  face. The lady told him, “We had a son that  42  Harvard for one year. He loved Harvard. He was  43  here. But about a year ago, he was accidentally killed. My husband and I would like to  44  a memorial（紀(jì)念物）to him, somewhere on campus.”

The president wasn’t  45  . 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   46  would look like a cemetery（墓地）,” “Oh, no,” the lady  47  quickly. “We don’t want to put up a statue. We would like to give a  48  to Harvard.” The president rolled his eyes and  49  at the couple and then exclaimed, ” A building! Do you have any  50  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  51  , 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  52  ? Why don’t we just start our own?” Her husband nodded.  53  their offer was turned down. Mr. and Mrs. Stanford traveled to California where they founded the University that bears their  54  , a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer  55  about.

36．A．lab                      B．library                C．hall                     D．office

37．A．watched              B．stopped               C．followed              D．interviewed

38．A．hoping                B．finding                C．realizing              D．imagining

39．A．surprised             B．disappointed         C．worried               D．troubled

40．A．hopelessly           B．carefully              C．unexpectedly       D．unwillingly

41．A．pleasant               B．funny                  C．cold                    D．sad

42．A．a(chǎn)ttended              B．visited                 C．studied                D．served

43．A．clever                 B．brave                  C．proud                  D．happy

44．A．set about             B．set up                  C．take down           D．take over

45．A．satisfied              B．excited                C．moved                D．a(chǎn)shamed

46．A．house                  B．part                     C．garden                D．place

47．A．explained             B．expressed            C．refused               D．a(chǎn)dmitted

48．A．building               B．yard                    C．playground          D．square

49．A．laughed               B．shouted               C．glanced               D．called

50．A．suggestion           B．idea                     C．thought               D．opinion

51．A．bored                  B．a(chǎn)stonished           C．interested            D．pleased

52．A．department          B．university            C．business              D．club

53．A．Once                  B．While                  C．Since                  D．Though

54．A．name                  B．character             C．picture                D．sign

55．A．talked                  B．knew                  C．heard                  D．cared