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(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 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.
小題1:___________ was the real name of the famous American writer.

A．O. Henry

B．William Sydney Porter

C．Carolina

D．Texas

小題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

小題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.

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

A．his happy life as a boy	B．New York and the poor of the city
C．the newspaper	D．his life in prison

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

A．they had surprising endings	B．they were easy to understand
C．they showed love for the poor	D．they were about New York

Answer 1

小題1:B
小題2:B
小題3:C
小題4:B
小題5:A

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(jiān)獄，在監(jiān)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(jié)有大的轉變，令讀者喜愛。
小題1:細節(jié)理解題。根據短文第一段描述His real name was William Sydney Porter. 可知O. Henry的真名是William Sydney Porter，故選B。
小題2:細節(jié)理解題。根據短文第二段描述Some money went missing from the bank. O. Henry was believed to have stolen it, so he was sent to prison(監(jiān)獄).可知是因為在銀行工作時少了錢，大家認為是他偷的而被送進監(jiān)獄的，故選B。
小題3:細節(jié)理解題。根據短文第一段描述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.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。
小題4:細節(jié)理解題。根據短文第三段描述He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there.可知他的寫作素材大部分來自紐約和那兒的窮人，故選B。
小題5:推理判斷題。根據短文第三段描述People liked his stories, because almost all of them finished with a sudden change. This made the readers surprised.可知人們喜歡他的故事是因為他的故事結尾有一個突然的變化，讓讀者感到驚訝，故選A。