Question

【題目】閱讀下面短文，從短文后所給的A、B、C三個選項中選出能填入相應(yīng)空白處的最佳選項。
Karen spent more than 75 years working as a cleaner. Certainly nobody would think that she was rich, 1 she was paid only a few dollars each time. So they were all 2 when Jenny decided to give $150,000 to the University of Southern Mississippi.
The money, 3, was her life savings. She could save such a large amount of money because she lived a very 4 life. She never learned to drive. When she wanted to go somewhere, she just walked. She never flew to anywhere 5 her donation（捐獻）, and in the 50 years she had been out of the South only once. The 6 in which she lived was also a rather old one, and her last uncle left her. Only after she became known in 7 did she begin to travel all over the country. Since then, she had been the 8 of many interviews and articles. She was even invited to the White House.
Her donation was for the students who clearly needed 9 help. She herself left school in the sixth grade and had never married or had children. She said to the reporters that the idea of helping somebody's child go to college gave her much 10.

（1）A.though B.because C.but
（2）A.amazed B.excited C.known
（3）A.in use B.in fact C.in need
（4）A.clean B.difficult C.simple
（5）A.before B.after C.during
（6）A.street B.house C.school
（7）A.America B.universities C.Mississippi
（8）A.donation B.invitation C.topic
（9）A.money B.learning C.family
（10）A.traveling B.pleasure C.education

Answer 1

【答案】（1）、B
（2）、A
（3）、B
（4）、C
（5）、A
（6）、B
（7）、A
（8）、C
（9）、A
（10）、B

【解析】短文大意：Karen當清潔工人已經(jīng)超過75年了，平時她用錢很節(jié)省，但令人驚訝的是她居然捐了150,000美元給南密西西比大學，自那以后，她被全美國人所熟知，也成為了報紙和文章的話題人物，她對記者說幫助這些孩子上大學讓她獲得了快樂。
（1）句意：當然沒人認為她很富有，……她每次只花幾美元。結(jié)合句意可知是因果關(guān)系，故選B。
（2）句意：所以當她決定給南密西西比大學150,000美元時，大家都……。A.驚訝的； B.興奮的； C.著名的，故選A。
（3）A.有用的； B.事實上； C.需要幫助的，結(jié)合句意可知“這筆錢，事實上是她一生的積蓄”，故選B。
（4）A.干凈的； B.困難的； C.簡單的，結(jié)合句意可知“她可以存這么大筆錢，是因為她過著簡單的生活”，故選C。
（5）A.在……之前； B.在……之后； C.在……期間，結(jié)合句意可知“在捐獻之前，她從來沒有坐飛機去過任何地方”，故選A。
（6）A.街道； B.房子； C.學校。結(jié)合句意可知是“她住的房子是一所相當舊的”，故選B。
（7）結(jié)合句意可知“只有在她在美國出名后，她才開始在全國旅游”，故選A。
（8）A.捐獻； B.邀請； C.話題，結(jié)合句意可知是“她成為了采訪和文章的話題”，故選C。
（9）結(jié)合句意可知學生們需要錢的幫助，故選A。
（10）A.旅行； B.快樂；C.教育。結(jié)合句意可知幫助小孩去上大學給了她快樂。故選B。