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 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(jī)) and dryers（烘干機(jī)）, 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.

Answer 1

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

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(guò)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(duì)這樣一位孤寡老人捐巨款這種舉動(dòng)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(lái)晾干。hang 懸掛，過(guò)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(méi)有結(jié)婚也沒(méi)有兒女。故填never。
小題7:該句意思是，她有一臺(tái)黑白電視機(jī)，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(shí)事，但我可以做一些事來(lái)幫助別人。故填something。
小題10:給某人上一課，teach somebody a lesson;teach的過(guò)去式taught。