A lady, in a plain（朴素的）cotton dress, and her ...

A lady, in a plain（朴素的）cotton dress, and her husband, dressed in a homemade suit, stepped off a train. They walked into a university president’s office without an appointment(约定).

“We want to see the president,” the man said softly.

“He’ll be busy all day,” the secretary said.

“We’ll wait,” the lady replied.

For two hours, the secretary didn’t pay any attention to them, hoping the couple would give up and go away. They didn’t. The secretary finally decided to tell the president about it. The president agreed to meet them. But clearly, he didn’t want to do so. When the couple went into the president’s office, the lady said: “We had a son who ever studied in this university for one year. He loved here very much but he died last year. We would like to give a building to the university.”

The president glanced at（瞥了一眼）the cotton dress and homemade suit, and then said, “A building! Do you have any idea how much a building costs? We have over seven and a half million dollars worth of buildings at the university.” For a moment the lady was silent.

The president was pleased. He thought the couple could go away now.

The lady turned to her husband and said quietly: “Is that all it costs to start a university? Why don’t we just start our own?” Her husband nodded.

根据短文内容，回答下列问题。

1.Where did the conversation happen?

2.Why did the couple want to see the president?

3.How much are the buildings at the university worth?

4.How did the president feel when he found the lady was silent?

5.At last, what did the couple probably plan to do?

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A lady in an old cotton dress and her husband, dressed in an old suit, stepped off the train in Boston, and walked into the president of Harvard’s outer office. The secretary could tell in a moment that such country people had no business at Harvard. She frowned(皱眉). “We want to see the president,” the man said softly. “He’ll be busy all day,” the secretary said coldly. “We’ll wait,” the lady replied.

For hours, the secretary didn’t talk to them, hoping that the couple would finally become tired and go away. They didn’t. And the secretary finally decided to disturb the president. “Maybe if they just see you for a few minutes, they’ll leave,” she told him. He frowned too. Someone of his importance obviously didn’t have the time to spend with them.

The president walked toward them unwillingly. The lady told him, “We had a son that attended Harvard for one year. He loved Harvard, and was very happy here. But he was accidentally killed. And my husband and I would like to set up a memorial(纪念碑) to him somewhere on campus. ” The president was so surprised that he shouted sharply, “We can’t put up a statue(塑像) for every person who attended Harvard and died. This place would look like a cemetery (墓地).

“Oh, no” the lady explained, “We don’t want to build a statue. We thought we would give a building to Harvard.” The president rolled his eyes. He glanced at their plain clothes, and said with surprise, “A building! Do you have any idea how much a building costs? We have over seven and a half million dollars in the physical buildings here at Harvard.”

For a moment the lady was silent. The president was pleased. He could get rid of them now. The lady turned to her husband and said quietly. “Is that all it costs to start a university? Why don't we just start our own?” Her husband nodded. Mr. and Mrs. Leland Stanford walked away, traveling to Palo Alto, California where they set up the university with their name, Stanford University, a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer cared about.

1.What did the old couple go to Harvard for?

A．They wanted to see their son.

B．They had an important meeting

C．They went to Harvard just to start a university

D．They wanted to meet the president of Harvard.

2.Why didn’t the president come out to meet the couple?

A．He was really busy at that time.

B．The secretary didn’t allow the couple to meet the president.

C．He was important and didn’t have time for unimportant people.

D．He had an important friend to meet and had to spend some time together.

3.From the passage, we can know ______.

A．the old couple were in fact rich people

B．the secretary was afraid of the old couple

C．the old couple’s son was killed in Harvard

D．the president of Harvard was kind and patient to anyone

4.The best title of the passage is “______”.

A．A Statue or A Building                    B．How Stanford University Was Built

C．A Visit to Harvard University               D．A Strange Old Couple

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The lady _____ dancing as a hobby in her sixties, and she is really good at it now.

A) dressed up     B) looked up     C) took up     D) put up

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The lady ________ dancing as a hobby in her sixties, and she is really good at it now.

A. dressed up　　　 B. looked up

C. took up　　　　　 D. put up

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1The lady _________ dancing as a hobby in her sixties, and she is really good at it now.

A. dressed up       B. looked up        C. took up       D. put up

九年级英语单项填空困难题查看答案及解析

It was the old lady's birthday. She put on her favorite blue dress and got up early to wait for the postman. Today she was sure there would be something. Myra wouldn't forget her mother's birthday, even if she hardly wrote to her.

The old lady was eighty today. Perhaps Myra might come. After all, eighty was a special birthday. Even if Myra did not come, she would send a present. The old lady was sure of that. She was excited—like a child.

The little boy, Johnnie, said he wouldn’t go out to play until the post came. "I guess you'll get lots of presents," he said, "I did when I was six."

What would she get? Perhaps a new sweater. Emm, blue is such a pretty color. Or a book, a travel book, with pictures, or a little clock, with clear black numbers...

Finally, the postman turned round the corner on his bicycle. Johnnie ran to him at once. "Granny," he shouted, "I've got your post."

"Just post ? No parcel (包裹), Johnnie?" Her heart beat fast.

"No, granny. Maybe the parcel was pretty large to come by letter post. It would come later by parcel post. You must be patient."

She tore the envelope open. It was a card with a message under the printed Happy Birthday—Buy yourself something nice with the check, Myra.

A big number is in the check! But with shaking fingers she tore the check into little bits. The pieces flied to the floor like a bird with broken wings. Her present, her lovely present.

1.Which one was the old lady’s first choice as her birthday present?

A.Her daughter could come to hers. B.Her daughter could send a parcel.

C.Her daughter could send a post. D.Her daughter could give a check.

2.Which sentence can imply (暗示) the sad ending of the story?

A.Myra wouldn't forget her mother's birthday, even if she hardly wrote to her.

B.Perhaps Myra might come.

C.Even if Myra did not come, she would send a present.

D.The old lady was sure of that.

3.Why did Johnnie’s granny tear the check into bits?

A.Because she wanted to play a joke with Johnnie.

B.Because she wasn’t pleased with the number on the check.

C.Because she was disappointed with her daughter.

D.Because she was too happy to get the lovely present.

4.According to the passage, what can we learn from it?

A.Don’t forget mother’s birthday. B.Send the present by ourselves.

C.Mother always loves children deeply. D.Love parents by heart.

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The young lady took the dress out of the package and tried it on, only ______ if it fitted her.

A. found　　　　　 B. finding　　　 C. has found　　　　　　 D. to find

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The young lady took the dress out of the package and tried it on, only ______ if it fitted her.

A. found　　 B. finding　　 C. to find　　　　　　　　 D. has found

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The young lady wore a tight dress in the party so that she could _____her nice

figure(身材).

A. show out　 　　　 B. show off

C. show up　　　 　　 D. show around

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“Do you like my dress?” She asked a lady. “My Mum made it just for me,” she said with tears in her eyes.

“Well, I think it’s very pretty, so tell me, little girl, why are you crying?”

The little girl answered in a low voice, “After Mum made me this dress, she went away. My Dad says that she’s up in heaven with grandfather.”

Finally the woman realized why she was crying. She felt very sorry for the little girl and held the child in her arms.

Just before the lady wanted to go, the girl stopping crying, walked back from the woman, and showed her a spot (点) on her dress, and said, “Right here is where my Mum kissed my dress, and here,” pointing to another spot, “and here is another kiss, and here, and here. Mum said that she had put all those kisses on my dress so that I would forget my sadness.”

The lady realized that she wasn’t just looking at a dress, no, she was looking at mother. The mother knew that she was going away. So she gave all her love to her lovely daughter and put it into the dress.

The lady no longer saw a little girl wearing a simple dress. She saw a child in her mother’s love.

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

1.The little girl was crying because her mother ________.

A. died

B. went out with her grandfather

C. was ill

2.The girl told the woman the spots on her dress were ________.

A. the strange designs

B. her sadness

C. her mother’s kisses

3.The little girl showed the lady ________.

A. how beautiful her dress was

B. how happy she was

C. how great the mother’s love was

4.According to the passage, it’s clear that the woman was ________.

A. the girl’s relation

B. a careless woman

C. kind to the girl

5.From the story, we learn that ________.

A. a mother should take her child with her

B. mother’s love is the greatest in the world

C. a girl should wear a dress made by her mother

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