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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 【小題1】 . But everyone in her town knew that she was not r 【小題2】
Oseola McCarty was born in 1908. She had to leave school when she was eight to support her family by w 【小題3】 other people's clothes. She made only a few dollars a day. Oseola washed the clothes by hand. Then she h 【小題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 【小題5】 .
McCarty n 【小題6】 married or had children. Her life was simple. She went to work and to church. She had a black-and-white television, b 【小題7】 she didn’t watch it very often. It only had one channel. Oseola McCarty s【小題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 【小題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 【小題10】   the world a lesson in giving.

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【小題1】humorous
【小題2】reasonable
【小題3】washing
【小題4】hung
【小題5】instead
【小題6】never
【小題7】but
【小題8】saved
【小題9】something
【小題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(jīng)歷以及她如何節(jié)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。
【小題1】文章介紹老人友善而幽默。Humorous幽默的。
【小題2】 鎮(zhèn)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。
【小題3】下文提示老人為別人洗衣度日。故填washing。
【小題4】洗完衣服掛起來晾干。hang 懸掛，過去式hung。
【小題5】該句意思是，老人不再洗衣服，而代之以熨衣服。instead 取代。
【小題6】根據(jù)短文信息Her life was simple 可知老人一生單身，既沒有結(jié)婚也沒有兒女。故填never。
【小題7】該句意思是，她有一臺黑白電視機，但是她不�？�。but表轉(zhuǎn)折。
【小題8】該句意思是，老人一生都在節(jié)省錢，最終攢了大約$ 250, 000。故填saved，節(jié)約，節(jié)省。
【小題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。
【小題10】給某人上一課，teach somebody a lesson;teach的過去式taught。
考點：缺詞填空。