You may have heard of Osceola McCarty, an 88-year-old woman in Mississippi who had worked for over 75 years as a ________ woman.  
One day after she retired, she went to the bank and discovered that her small monthly ________ had grown to over＄150,000. Then to everyone’s surprise, she turned around and ________ almost all of the money to the University of Southern Mississippi (USM) for a ________ fund for students with financial needs. Immediately, she made national ________.  
What you have not heard is how Osceola’s gift had ________ my life. I am 19 years old and the first ________ of an Osceola McCarty Scholarship.   I was a ________ student, and I was determined to go to USM. But I ________  being qualified for a regular scholarship by one point on the entrance exams, and a scholarship was the ________ way I could  attend.  
One Sunday, I came across the story in the paper about Osceola McCarty and her generous ________. The next day I went to the financial aid office, and they told me there was still no money  ________ for me, but if anything came up they’d call.  
A few days later, I was going out with my mother ________ the phone rang. I was told I had been chosen to be given the first Osceola McCarty Scholarship. I was ________!  
McCarty worked hard her whole life, washing clothes by hand. Now that she is  ________, 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 ________. 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 ________ on TV—she just smiles.  
McCarty gave me much more than a scholarship. She taught me about the gift of ________. 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 ________ when I can some day. So ________ I plan to add to her scholarship fund. 

A．cafe B．buffet C．laundry D．laboratory

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

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

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

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

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

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

A．considerate B．casual C．hard-working D．sensitive

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

A．normal B．wrong C．legal D．only

A．gift B．idea C．decision D．plan

A．left B．raised C．available D．enough

A．since B．before C．though D．when

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

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

A．job B．hobby C．life D．award

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

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

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

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