A lady and her husband stepped off the train in Boston. They walked without an appointment（预约）into the outer36of Harvard’s president. But they were37by his secretary and kept waiting. For hours, the secretary took no notice of them,38that the couple would finally become39and go away. But they didn’t. The secretary finally decided to disturb the president, though40.
A few minutes later, the president walked towards the couple with a41face. The lady told him, “We had a son that42Harvard for one year. He loved Harvard. He was43here. But about a year ago, he was accidentally killed. My husband and I would like to44a memorial（纪念物）to him, somewhere on campus.”
The president wasn’t45. 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, this46would look like a cemetery（墓地）,” “Oh, no,” the lady47quickly. “We don’t want to put up a statue. We would like to give a48to Harvard.” The president rolled his eyes and49at the couple and then exclaimed,“ A building! Do you have any50how 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 was51, 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 a52? Why don’t we just start our own?” Her husband nodded.53their offer was turned down. Mr. and Mrs. Stanford traveled to California where they founded the University that bears their54, a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer55about.
36．A．labB．libraryC．hallD．office
37．A．watchedB．stopped C．followed D．interviewed
38．A．hopingB．finding C．realizing D．imagining
39．A．surprisedB．disappointed C．worried D．troubled