Question

1．O．Henry was a pen name（76）used（use） by an American writer of short stories．His real name was William Sydney Porter．He was born in North Carolina in 1862．As a young boy he lived an exciting life．He did not go to school for very long，but he managed to teach（77）himselfeverything he needed to know．When he was about 20 years old，O．Henry went to Texas，（78）wherehe tried different jobs．He first worked on a newspaper，and then had a job in a bank．When some money went（79）missing（miss） from the bank，O．Henry was believed （80）to have stolen（steal） it．Because of that，he（81）was sent（send） to prison．During（82）thethree years in prison，he learned to write short stories．After he got out of prison，he went to New York and continued writing．He wrote（83）mostly（most） about New York and the life of the poor there．People liked his stories，because simple（84）asthe tales were，they would finish （85）witha sudden change at the end，to the readers'surprise．

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分析 欧•亨利是一位美国短篇小说家的笔名，他的真名叫威廉•西德里•波特，1862年出生于北卡罗来纳州．本文讲述了他的生活经历以及作品的特点．

解答 76．used；考查分词作定语，name与动词use是动宾关系，故用过去分词短语作后置定语．
77．himself；考查反身代词，结合上下文分析句意为"他没有上过几年学，但却自学成材"，teach oneself 是固定短语，意为"自学"，故此处用himself作teach的宾语．
78．where；考查定语从句，这是一个定语从句，修饰Texas，关系副词where作定语从句的状语．
79．missing；考查非谓语动词，go missing意为"不见，丢失"．
80．to have stolen；考查非谓语动词，be believed to do意为"被认为做某事"，根据下文内容可知此处强调动作的后跟，故用完成时态，故答案为to have stolen．
81．was sent；考查时态和语态，本文讲述过去的事情，主语he和动词是动宾关系，故用一般过去时的被动语态was sent．
82．the；考查冠词，因为后面有介词短语in prison加以限制，故此处用定冠词表示特指，特指"在监狱的那三年"．
83．mostly；考查副词，此处用副词作状语，修饰动词wrote．
84．as；考查连词，simple as the tales were是个表语倒装，as表示尽管，结构是：形容词、名词+as+主语+系动词．
85．with；考查介词，此处用介词with表示方式，意为"以…"．

点评 首先要通读全文，了解大意，抓住上下文语境所提供的信息，仔细分析带空格的句子，明确空格所要填的词义，词型和短语搭配，给出所要填的正确形式，然后整体阅读短文，核对答案．