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Oseola McCarty Late one Sunday afternoon...

Oseola McCarty

Late one Sunday afternoon in September 1999, Oseola McCarty, an elderly cleaning lady passed away in the little wooden frame house where she had lived and worked most of her life. It may seem like an ordinary _______ to an ordinary life, but there was something quite _______ about this woman.

In the summer of 1995, McCarty gave$150,000, most of the money she had saved throughout her life, to the University of Southey Mississippi in her hometown. The _______ was to help other African Americans _______ university.

She had _______ school in the sixth grade to go to work, never married, never had children and never learned to drive because there was never any place in _______she wanted to go. All she ever had was the work which she saw as a _______. Too many other black people in the countryside of Mississippi did not have even that. She had started her savings habit as a young child when she would return from school to clean and iron _______ money which she would then save.

When she retired, she decided that she wanted to use the money to give children of limited means the _______ to go to university. She had wanted to become a nurse, but had to leave school to look afire sick relatives and work. When asked why she had given her life ________ away, she replied, "I'm giving it away so that children won't have to work so hard, like l did. " After news of her donation ________ the media, over 600 donations were ________ to the scholarship fund. One was given by a media senior manager, Ted Turner, who gave a billion dollars.

She didn't want any fuss made over her ________, but the news ________ and she was invited all over the United States to talk to people. ________ she went, people would come up to her to say a few words or to ________ touch her. She met the ordinary and the ________, President Clinton included. In the last few years of her life, before she died of cancer, McCarty was given over 300 awards. She was honored by the United Nations and __________ the Presidential Citizen's Medal. ________ having no real education, she found herself with two honorary doctorates: one from the University of Southern Mississippi and the other from Harvard University. Her generosity was clearly an inspiration to many and proof that true ________ does exist.

1.A.start B.call C.end D.show

2.A.abnormal B.complicated C.common D.exceptional

3.A.time B.case C.rule D.money

4.A.with B.through C.out D.along

5.A.quit B.needed C.opened D.finished

6.A.general B.public C.particular D.advance

7.A.blessing B.praise C.pleasure D.training

8.A.about B.with C.through D.for

9.A.ability B.space C.opportunity D.time

10.A.happiness B.savings C.time D.experience

11.A.ended B.broke C.controlled D.hit

12.A.took B.had C.made D.put

13.A.gift B.dream C.death D.life

14.A.gave off B.got out C.came about D.put away

15.A.Wherever B.Whoever C.Whenever D.Whatever

16.A.often B.just C.only D.almost

17.A.young B.elderly C.famous D.poor

18.A.gave B.exhibited C.refused D.received

19.A.Despite B.Except C.Besides D.Beyond

20.A.wealth B.selflessness C.carefulness D.affection

 

1.C 2.D 3.D 4.B 5.A 6.C 7.A 8.D 9.C 10.B 11.D 12.C 13.A 14.B 15.A 16.B 17.C 18.D 19.A 20.B 【解析】 这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述一位名叫Oseola McCarty的清洁工在1999年9月去世。她生前将自己的大部分积蓄都捐赠给社会,带动越来越多的人捐赠,证明了世间确实存在无私的精神。 1. 考查名词词义辨析。句意:这看起来好像就是一个普通人生命的终结,但事实上这个老人是个例外。A. start开始;B. call电话;C. end结束;D. show表演。根据上文的Oseola McCarty, an elderly cleaning lady passed away in the little wooden frame house可知这位老人去世了,即生命结束了,故选C项。 2. 考查形容词词义辨析。句意:这看起来好像就是一个普通人生命的终结,但事实上这个老人是个例外。A. abnormal不正常的;B. complicated复杂的;C. common常见的;D. exceptional例外的。根据上文的It may seem like an ordinary可知此处用“例外的”符合语境,ordinary和exceptional是反义词复现,故选D项。 3. 考查名词词义辨析。句意:这些钱是用来帮助非裔美国人读完大学用的。A. time时间;B. case案件;C. rule规则;D. money钱。根据上文的In the summer of 1995, McCarty gave$150,000, most of the money she had saved throughout her life, to the University of Southey Mississippi in her hometown.可知此处用“钱”符合语境,故选D项。 4. 考查介词词义辨析。句意:这些钱是用来帮助非裔美国人读完大学用的。A. with和;B. through通过;C. out出去;D. along沿着。根据下文的university.可知此处用“通过”符合语境,through university“读完大学”,故选B项。 5. 考查动词词义辨析。句意:在六年级时她不得不放弃读书去工作,一生未嫁,没有孩子,也没有学过开车,因为她没有特别想去的地方。A. quit放弃;B. needed需要;C. opened打开;D. finished完成。根据下文的to go to work可知此处用“放弃”符合语境,故选A项。 6. 考查名词词义/介词短语词义辨析。句意:在六年级时她不得不放弃读书去工作,一生未嫁,没有孩子,也没有学过开车,因为她没有特别想去的地方。A.(in) general大体上;B. (in)public在公开场合;C. (in)particular特别;D. (in)advance提前。根据never learned to drive可知,她没有特别想去的地方,此处考查固定短语in particular“特别”,故选C项。 7. 考查名词词义辨析。句意:她曾经所拥有的全部就是被她看作恩赐的那份工作。A. blessing恩赐;B. praise表扬;C. pleasure乐趣;D. training训练。根据下文的Too many other black people in the countryside of Mississippi did not have even that.可知很多非裔美国人都没有工作,由此推测她把工作看作上帝的恩赐,故选A项。 8. 考查介词词义辨析。句意:她从小就有存钱的习惯,她会把放学后自己打扫和帮人熨烫挣的钱存起来。A. about关于;B. with和,有,随着;C. through穿过;D. for为了。根据句意可知,她去打扫和熨烫是为了挣钱,for money “为了钱”,故选D项。 9. 考查名词词义辨析。句意:退休后,她决定把自己存的钱捐给他们,给经济困难的孩子一个上大学的机会。A. ability能力;B. space空间;C. opportunity机会;D. time时间。结合上下文可知,此处是指她所捐赠的钱让一些经济能力有限的孩子可以上大学,即给他们提供了上大学的机会,故选C项。 10. 考查名词词义辨析。句意:当被问及为何要捐赠自己一生的积蓄时,她回答:“我捐了钱,那些孩子就不用向我那样艰辛地工作。” A. happiness幸福;B. savings积蓄;C. time时间;D. experience经历。根据据上文的In the summer of 1995, McCarty gave$150,000, most of the money she had saved throughout her life可知此处用“积蓄”符合语境,且上文的She had started her savings habit也有暗示,故选B项。 11. 考查动词词义辨析。句意:当她的捐赠事迹被媒体曝光后,超过600名捐赠者为奖学金基金捐赠。A. ended结束;B. broke打破;C. controlled控制;D. hit(网站的) 点击 。根据下文的over 600 donations were ___12___ to the scholarship fund.可知,此处用hit the media表达老人捐款的实际成了媒体上的热门话题,并且带动了其他人的捐款行为,故选D项。 12. 考查动词词义辨析。句意:当她的捐赠事迹被媒体曝光后,超过600名捐赠者为奖学金基金捐赠。A. took拿;B. had有;C. made制作,使;D. put放。根据 One was given by a media senior manager, Ted Turner, who gave a billion dollars可知,此处考查固定短语make donations to“向……捐赠”,故选C项。 13. 考查名词词义辨析。句意:她不想因为自己的捐赠受到关注,但是新闻传了出去,她被邀请到美国的各个地方去演讲。A. gift捐赠;B. dream梦想;C. death死亡;D. life生活。根据上文的After news of her donation可知此处用“捐赠”符合语境,donation和gift是同义词复现,故选A项。 14. 考查动词短语辨析。句意:她不想因为自己的捐赠受到关注,但是新闻传了出去,她被邀请到美国的各个地方去演讲。A. gave off散发;B. got out传出;C. came about产生;D. put away放在一边。根据下文的she was invited all over the United States to talk to people可知她的捐款事迹被传了出去,故选B项。 15. 考查连词词义辨析。句意:无论去哪里,人们都会走上前来和她交谈几句,或者仅仅和她近距离的接触一下也好。A. Wherever无论哪里;B. Whoever无论谁;C. Whenever无论何时;D. Whatever无论什么。根据上文的she was invited all over the United States to talk to people.和下文的she went可知此处用“无论哪里”符合语境,故选A项。 16. 考查副词词义辨析。句意:无论去哪里,人们都会走上前来和她交谈几句,或者仅仅和她近距离的接触一下也好。A. often常常;B. just仅仅;C. only只是;D. almost几乎。根据上文的___15___ she went, people would come up to her to say a few words可知她现在很出名,故此处用“仅仅”符合语境,可以表达她的受欢迎程度,故选B项。 17. 考查形容词词义辨析。句意:她见过普通人,也见过有名的人,克林顿总统包括在内。A. young年轻的;B. elderly年老的;C. famous有名的;D. poor穷的。根据下文的President Clinton included.可知此处用“有名的”符合语境,故选C项。 18. 考查动词词义辨析。句意:她受到联合国的表彰,并获得了总统公民勋章。A. gave给;B. exhibited展览;C. refused拒绝;D. received获得。根据上文的She was honored by the United Nations可知,此处用“获得”符合语境,故选D项。 19. 考查介词词义辨析。句意:尽管没有接受过真正的教育,但她获得了两个荣誉博士称号:一个是美国密西西比南部大学,另一个是哈佛大学。A. Despite尽管;B. Except除了;C. Besides除……外;D. Beyond超过。根据句意可知,上下文是转折关系,故选A项。 20. 考查名词词义辨析。句意:她的慷慨很明显对很多人是一个启发,而且也证明了世间确实存在无私。A. wealth财富;B. selflessness无私;C. carefulness仔细;D. affection喜爱。本文主要讲述老人捐款的故事,再结合上文的Her generosity was clearly an inspiration to many可知此处用“无私”符合语境,generosity和selflessness是同义词复现,故选B项。
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