4．Visitors to central Austin，Texas，would easy to miss a small．old house called the O．Henry Museum．William Sydney Porter（1862-1910）-better known as O．Henry，was one of American best loved writers of short stories．Beginning in 1893，he lived here．It was saved from destruction，moved，and turned into a museum in 1934．The museum is a good way to learn about the interesting life of him．
William Porter rented the house and lived with his wife Athol and daughter Margaret for about two years．Many objects in the museum belonged to the Porters．Others didn't，but are in the house to recreate the way it looked during their lifetime．
Porter worked at a pharmacy，farm，land office and bank．He also loved words and writing．The museum has special proof of Porter's love of language-his dictionary．It is said that he read every word in it．Porter stared a small publication called"The Rolling Stone"．He wasn't being published early on，so he published himself．His funny storied，poems，and drawings were published in the magazine．But it was too costly to continue for long，so he closed the project about one year．
Other troubles would lead the Porters to leave Austin．Porter was accused（起訴） of financial（經濟的） wrongdoing at the bank and lost his job．Fearing a trial（審判），he fled the country．But he returned because his wife was dying．After her death，he faced the trial and was found guilty．He served three and a half years in a federal prison in Ohio．
Porter would keep his time in prison a secret．But there was one good thing about it．It provided him with time to write．By the time of his release，he had published 14stories and was becoming well-known as O．Henry．
Porter would later move to New York City and find great success there．He published over 380stories in the last eight years of his life．
25．what does the writer want to tell us in the passage、D
A．O．Henry's experience in prison．
B．The object in the O．Henry Museum．
C．O．Henry's achievements in literature
D．A brief account of O．Henry's life．
26．What is the writer's purpose of writing paragraph 3？C
A．To attract more visitors to the O．Henry Museum．
B．To show the jobs O．Henry once did．
C．To show O．Henry's early love of words and language．
D．To introduce O．Henry's publication called"The Rolling Stone"．
27．The reason why O．Henry was put into prison was thatC．
A．he killed his wif3e by mistake
B．he didn't find a good position at the bank
C．he had financial wrongdoing at the bank
D．he wanted to devote himself to writing．
28．Which of the following shows the right order about O．Henry？A
①．He was committed to prison．
②．He settled down in Austin．Texas．
③．His wife died．
④．He started a small publication．
⑤．He moved to New York City．
A．②④③①⑤
B．②③①④⑤
C．②④③⑤①
D．②①③④⑤
分析 短文主要介紹了著名寫作家歐亨利的一生．
解答 25．D，主旨大意題，短文主要介紹了著名寫作家歐亨利的一生，故答案為D．
26．C，段落大意題，短文第三段主要介紹了歐亨利最開始的工作，以及他最開始對文學的喜愛，故答案為C．
27．C，細節理解題，根據句子Porter was accused（起訴） of financial（經濟的） wrongdoing at the bank and lost his job可知，他入獄是由于在銀行的經濟犯罪造成的，故答案為C．
28．A，細節理解題，根據文章的描述，最開始歐亨利在Texas定居，接著他開始出版一些東西，然后他妻子去世了，他入獄了，最后他搬去紐約，因此答案為A．
點評 解答任務型閱讀理解題，首先對原文材料迅速瀏覽，掌握全文的主旨大意．因為閱讀理解題一般沒有標題，所以，速讀全文，抓住中心主旨很有必要，在速讀的過程中，應盡可能多地捕獲信息材料．其次，細讀題材，各個擊破．掌握全文的大意之后，細細閱讀每篇材料后的問題，弄清每題要求后，帶著問題，再回到原文中去尋找、捕獲有關信息．最后，要善于抓住每段的主題句，閱讀時，要有較強的針對性．對于捕獲到的信息，要做認真分析，仔細推敲，理解透徹，只有這樣，針對題目要求，才能做到穩、準．
