回答{TSE}题： Oseola McCarty Late one Sunday afternoon inSeptember 1999，Oseola McCarty，an e

lderly cleaning lady passed away in the little wooden framehouse where she had lived and worked most of her life．Itmav seem like an ordinary end to a humble life，butthere was something quite exceptional about this woman． In the summer of 1995，McCarty gave$1 50，000，most of the money she had saved throughout her life，to the University of Southern Mississippi in her hometown．The money was to help other African Americans through university．She had started her savings habit as a young child when she would return from school to clean and iron for moneywhich she would then save． She led a simple，frugal existence，neverspending on anything but her most basic needs．Her bankalso advised her on investing her hard—earned savings． When she retired，she decided that she wanted to use the money togive children of limited means the opportunity to go to university．She had wanted to become a nurse，but had toleave school to look after ill relatives and work．Whenasked why she had given her life savings away，shereplied，“I’m giving it away so that children won’t haveto work so hard，like I did．”Afternews of her donation hit the media，over 600 donationswere made to the scholarship fund．One was given bymedia executive，Ted Turner，whoreputedly gave a billion dollars．She didn’t want anyfuss made over her gift，but the news got out and shewas invited all over the United States to talk to people．Wherever she went，people would come up toher to say a few words or to just touch her．She met theordinary and the famous，President Clinton included．In the last few years of her life，before shedied of cancer，McCarty was given over 300 awards：she was honoured by the United Nations and received the PresidentialCitizen’s Medal．Despite having no real education，she found herself with two honorary doctorates：one from the University of Southern Mississippi and the other fromHarvard University．Her generosity was clearly aninspiration to many and proof that true selflessness does exist． {TS}This woman shocked and inspired the world because__________．

A. she had managed to save so much money

B. she gave her money to African Americans

C. she gave her life savings to help others through university

D. she only spent money on cheap things