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Chicago’s Children’s Hospital is the lucky receiver of a surprise $18 millio
Chicago’s Children’s Hospital is the lucky receiver of a surprise $18 millio
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2025-07-18
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Chicago’s Children’s Hospital is the lucky receiver of a surprise $18 million gift from Gladys Holm. She once was a secretary who never earned more than $15,000 a year and never married. She lived alone in a small flat in Chicago, and was a volunteer at the Children’s Hospital. She was called the "Teddy Bear Lady" because she brought toy animals to sick children on her regular visits. But Miss Holm, who died in 1996 at the age of 86, was also a long-time buyer of stocks(股票). Over the years, she saved money that rose up to $18 million, which she left to the Children’s Hospital. It was the largest single donation in the hospital’s 115-year history. The hospital president, Jan Jennings, was shocked when she heard the news. "When Miss Holm’s lawyer called to tell me how much that money was, I asked him to repeat it, since I was certain I had misheard."
Why did Gladys Holm feel so strongly about the Children’s Hospital? Jennings said the hospital first touched Miss Holm’s heart nearly 50 years ago, when doctors there saved the life of her friend’s daughter. She never forgot the happiness she felt all those years ago.
Holm’s gift will be devoted to heart disease research. People at the hospital said they regretted that they couldn’t thank Miss Holm for the surprising gift. [br] According to the text, Miss Holm built up her fortune by________.
选项
A、playing Teddy Bear Lady
B、working as a secretary
C、helping in the hospital
D、buying stocks
答案
D
解析
缅节题。题干以为“根据本文内容,Holm女士通过______积累了她的资产。”从第一段第二句话可知,她的职业是秘书,年收入不超过1.5万美元,故B选项靠秘书工作积累是错误的。C选项是她的善举,与资产的累积无关。文章第一段第四句话提到“Teddy Bear Lady”是人们对她的昵称,不是表演,故A选项也错误。第一段第五句话“a long-time buyer of stocks”以及第六句话“she saved money that rose up to…”可知,她的这笔巨款是靠多年购买股票的增值,故D正确。
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