Question

【题目】阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。
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（捐献）, 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当清洁工人已经超过75年了，平时她用钱很节省，但令人惊讶的是她居然捐了150,000美元给南密西西比大学，自那以后，她被全美国人所熟知，也成为了报纸和文章的话题人物，她对记者说帮助这些孩子上大学让她获得了快乐。
（1）句意：当然没人认为她很富有，……她每次只花几美元。结合句意可知是因果关系，故选B。
（2）句意：所以当她决定给南密西西比大学150,000美元时，大家都……。A.惊讶的； B.兴奋的； C.著名的，故选A。
（3）A.有用的； B.事实上； C.需要帮助的，结合句意可知“这笔钱，事实上是她一生的积蓄”，故选B。
（4）A.干净的； B.困难的； C.简单的，结合句意可知“她可以存这么大笔钱，是因为她过着简单的生活”，故选C。
（5）A.在……之前； B.在……之后； C.在……期间，结合句意可知“在捐献之前，她从来没有坐飞机去过任何地方”，故选A。
（6）A.街道； B.房子； C.学校。结合句意可知是“她住的房子是一所相当旧的”，故选B。
（7）结合句意可知“只有在她在美国出名后，她才开始在全国旅游”，故选A。
（8）A.捐献； B.邀请； C.话题，结合句意可知是“她成为了采访和文章的话题”，故选C。
（9）结合句意可知学生们需要钱的帮助，故选A。
（10）A.旅行； B.快乐；C.教育。结合句意可知帮助小孩去上大学给了她快乐。故选B。