Question

 0. Henry,a famous American writer of short stories, was born in North Carolina in 1862. 0. Henry was his pen name. His real name was William Sydney Porter. When he was a young boy, he didn't go to school for long because of being born in a poor family，but he tried to teach himself everything that he needed to know.

  When he was about 20 years old, 0. 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. He was believed to have stolen it, so he was sent to prison. During the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories. After he got out of the prison, he went to New York and went on writing.

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

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(  ) 1._____ was the real name of the famous American writer in this passage.

A.    0. Henry

B.    William Sydney Porter

C.    Carolina

D.    Texas

(   ) 2. 0. 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(犯人)

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

(  ) 3.0. 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

(   ) 4. People enjoyed reading 0. Henry's stories because      

A.   they had surprising endings

B.   they were easy to understand

C.   they showed love to the poor

D.   they were about New York City

(   ) 5. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage？

A.   0. Henry was from a rich family.

B.   0. Henry was in school for a long time.

C . 0. Henry learned everything he needed by himself. 

D. 0. Henry liked writing stories when he was a little boy.

Answer 1

1.B

2. B 由第二段第五句和第六句可知，他是因为银行的钱不见了而入狱的。

3. B

4. A  由最后两句可知，他的小说结尾是出人意料的。

5. C