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【题目】You may have heard of Osceola McCarty, an 88-year-old woman in Mississippi who had worked for over 75 years as a ________ woman.

One day after she retired, she went to the bank and discovered that her small monthly ________ had grown to over＄150,000. Then to everyone’s surprise, she turned around and ________ almost all of the money to the University of Southern Mississippi (USM) for a ________ fund for students with financial needs. Immediately, she made national ________.

What you have not heard is how Osceola’s gift had ________ my life. I am 19 years old and the first ________ of an Osceola McCarty Scholarship. I was a ________ student, and I was determined to go to USM. But I ________ being qualified for a regular scholarship by one point on the entrance exams, and a scholarship was the ________ way I could attend.

One Sunday, I came across the story in the paper about Osceola McCarty and her generous ________. The next day I went to the financial aid office, and they told me there was still no money ________ for me, but if anything came up they’d call.

A few days later, I was going out with my mother ________ the phone rang. I was told I had been chosen to be given the first Osceola McCarty Scholarship. I was ________!

McCarty worked hard her whole life, washing clothes by hand. Now that she is ________, she sits most of the day and reads the Bible, that is, when she is notgetting rewards. Every time I go to visit her, she has a new ________. She’s even gone to the White House. She is so happy and proud. We have tried to talk her into getting a VCR (录像机) so she can tape the programs and see ________ on TV—she just smiles.

McCarty gave me much more than a scholarship. She taught me about the gift of ________. Now I know there are good people in the world who do good things. She worked hard and helped others, and in turn she has inspired me to ________ when I can some day. So ________ I plan to add to her scholarship fund.

【1】 A. cafe B. buffet C. laundry D. laboratory

【2】A. expenses B. profits C. wages D. savings

【3】 A. returned B. donated C. delivered D. removed

【4】 A. welfare B. project C. scholarship D. research

【5】 A. customs B. headlines C. sympathies D. doubts

【6】 A. affected B. formed C. disturbed D. ruined

【7】 A. designer B. receiver C. contributor D. reporter

【8】 A. considerate B. casual C. hard-working D. sensitive

【9】 A. advocated B. avoided C. regretted D. missed

【10】 A. normal B. wrong C. legal D. only

【11】 A. gift B. idea C. decision D. plan

【12】 A. left B. raised C. available D. enough

【13】A. since B. before C. though D. when

【14】 A. excited B. shocked C. puzzled D. encouraged

【15】 A. dismissed B. retired C. promoted D. transferred

【16】A. job B. hobby C. life D. award

【17】 A. everybody B. everything C. herself D. us

【18】 A. giving B. understanding C. receiving D. loving

【19】A. give back B. give in C. give off D. give up

【20】 A. suddenly B. originally C. eventually D. gradually

Answer 1

【答案】【1】C

【2】D

【3】B

【4】C

【5】B

【6】A

【7】B

【8】C

【9】D

【10】D

【11】A

【12】C

【13】D

【14】A

【15】B

【16】D

【17】C

【18】A

【19】A

【20】C

【解析】【1】考查名词。根据第15空前面的“McCarty worked hard all the time, washing clothes by hard.”可知Osceola McCarty曾做了超过75年的洗衣工。

【2】考查名词。她发现自己每个月微薄的收入积攒下来已经超过15万美元。savings储蓄金；存款。

【3】考查动词。下文多处提到南密密西比大学奥西奥拉·麦卡蒂奖学金。因此，她将钱捐给了南密西西比大学。

【4】考查名词。由下文提到的Osceola McCarty Scholarship可知。

【5】考查名词。她成为全国媒体报道的焦点。headline在此意为“头版头条新闻”。

【6】考查动词。奥西奥拉的捐赠如何影响了我的生活，这是你们从未听说过的。这一句承上启下，下文谈该奖学金对“我”的影响。

【7】考查名词。今年19岁的我是第一位获得奥西奥拉·麦卡蒂奖学金的学生。“得奖，获奖”用动词receive，此处receiver意为“接受者，获得者”。

【8】考察形容词。想上大学，就要刻苦（hard-working）。这与“体贴的”、“随意的”、“敏感的”无关。

【9】考查动词。我下定决定去南密西西比大学读书。然而在入学考试时，我因一分之差而与正常的奖学金失之交臂。

【10】考查形容词。奖学金是我上学的唯一途径。

【11】考查名词。一个星期天，我偶然在报纸上看到了有关奥西奥拉·麦卡蒂和她慷慨捐赠的报到。从第18空前的gift可以得出暗示。

【12】考查形容词。available意为“可得到的，可利用的”。第二天去了经济援助办公室。他们说还是没有可以帮助我的资金，但如果有消息的话，会随时通知我的。

【13】考查连词。此处的when相当于and then。几天后，我正要和妈妈出去，就在那时（when）电话铃响了。

【14】考查形容词。当我被告知当选奥西奥拉·麦卡蒂奖学金的首位获得者时，我很“兴奋（激动）”。

【15】考查动词。如今，奥西奥拉已经退休了。

【16】考查名词。根据前面的getting rewards可知。

【17】考查代词。我们试图说服她去买一台摄像机，这样她就能把节目录下来，在电视上看到她自己——而她只是笑笑。

【18】考查动词。奥西奥拉给予我的远远超过了那笔奖学金。从她那里，我学会了付出（giving）。

【19】考查动词短语。她也鼓励我：在有能力时，要回报。

【20】考查副词。最后，我决定为她的奖学金增加资金。