In1995，OsceolaMcCartygaveapresentof150，000dollarstotheUniversityofSouthernMississippi．Shewantedtohelppoorstudents．Itwasaverygenerous（慷慨的，善良的）thingtodo．Butherfriendsandneighborsweresurprised

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In 1995，Osceola McCarty gave a present of 150，000 dollars to the University of Southern Mississippi．She wanted to help poor students．It was a very generous（慷慨的，善良的） thing to do．But her friends and neighbors were surprised．McCarty was a good woman．She went to church．She was always friendly and helpful．But everyone in her town knew that McCarty was not rich．In fact，she was poor．
       How did a poor 86-year-old woman have so much money？Osceola McCarty was born in 1908 in Hattiesburg，Mississippi．She had to leave school when she was eight years old to help her family．She took a job washing clothes．She earned（挣钱） only a few dollars a day．Osceola washed the clothes by hand．Then she hung（悬，挂） the clothes to dry．She did this for nearly 80 years．In the 1960s，she bought an automatic（自动的） washer and dryer．But she gave them away．She did not think they got the clothes clean enough!At that time，many people started to buy their own washers and dryers．McCarty did not have much work，so she started to iron（熨） clothes instead．
       McCarty never married or had children．Her life was very simple．She went to work and to church．She read her Bible（圣经）．She had a black-and-white television．But she did not watch it very much．It had only one channel．
McCarty saved money all her life and eventually had about 250，000 dollars．When she was 86，a lawyer（律师） helped her make a will（遗嘱）．She left money to the church，her relatives，and the university．McCarty just wanted to help others．She did not think she was a special person．But then people found out about her present to the university．She received many honors（荣誉）．She even flew in an airplane for the first time!Osceola McCarty died in 1999．She was a shy and ordinary woman who became famous．

65．Was Osceola McCarty a generous woman？___
66．How old was Osceola McCarty when she left school to help her family？___
67．What did Osceola McCarty begin to do when they had their own washers and dryer in 1960s？___
68．How was her life like？___
69．How many children did she have？___．

Answer 1

65．Yes，she was．细节理解题．根据Osceola McCarty gave a present of 150，000 dollars to the University of Southern Mississippi可知她是一个慷慨的人，故答案为：Yes，she was．．66．When she was eight yea...