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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 didn’t have the time to spend with nobodies. 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（校园）. ” 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. “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? The physical building at Harvard cost seven million and a half.” 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?” Her husband nodded(点头). Mr. and Mrs. Leland Stanford walked away, traveling to Palo Alto, California where they set up the university with their name -------a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer cared about. You can easily judge(判断) others by how they treat those who can do nothing for them or to them. 54. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 mean? A. Someone only had time for somebody. B. Important people didn’t have the time to spend with anyone. 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. 55. 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 56. The best title of the passage is “______”. A. Never Judge a Book by Its Cover B. A Visit to Harvard University C. How the Stanford Was Built D. A Strange Old Couple

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54.C。Someone of his importance didn’t have the time to spend with nobodies. 55.A。通读全文后我们知道这对平凡的夫妇非常有钱。后来他们创立了美国著名的斯坦福大学。
56.A。最好的标题就是“不要以貌取人”。Never Judge a Book by Its Cover直译为：永远不要以封面来判断一本书。
参考译文：
一位穿着旧棉布衣服的女士和她穿着旧西服的丈夫坐上去波士顿的火车，走进了哈佛大学校长的外办公室。
校长的秘书在片刻间就断定这两个乡下土老帽根本不可能与哈佛有业务来往。她皱起眉。先生轻声地说：“我们要见校长。”
秘书冷冷地说：“他整天都很忙！”女士回答说：“我们可以等。”
过了几个钟头，秘书一直不理他们，希望他们知难而退，自己走开。他们却一直等在那里。秘书终于决定通知校长：“也许他们跟您讲几句话就会走开。”校长也皱起眉。不耐烦地同意了。
校长很有尊严而且不甘情愿地面对这对夫妇。
女士告诉他：“我们有一个儿子曾经在哈佛读过一年，他很喜欢哈佛，他在哈佛的生活很快乐。但是去年，他出了意外而死亡。我丈夫和我想在校园里为他留一纪念物。”
校长并没有被感动，反而觉得很可笑，粗声地说：“夫人，我们不能为每一位曾读过哈佛而后死亡的人建立雕像的。如果我们这样做，我们的校园看起来像墓园一样。”
女士说：“不是，我们不是要竖立一座雕像，我们想要捐一栋大楼给哈佛。”
校长仔细地看了一下棉布衣服及旧西装，然后吐一口气说：“你们知不知道建一栋大楼要花多少钱？我们学校的建筑物超过750万美元。”
这时女士沉默不讲话了。校长很高兴，总算可以把他们打发了。
这位女士转向他丈夫说：“只要750万就可以建一座大楼？那我们为什么不建一座大学来纪念我们的儿子？”

就这样，斯坦福夫妇离开了哈佛，到了加州，成立了斯坦福大学来纪念他们的儿子。
你可以容易的判断其他人通过他们如何对待那些可以为他们做一些或不能做一些事情的人们。

这句话的意思是：像他这样重要的人物没有时间浪费在小人物身上。
最终答案：略