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O.HenrywasapennameusedbyanAmericanwriterofshortstories.Hisrealname

wasWilliamSydneyPorter.HewasborninNorthCarolinain1862.Asayoungboyhe

livedanexcitinglife.Hedidnotgotoschoolforverylong,buthemanagedtoteach

himselfeverythingheneededtoknow.Whenhewasabout20yearsold,O.Henrywent

toTexas,wherehetrieddifferentjobs.Hefirstworkedonanewspaper,andthenhada

jobinabank,whensomemoneywentmissingfromthebank,O.Henrywasbelievedto

havestolenit.Becauseofthat,hewassenttoprison.Duringthethreeyearsinprison,

helearnedtowriteshortstories.Afterhegotoutofprison,hewenttoNewYorkand

writing.HewrotemostlyaboutNewYorkandthelifeofthepoorthere.People

likedhisstories,becausesimpleasthetaleswere,theywouldfinishwithasudden

changeat,tothereader’ssurprise.

1.InwhichorderdidO.Henrydothefollowingthings?

a.LivedinNewYork.b.Workedinabank.

c.TravelledtoTexas.d.Wasputinprison.

e.HadanewspaperJob.f.Learnedtowritestories.

A.e.c.f.b.d.a.B.c.e.b.d.f.a.

C.e.b.d.c.a.f.D.c.b.e.d.af.

【答案】B

【考点】细节题

【解析】wenttoTexas-Hefirstworkedonanewspaper-thenhadajobinabank-hewassent

toprison-helearnedtowriteshortstories-hewenttoNewYork,这一系列的流程都可以在原文

中一一找到，因此答案选B.

2.PeopleenjoyedreadingO.Henry’sstoriesbecause

A.theyhadsurpriseendings

B.theywereeasytounderstand

C.theyshowedhisloveforthepoor

D.theywereaboutNewYorkCity

【答案】A

【考点】细节题

”Peoplelikedhisstories,becausesimpleasthetales

【解析】从文章中最后一句可以得知，

were,theywouldfinishwithasuddenchangeat”人们喜欢他的故事结尾，因为故事很

简单，但总有一个意想不到的结局，因此答案选A.

3.O.Henrywenttoprisonbecause.

A.peoplethoughthehadstolenmoneyfromthenewspaper

B.hebrokethelawbynotusinghisownname

C.hewantedtowritestoriesaboutprisoners