Because of the rain, we’ll have our P.E. class in the classroom _____ the playground.

　    A．on　　    B．instead of on   C．instead　　     D．instead of

Because of the rain, we’ll have our P.E. class in the classroom _____ the playground.

A．on　　    B．instead of on         C．instead　　   D．instead of

Because of the rain, we'll have our P. E. class in the classroom ________ the playground.

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A lady and her husband stepped off the train in Boston. They walked without an appointment 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 them, “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 (纪念物) 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．attended 　　　　 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．ashamed

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

47．A．explained 　　　　 B．expressed　 　　 C．refused　　 　　　 D．admitted

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．astonished　 　　 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

A boy of 14 has become the youngest student to win a place at Cambridge University. Arran Fernandez, who was  16  at home by his father, Neil, will 17  a mathematics degree at Fitzwilliam College next month and he hopes to have a career as a research mathematician to 18  the Riemann hypothesis(黎曼猜想) that has confused the brightest minds. It will make him the youngest Cambridge student  19 14-year-old William Pitt the Younger studied there in 1773.

  Last night the child genius said: “I am looking forward to going to the  20  . I have started the first-year books   21   and it is all right, not too  22  . I can understand it. I am excited about going to Cambridge,  23  I am used to making records about being the youngest in education. It isn’t the youngest moment that is so important to me--  24  I’m more interested in going to Cambridge than comparing   25  with other people who go there.”

   But  26  his age he will not be able to    27  many of the alcohol-fuelled festivities(庆典) traditionally   28  to Freshers’ Week. “I don’t think I’m missing too much fun,” he insisted. “Even if I was 18, I wouldn’t want to go out   29 . ”

   Arran,  30   plans to join the bird-watching society instead and go boating while at university, was five when he  31   the youngest person to be  32    a GCSE (General Certificated of Secondary Education), after passing maths. He was offered the    33   to learn at Cambridge in 2010, when he was 14, on the condition he gained an A-level in physics, which he   34  with an A+ grade. Arran had already gained an A grade in further maths last year.

   Cambridge also asked him to attend three GCSEs in subjects which were not related to maths and physics to   35   his knowledge. He gained A+s in English literature and French and an A in English language this summer.

16.  A. educated              B. equipped                   C. arranged                  D. evaluated

17.  A. run                            B. operate               C. end                      D. start

18.  A. work out          B. make out                   C. help out                     D. break out

19.  A. before               B. after                            C. since                           D. but

20.  A. festivities          B. lectures                C. contests                    D. literature

21.  A. especially         B. already                C. hardly                  D. gradually

22.  A. difficult                    B. easy                      C. interesting         D. boring

23.  A. therefore         B. but                        C. additionally              D. and

24.  A. fortunately             B. merely                  C. actually                     D. mentally

25.  A. it                         B. them                           C. themselves        D. myself

26.  A. because of            B. instead of           C. except for                 D. as for

27.  A. pick out                   B. join in                    C. pick up                D. join up

28.  A. added                     B. addicted                   C. related                D. encouraged

29.  A. smoking                   B. singing                 C. drinking               D. dancing

30.  A. who                          B. which                   C. that                            D. he

31.  A. turned                     B. seemed               C. grew                           D. became

32.  A. presented              B. awarded                    C. rewarded                  D. submitted

33.  A. tendency        B. treaty                          C. profit                           D. opportunity

34.  A. improved         B. achieved                   C. reserved                    D. represented

35.  A. reduce                    B. improve               C. broaden                    D. insure