O. Henry was the name used by William Sidney Porter. He was       in Greensboro, North Carolina in eighteen sixty-two. His mother died when he was three years old. He       school at the age of fifteen to work in his uncle’s drug store. He       to Texas five years later. He lived in the city of Austin where he         married, worked in a local bank and       a weekly newspaper.
William Sidney Porter had bad       in Texas. His wife became sick, their baby died and his newspaper        . Then he was accused of       money from the bank where he worked. He fled to Honduras, but returned to be with his      wife. She died in eighteen ninety-seven. Porter was      to prison. That is where he started to     . His first story was published in a national magazine in eighteen ninety-eight. After being      from prison in nineteen oh-one, Porter went to New York City. He published more stories, all under the name O. Henry. No one really knows where he got that name.
O. Henry's first book was a short story collection called “Cabbages and Kings”. It was published in nineteen-oh-four. O. Henry published thirteen other       of short stories. He wrote six hundred stories during his life. He wrote so       that he could complete about one story a week.
Porter tried to forget his      , but could not. He did not have any good friends. He began to drink too much alcohol. A second marriage failed. He died of tuberculosis in New York City in nineteen ten. He was forty-eight years old.
小題1:
A．bornB．livedC．diedD．buried
小題2:
A．a(chǎn)ttendedB．leftC．finishedD．taught
小題3:
A．relatedB．referredC．returnedD．moved
小題4:
A．gotB．changedC．feltD．turned
小題5:
A．readB．ownedC．boughtD．booked
小題6:
A．dayB．habitC．luckD．future
小題7:
A．failedB．influencedC．spreadD．a(chǎn)ppeared
小題8:
A．stoppingB．robbingC．losingD．stealing
小題9:
A．lovelyB．carefulC．illD．sick
小題10:
A．sentencedB．a(chǎn)ttachedC．a(chǎn)ccusedD．caught
小題11:
A．wonderB．writeC．worryD．sink
小題12:
A．fledB．releasedC．drivenD．forced
小題13:
A．collectionsB．filmsC．playsD．works
小題14:
A．interestinglyB．wellC．quicklyD．richly
小題15:
A．pastB．mistakeC．shortcomingsD．stories

小題1:A
小題2:B
小題3:D
小題4:A
小題5:B
小題6:C
小題7:A
小題8:D
小題9:D
小題10:A
小題11:B
小題12:B
小題13:A
小題14:C
小題15:A
記敘文。美國(guó)著名小說家O. Henry富于傳奇性的一生。他出身于醫(yī)師家庭，當(dāng)過藥房學(xué)徒、新聞?dòng)浾摺?銀行出納員等。因銀行短缺了一筆現(xiàn)金，為避免審訊，他離家流亡。后因回家探視病危的妻子被捕入獄，并在獄中開始寫作。
小題1:根據(jù)O. Henry的生(1862)卒(1910)年代和最后一段最后一句判斷，他出生于Greensboro。
小題2:他在15歲時(shí)輟學(xué)(left school)去到他叔叔的藥店工作。
小題3:五年之后他搬遷(moved)到德克薩斯州。
小題4:get married結(jié)婚。
小題5:下文語境判斷：他主辦一份報(bào)紙(own a newspaper)。
小題6:他在德克薩斯州很倒霉(had bad luck)。
小題7:他辦的報(bào)紙失敗了。
小題8:接著他被指控從其所工作的銀行偷錢。
小題9:根據(jù)前文的His wife became sick判斷，她的妻子生病了，他回去陪伴他。
小題10:他被判刑入監(jiān)獄(sentenced to prison)。
小題11:他在監(jiān)獄里開始寫作(write)。
小題12:在被釋放出監(jiān)獄之后，他來到紐約。
小題13:他出版了其它的13部短篇小說集(collections)。
小題14:根據(jù)complete判斷。
小題15:他想設(shè)法忘記他的過去(past)。
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“Hey, Bigfoot!”
“Geez, you’re going to start an earthquake!”
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“Four eyes!”
“Couldn’t you cover up more of your faces? Why stop at the eyes?”
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B．Her glasses couldn’t cover up her face.
C．She couldn’t get along well with them.
D．She looked like an overweight elephant.
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A．To win more ribbons.
B．To shift others’ attention from her face.
C．To develop a killer body.
D．To have red wet eyes.
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B．a(chǎn) for more gifted artist
C．a(chǎn) much stronger person
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小題1:
A．scolded B．a(chǎn)llowedC．orderedD．reminded
小題2:
A．badB．complexC．terribleD．wonderful
小題3:
A．a(chǎn)pproveB．a(chǎn)ppointedC．expectedD．urged
小題4:
A．flexible B．creativeC．disappointingD．controversial
小題5:
A．college-levelB．basedC．difficultD．easy
小題6:
A．marriedB．workedC．succeeded D．progressed
小題7:
A．SadB．Confident C．AnxiousD．Curious
小題8:
A．a(chǎn)dded B．lived C．grew D．went
小題9:
A．countedB．rememberedC．a(chǎn)pproachedD．discovered
小題10:
A．broughtB．turnedC．heldD．kept
小題11:
A．nervous B．excelled C．poorD．terrible
小題12:
A．impoliteB．impatientC．inexperiencedD．sympathetic
小題13:
A．gradeB．figureC．paperD．entry
小題14:
A．tearB．fireC．cryD．escape
小題15:
A．warnedB．reminded C．informedD．convinced
小題16:
A．a(chǎn)verage B．enthusiastic C．outstandingD．occasional
小題17:
A．consideredB．definedC．reflected D．described
小題18:
A．a(chǎn)bandonedB．given C．believed inD．doubted
小題19:
A．changeB．riskC．defeat D．reminded
小題20:
A．lookedB．viewedC．sang D．criticized

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