Question

O. Henry, a famous American writer of short stories, was born in North Carolina in 1862. O. Henry was a pen name. His real name was William Sydney Porter. When he was a young boy, he did not go to school for long because of being born in a poor family, but he tried to teach himself everything he needed to know.

When he was about 20 years old, O. Henry went to Texas. There he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank. But he got himself into some trouble. Some money went missing from the bank. O. Henry was believed to have stolen it, so he was sent to prison(監獄). During the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York and went on writing.

He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because almost all of them finished with a sudden change. This made the readers surprised.

1.___________ was the real name of the famous American writer.

A. O. HenryB. William Sydney PorterC. CarolinaD. Texas

2.O. Henry was sent to prison because _________________.

A. People thought he had stolen money from the newspaper.

B. People thought he had stolen money from the bank.

C. he wanted to write stories about prisoners.

D. he broke the law (法律) by not using his own name

3.Which of the following is true?

A. O. Henry was from a rich family

B. O. Henry was in school for a long time.

C. O. Henry learned everything he needed by himself.

D. O. Henry liked writing stories when he was a little boy.

4.O. Henry got most materials for his stories from ______________.

A. his happy life as a boyB. New York and the poor of the city

C. the newspaperD. his life in prison

5.People enjoyed reading O. Henry’s stories because _________________

A. they had surprising endingsB. they were easy to understand

C. they showed love for the poorD. they were about New York

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.B

3.C

4.B

5.A

【解析】

試題分析：本文介紹了著名的美國短篇小說家歐.亨利。歐.亨利于1862年出生于加利福尼亞北部，小時候因為家里窮沒錢上學，他自學了所有需要的知識。長大后他嘗試了很多不同的工作，在報社、在銀行，后來進了監獄，在監獄的三年學會了寫小說，他的小說素材大部分來自紐約和那里的窮人，小說結尾情節有大的轉變，令讀者喜愛。

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3.needed to know.可知小時候窮因為窮沒錢上學，但他自學了所需要的所有知識，故選C。

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考點：人物傳記類短文閱讀。