O．Herry was am American writer．He wrote lots of short stories．His real name was William Sydney Porter．He was born in North Carolina in 1862．

    A s a young boy，he lived an exciting life．He did not go to school for a long time，but he learned everything he wanted to know．When he was about 20 years old．O．Herry went to Texas There he did different jobs．He first worked in a newspaper，and then had a job in a bank．When some money went missing from the bank．O．Herry was suspected(被懷疑)．Because of that，he was sent into prison(監(jiān)獄)．

    During the three years in prison，he learned to write short stories．After he got out of prison．he went to New York and continued writing He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there．People liked his stories，because although simple(簡單)，to the readers’ surprise，the stories would finish with a sudden change at the end．

1．William Sydney Porter was famous as a writer of ______．

   A．children’s stories           B．long stories          C．short stories    D．love stones

2．O．Herry stayed in prison for________．

   A．3 years                         B．4 years                 C．5 years          D．6 years

3．O．Heny learned to write stories_______．

   A．when he was in prison                 B．when he worked in a newspaper

   C．when he worked in a bank             D．when he was in New York

4．People enjoyed his stories because________．

   A．the stories were very short                  B． the stories were interesting

C．the stories had surprising endings  D．the stories were about the prison

5. O．Herry’s stories were mostly about_________．

   A．his prison life                             B．New York

   C．the life of the rich                         D．the life of the poor and New York