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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 【小题1】 . But everyone in her town knew that she was not r 【小题2】
Oseola McCarty was born in 1908. She had to leave school when she was eight to support her family by w 【小题3】 other people's clothes. She made only a few dollars a day. Oseola washed the clothes by hand. Then she h 【小题4】 the clothes to dry. She did this for nearly 80 years. In the 1960s , when many people began to buy their own washers(洗衣机) and dryers（烘干机）, McCarty didn’t have much work to do, so she started to iron clothes i 【小题5】 .
McCarty n 【小题6】 married or had children. Her life was simple. She went to work and to church. She had a black-and-white television, b 【小题7】 she didn’t watch it very often. It only had one channel. Oseola McCarty s【小题8】 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 【小题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 【小题10】   the world a lesson in giving.

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【小题1】humorous
【小题2】reasonable
【小题3】washing
【小题4】hung
【小题5】instead
【小题6】never
【小题7】but
【小题8】saved
【小题9】something
【小题10】taught

解析试题分析：这篇短文中作者主要介绍了一位叫Oseola McCarty的老人捐钱给the University of Southern Mississippi的故事。并描述了这位老人的生平经历以及她如何节省下如此巨款的过程，给我们刻画了一位身世平凡却形象高大的老人形象。
【小题1】文章介绍老人友善而幽默。Humorous幽默的。
【小题2】 镇中人们对这样一位孤寡老人捐巨款这种举动非常吃惊，感到不合常理。reasonable合情合理的。
【小题3】下文提示老人为别人洗衣度日。故填washing。
【小题4】洗完衣服挂起来晾干。hang 悬挂，过去式hung。
【小题5】该句意思是，老人不再洗衣服，而代之以熨衣服。instead 取代。
【小题6】根据短文信息Her life was simple 可知老人一生单身，既没有结婚也没有儿女。故填never。
【小题7】该句意思是，她有一台黑白电视机，但是她不常看。but表转折。
【小题8】该句意思是，老人一生都在节省钱，最终攒了大约$ 250, 000。故填saved，节约，节省。
【小题9】老人话的意思是：我虽然不能做所有的时事，但我可以做一些事来帮助别人。故填something。
【小题10】给某人上一课，teach somebody a lesson;teach的过去式taught。
考点：缺词填空。