14.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(36)Cto an ordinary life,but there was something quite(37)Dabout 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(38)Dwas to help other African Americans (39)B university.
She had(40)Aschool 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(41)Cshe wanted to go.All she ever had was the work which she saw as a (42)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 rectum from school to clean and iron(43)Dmoney which she would then save.
When she retired,she decided that she wanted to use the money to give children of limited means the (44)Cto 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 (45)Baway,she replied,"I'm giving it away so that children won't have to work so hard,like l did."Afier news ofher donation(46)Dthe media,over 600donations were(47)Cto the scholarship fund.One was given by a media senior manager,Ted Turner,who gave a billion dollars.
She didn't want any conked made over her (48)_A,but the news(49)Band she was invited all over the United States to talk to people.(50)Ashe went,people would come up to her to say a few words or to(51)Btouch her.She met the ordinary and the (52)C,President Clinton included.In the last few years of her life,before she died of cancer,McCarty was giyen over 300awards.She was honored by the United Nations and (53)D the Presidential Citizen's Medal.(54)Ahaving 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 (55)Bdoes exist.

36.A.startB.callC.endD.show
37.A.a(chǎn)bnormalB.complicatedC.commonD.exceptional
38.A.timeB.caseC.ruleD.money
39.A.withB.throughC.outD.a(chǎn)long
40.A,quittedB.neededC.openedD.finished
41.A.generalB.publicC.particularD.a(chǎn)dvance
42.A.blessingB.praiseC.pleasureD.training
43.A.a(chǎn)boutB,withC.likeD.for
44.A.a(chǎn)bilityB.spaceC.opportunityD.time
45.A.happinessB.savingsC.timeD.experience
46.A.endedB.brokeC.controlledD.hit
47.A.tookB.hadC.madeD.put
48.A.giftB.dreamC.deathD.life
49.A,gave offB.got outC.came aboutD.put away
50.A.WhereverB.WhoeverC.WheneverD.Whatever
51.A.oftenB.justC.onlyD.a(chǎn)lmost
52.A.youngB.elderlyC.famousD.poor
53.A.gaveB. showed offC.refusedD.received
54.A.DespiteB.ExceptC.BesidesD.Beyond
55.A.wealthB.selflessnessC.carefulnessD.love.

分析 本文講述一位名叫Oseola McCarty的清潔工在1999年9月去世.她生前將自己的大部分積蓄都捐贈(zèng)給社會(huì),帶動(dòng)越來越多的人捐贈(zèng),證明了世間確實(shí)存在無私的精神.

解答 36.C考查名詞辨析. 根據(jù)前文的敘述可知,Oseola McCarty是一名清潔工,在自己的小木屋里去世了.看起來好像就是一個(gè)普通人生命的終結(jié).由passed away 可以判斷end to an ordinary life.
37.D 考查形容詞辨析.此處but 表示轉(zhuǎn)折,提示她的去世并不像一個(gè)普通老太太的離世,在她的背后肯定有著異于常人的地方.exceptional‘例外的'符合題意;abnormal"不正常的";complicated"復(fù)雜的";common"普通的"
38.D 考查名詞辨析.第二段開頭提到她將節(jié)省下來的$150,000捐贈(zèng)給University of Southey Mississippi,所以此處指她所捐贈(zèng)的"錢";
39.B考查介詞辨析.;她的這筆錢將用于幫助那些非裔美國人讀完大學(xué),though"通過";符合題意.
40.A 考查動(dòng)詞辨析.她在六年級(jí)不得不 go to work,判斷由此而輟學(xué),quitted school‘輟學(xué)'
41.C考查形容詞辨析. 這句提到她沒有去學(xué)習(xí)駕駛,原因在于她覺得沒有特別想去的地方,in particular"尤其,特別",這個(gè)短語在這里符合句意.
42.A 考查名詞辨析.Too many other black people in the countryside of Mississippi did not have even that,這句告訴我們?cè)诜侵藓芏嗳藳]有工作,所以她非常珍惜自己的工作,把它看成是上帝的"恩賜",此題考查名詞辨析,通過上下文可以得出答案.
43.D 考查介詞辨析.考查介詞辨析.for money表示"為了錢",她從學(xué)校回來做打掃工作來賺錢.
44.C 考查名詞辨析,后文提到她捐贈(zèng)的錢主要給非裔美國人上大學(xué),所以這筆錢應(yīng)該給這些人提供上大學(xué)的"機(jī)會(huì)".根據(jù)上下文分析可知答案.
45.B 考查名詞辨析題.根據(jù)全文可知,她捐贈(zèng)的是錢,即她一生的savings"積蓄".
46.D 考查動(dòng)詞辨析題.當(dāng)她的捐贈(zèng)事跡被媒體曝光后,ended"結(jié)束",broke"打破",controlled"控制",排除只有hit 符合題意;
47.C考查固定短語. make donations to"向…捐贈(zèng)",這里用被動(dòng)語態(tài),超過600名捐贈(zèng)者為獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金基金捐贈(zèng).
48.A考查名詞辨析.由前文可知,她的事跡被媒體曝光后,很多人都知道了.她的本意是不希望因?yàn)樗?gift"被關(guān)注.gift"捐贈(zèng)",熟詞生意.
49.B 考查動(dòng)詞短語.she was invited all over the United States to talk to people這句話告訴我們,她被邀請(qǐng)去參加節(jié)目,可知消息傳了出去.get out 傳了出去.
50.A考查連詞辨析. 考查這句話all over the United States to talk to people,可知她到處去做節(jié)目,wherever"到處"符合題意.
51.B考查副詞辨析題.前文提到無論她走到哪里,都有很多人來跟她交談,說明她太受歡迎了.更有人僅僅是摸摸她.touch"觸摸"
52.C考查名詞辨析. President Clinton included通過上下文得知,接見她的人甚至包括總統(tǒng),應(yīng)該算是名人了.
53.D考查動(dòng)詞辨析.前一句告訴我們她受到聯(lián)合國的表彰,并獲得了總統(tǒng)公民勛章.receive the Presidential Citizen's Medal為固定搭配.
54.A考查介詞辨析.前文得知她很早就輟學(xué)了,所以是沒有受到教育,但還是獲得了榮譽(yù)博士學(xué)位.通過上下文句意分析愛可知despite"盡管"符合題意,
55.B考查名詞辨析.通過全文理解可知,她的慷慨,是對(duì)他人的激勵(lì),也證明了世間確實(shí)存在無私.selflessness"無私"

點(diǎn)評(píng) 本文屬于人物故事類的完型填空.考查細(xì)節(jié)比較多,要求考生聯(lián)系上下文,并注意句子之間的銜接,先整體后局部.

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