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) 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.

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。
小題1:文章介紹老人友善而幽默。Humorous幽默的。
小題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。
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。
小題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。
小題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。
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。