资料：“Iwouldn’tbeheretodayifnotforthegenerosityofstrangers,”saidMichaelMoritz,whileannouncingamajordonationtoOxfordUniversity.AformerTimeMagazinereporter,Mr.MoritzleftjournalismtobecomeoneofthemostsuccessfulventurecapitalistsinSiliconValley.ThroughSequoiaCapital,thefirmhejoinedin1986andhasledformanyyears,Mr.MoritzwasanearlyinvestorinGoogle,Yahoo,PayPalandLinkedIn.Hispersonalfortuneisestimatedatwellover$1billion.OxfordUniversityannouncedlastWednesdaythatheandhiswife,thenovelistHarrietHeyman,donated￡75million,or$115million,tofundanewscholarshipprogramaimedatprovidingfinancialaidtostudentsfromlow-incomebackgrounds.Behindtheheadlinesaboutthesizeofthegiftwasafamilystoryofimmigration,educationandasenseofobligationthattranscendedgenerations. “IgrewupinCardiff,wenttoanordinarycomprehensiveschool,andwastheonlypupilinmyyeartogotoOxbridge,”Mr.Moritzexplained.“MyfatherwaspluckedasateenagerfromNaziGermanyandwasabletoattendaverygoodschoolinLondononascholarship.”Inaninterviewafterward,Mr.Moritzsaidthathisfather,Alfred,hadgrownupinMunich,wherehisfatherwasajudgewholosthispostwhentheNaziscametopower.Mr.Moritz’smother,Doris,waspartofthekindertransport,arescueeffortthattookabout9,300unaccompanied,mostlyJewishchildrenfromGermany,Austria,PolandandCzechoslovakiatoBritainshortlybeforetheoutbreakofWorldWarⅡ.“Myfather’scousin,FritzUrsell,wasalsorescuedfromterriblecircumstances.WhenhecametoBritain,healsobenefitedfromscholarships,andgrewuptobecomeamemberoftheRoyalSociety,”saidMr.Moritz. “Itisalltooeasynottoremember,”saidMr.Moritz,whohasahistorymajorandtheeditorofIsis,Oxford’sstudentliterarymagazine,asanundergraduatebeforecompletinganMBAattheWhartonSchoolofUniversityofPennsylvania.InMay,Mr.Moritzannouncedthathehadbeendiagnosedwithararemedicalconditionwhichisincurable.Buthepreferrednottonamethedisease.“IfeltIwantedtobemypartnersandwiththepublic.ButIdidn’twanteveryghoulontheinternetfollowingme.” CharlotteAnderson,asecond-yearstudentstudyingGermanatOxfordandthefirstpersoninherfamilytogotoauniversity,saidthatanxietyabouttakingondebthadnearlykeptherfromacceptingtheofferfromtheschool.“it’sgreattothinkthatfuturestudentswhofollowmecandosowithoutthefearthatIwentthrough.”Shesaidwhileattendingthenewsconference.Askedwhethertheuniversity’scampaigntofinancestudentscholarshipsthroughprivatedonationsratherthangovernmentfundingmeantthatOxfordwasgivingupeffortstosecuremorepublicsupport,theuniversity’schancellor,ChrisPatten,aformerConservativeministertoPrimeMinisterMargaretThatcherandJohnMajor,jokedthathewas“nolongerallowedtohaveanypoliticalviews.” ItcanbeinferredfromthepassagethatthefamilybackgroundofMr.Moritz().
A.showed how scholarship changed his family members’ life. B.gave him the motive to study hard to be successful. C.illustrated that his family emphasized on education very much. D.proved that immigration family can also make great achievements.正确答案A
