Question

In 1995, Oseola McCarty donated $ 150, 000 --most of the money she made in her lifetime--to the University of Southern Mississippi. She just wanted to help poor students. Her friends and neighbours were surprised at the news. McCarty was a good woman and was always friendly and h 1. . But everyone in her town knew that she was not r 2.

Oseola McCarty was born in 1908. She had to leave school when she was eight to support her family by w 3. other people's clothes. She made only a few dollars a day. Oseola washed the clothes by hand. Then she h 4. the clothes to dry. She did this for nearly 80 years. In the 1960s , when many people began to buy their own washers(洗衣機) and dryers（烘干機）, McCarty didn’t have much work to do, so she started to iron clothes i 5. .

McCarty n 6. married or had children. Her life was simple. She went to work and to church. She had a black-and-white television, b 7. she didn’t watch it very often. It only had one channel. Oseola McCarty s8. money all her life and finally had about $ 250, 000.

In an interview with the University of Southern Mississippi News, McCarty said, "I can't do everything, but I can do s 9. to help somebody. And what I can do I will do. I wish I could do more." This quiet exceptional cleaning lady has t 10. the world a lesson in giving.

 

Answer 1

1.humorous

2.reasonable

3.washing

4.hung

5.instead

6.never

7.but

8.saved

9.something

10.taught

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文中作者主要介紹了一位叫Oseola McCarty的老人捐錢給the University of Southern Mississippi的故事。并描述了這位老人的生平經歷以及她如何節省下如此巨款的過程，給我們刻畫了一位身世平凡卻形象高大的老人形象。

1.1】文章介紹老人友善而幽默。Humorous幽默的。

2.2】 鎮中人們對這樣一位孤寡老人捐巨款這種舉動非常吃驚，感到不合常理。reasonable合情合理的。

3.3】下文提示老人為別人洗衣度日。故填washing。

4.4】洗完衣服掛起來晾干。hang 懸掛，過去式hung。

5.5】該句意思是，老人不再洗衣服，而代之以熨衣服。instead 取代。

6.6】根據短文信息Her life was simple 可知老人一生單身，既沒有結婚也沒有兒女。故填never。

7.7】該句意思是，她有一臺黑白電視機，但是她不常看。but表轉折。

8.8】該句意思是，老人一生都在節省錢，最終攢了大約$ 250, 000。故填saved，節約，節省。

9.9】老人話的意思是：我雖然不能做所有的時事，但我可以做一些事來幫助別人。故填something。

10.10】給某人上一課，teach somebody a lesson;teach的過去式taught。

考點：缺詞填空。