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请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

You may have heard of Osceola McCarty, an 88-year-old woman in Mississippi who had worked for over 75 years as a    1woman.

One day after she retired, she went to the bank and discovered that her small monthly   2had grown to over＄150,000. Then to everyone’s surprise, she turned around and   3almost all of the money to the University of Southern Mississippi (USM) for a   4fund for students with financial needs. Immediately, she made national   5.

What you have not heard is how Osceola’s gift had   6my life. I am 19 years old and the first   7of an Osceola McCarty Scholarship.

I was a   8student, and I was determined to go to USM. But I   9being qualified for a regular scholarship by one point on the entrance exams, and a scholarship was the   10way I could attend.

One Sunday, I came across the story in the paper about Osceola McCarty and her generous    11. The next day I went to the financial aid office, and they told me there was still no money    12for me, but if anything came up they’d call.

A few days later, I was going out with my mother   13the phone rang. I was told I had been chosen to be given the first Osceola McCarty Scholarship. I was   14!

McCarty worked hard her whole life, washing clothes by hand. Now that she is   15, she sits most of the day and reads the Bible, that is, when she is not getting rewards. Every time I go to visit her, she has a new    16. She’s even gone to the White House. She is so happy and proud. We have tried to talk her into getting a VCR (录像机) so she can tape the programs and see   17on TV—she just smiles.

McCarty gave me much more than a scholarship. She taught me about the gift of   18. Now I know there are good people in the world who do good things. She worked hard and helped others, and in turn she has inspired me to   19when I can some day. So   20I plan to add to her scholarship fund.

1.A. café               B. buffet               C. laboratory           D. laundry

2.A. expenses           B. profits              C. savings          D. wages

3.A. returned               B. donated          C. delivered            D. removed

4.A. welfare                B. project              C. scholarship          D. research

5.A. headlines          B. customs          C. sympathies           D. doubts

6.A. affected               B. formed           C. disturbed            D. ruined

7.A. designer           B. receiver             C. contributor          D. reporter

8.A. considerate        B. dedicated            C. casual           D. sensitive

9.A. advocated          B. regretted            C. missed               D. avoided

10.A. normal                B. wrong                C. legal                D. only

11.A. gift              B. idea             C. decision         D. plan

12.A. left              B. raised               C. available            D. enough

13.A. since             B. before               C. though               D. when

14.A. shocked               B. excited          C. puzzled          D. encouraged

15.A. retired               B. dismissed            C. promoted         D. transferred

16.A. job                   B. hobby                C. life             D. award

17.A. everybody             B. everything           C. herself              D. us

18.A. giving                B. understanding        C. receiving            D. loving

19.A. give up               B. give back            C. give off         D. give in

20.A. suddenly          B. originally           C. gradually            D. eventually