Question

O. Henry was a pen name of an American _______ of short stories. His _______ name was William Sydney Porter. He was ________ in North Carolina in 1862. _______ a young boy he lived an exciting life. He did not go to school for very long, but he tried to teach________ everything he needed to know.

When he was about 20 years old, O. Henry went to Texas. There he tried different _____. He first worked on newspaper, and then had a job in a ________ . When some money went missing from the bank, people believed he stole it. Because of that, the police________ him into prison. ________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.

O. Henry wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because they were ______ to understand and they would finish with a sudden change at the end, to the reader’s surprise.

1.A. clerk B. teacher C. writer

2.A. pen B. old C. real

3.A. bore B. born C. bored

4.A. To B. For C. As

5.A. myself B. himself C. herself

6.A. food B. work C. jobs

7.A. bank B. school C. hospital

8.A. asked B. sent C. let

9.A. During B. As C. With

10.A. easy B. difficult C. creative

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