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.start | B.call | C.end | D.show |
37.A.a(chǎn)bnormal | B.complicated | C.common | D.exceptional |
38.A.time | B.case | C.rule | D.money |
39.A.with | B.through | C.out | D.a(chǎn)long |
40.A,quitted | B.needed | C.opened | D.finished |
41.A.general | B.public | C.particular | D.a(chǎn)dvance |
42.A.blessing | B.praise | C.pleasure | D.training |
43.A.a(chǎn)bout | B,with | C.like | D.for |
44.A.a(chǎn)bility | B.space | C.opportunity | D.time |
45.A.happiness | B.savings | C.time | D.experience |
46.A.ended | B.broke | C.controlled | D.hit |
47.A.took | B.had | C.made | D.put |
48.A.gift | B.dream | C.death | D.life |
49.A,gave off | B.got out | C.came about | D.put away |
50.A.Wherever | B.Whoever | C.Whenever | D.Whatever |
51.A.often | B.just | C.only | D.a(chǎn)lmost |
52.A.young | B.elderly | C.famous | D.poor |
53.A.gave | B. showed off | C.refused | D.received |
54.A.Despite | B.Except | C.Besides | D.Beyond |
55.A.wealth | B.selflessness | C.carefulness | D.love. |