单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
【小题1】The boy, s______________ of stealing the collected money, is being closely watched over.
【小题2】To their d_______________, their son was admitted into a famous university.
【小题3】Word came that our football team was d_____________again. 
【小题4】If we work with a strong will, we can o___________ any difficulty, however great it is.
【小题5】He joined the group c______________of five young men.
【小题6】It is impossible to know in ______________ (提前) what will happen.
【小题7】The old man is respected by the people because he has____________(贡献) to the country.
【小题8】Disneyland offers its visitors ___________（各种各样的）activities.
【小题9】The girl made a great________(印象) on her neighbours and they spoke highly of her.
【小题10】All ____________(航班) have been put off because of the heavy snow.

O．Henry，born in Greensboro，North Carolina，was the pen name of William Sydney Porter.His father，Algernon Sidney Porter，was a physician.When William was three years old，his mother died，and he was raised by his grandmother and aunt.William was a good reader，but at the age of fifteen he left school，and worked in a drug store and later on a Texas farm.After that，he moved to Houston，where he had a number of jobs，including that of bank clerk.After moving to Austin，Texas，in 1882，he married.

In 1884 he started a humorous weekly The  Rolling Stone.When the weekly failed，he joined The  Houston Post as a reporter and columnist(专栏作家)．In 1897 he was put into prison over some financial(财务的)dealings.While in prison，William started to write short stories to earn money to support his daughter Margaret.His first work，Whistling Dick’s Christmas Stocking(1899)，appeared in McClure’s Magazine.After serving three years of the five years’ sentence，he changed his name to O．Henry，hoping to forget his bitter past.

O．Henry moved to New York City in 1902 and from December 1903 to January 1906 he wrote a story a week for the New York World，and also published the stories in other magazines.His first collection，Cabbages and Kings，appeared in 1904.Many other works quickly followed，such as The Gift of the Magi and The Furnished Room.O.Henry’s best known work is The Ransom of Red Chief.His stories always have surprising endings.He published 10 collections and over 600 short stories during his lifetime.

O．Henry’s last years were shadowed by drinking，ill health，and financial problems.In 1907，he experienced a failed marriage.In 1910，O.Henry died after an illness.

1.What’s the passage mainly about?

A．A brief introduction to O．Henry.

B．O.Henry’s career and marriage.

C．How O．Henry became a well­known writer.

D．O.Henry’s best known works.

2.It can be inferred from the passage that O．Henry ________.

A．didn’t like to study during his childhood

B．had little parental love as a child

C．was very interested in medicine and farming

D．took up only one job after he moved to Houston

3.Which is the right time order for the following events in O．Henry’s life?

①He moved to New York City.

②He joined The Houston Post.

③Whistling Dick’s Christmas Stocking came out.

④The Furnished Room came out.

⑤Cabbages and Kings appeared.

A．①②③④⑤  B．②①③⑤④    C．③②①④⑤  D．②③①⑤④

4.Which of the following works of O. Henry’s is the most popular according to the passage?

A．Cabbages and Kings.

B．The Gift of the Magi.

C．The Furnished Room.

D．The Ransom of Red Chief.

根据下列句子所给首字母在横线上写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。（每空只写一词）

1.He drew a ____________（结论）after a lot of experiments.

2.Word came that our football team was _____________ （打败）again.      

3.Who do you think is to ____________（该受指责）for the accident?

4.What he did was not ________ （与……一致）with what he said.

5.England is divided __________ (粗略地) into three zones.

6.At first my new __________ (环境) were difficult to tolerate.

7. If it is _____________（方便的）to you I’ll be with you next Tuesday.

8. Please ________（安排） for a taxi to pick me up at six o’clock.

9.To their __________（高兴）, their son was admitted into a famous university.

10.Wang Ping ________(系好) my safety belt and showed me how to use the hovering carriage.

11. Being ______（暴露）to sunlight for too much time will do harm to one’s skin.

12.With extra evidence John Snow was able to______(宣布) with certainty that polluted water carried the virus.

13.For historical__________ (建筑) ,you have to go to older but smaller towns built by the Romans.

14.Just as I tried to make the necessary ________(调整)to this new situation, Wang Ping appeared.

15.Westminster Abbey contains ________(雕塑) in memory of dead poets and writers.

单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

1.The boy, s______________ of stealing the collected money, is being closely watched over.

2.To their d_______________, their son was admitted into a famous university.

3.Word came that our football team was d_____________again. 

4.If we work with a strong will, we can o___________ any difficulty, however great it is.

5.He joined the group c______________of five young men.

6.It is impossible to know in ______________ (提前) what will happen.

7.The old man is respected by the people because he has____________(贡献) to the country.

8.Disneyland offers its visitors ___________（各种各样的）activities.

9.The girl made a great________(印象) on her neighbours and they spoke highly of her.

10.All ____________(航班) have been put off because of the heavy snow.

O．Henry，born in Greensboro，North Carolina，was the pen name of William Sydney Porter.His father，Algernon Sidney Porter，was a physician.When William was three years old，his mother died，and he was raised by his grandmother and aunt.William was a good reader，but at the age of fifteen he left school，and worked in a drug store and later on a Texas farm.After that，he moved to Houston，where he had a number of jobs，including that of bank clerk.After moving to Austin，Texas，in 1882，he married.
In 1884 he started a humorous weekly The  Rolling Stone.When the weekly failed，he joined The  Houston Post as a reporter and columnist(专栏作家)．In 1897 he was put into prison over some financial(财务的)dealings.While in prison，William started to write short stories to earn money to support his daughter Margaret.His first work，Whistling Dick’s Christmas Stocking(1899)，appeared in McClure’s Magazine.After serving three years of the five years’ sentence，he changed his name to O．Henry，hoping to forget his bitter past.
O．Henry moved to New York City in 1902 and from December 1903 to January 1906 he wrote a story a week for the New York World，and also published the stories in other magazines.His first collection，Cabbages and Kings，appeared in 1904.Many other works quickly followed，such as The Gift of the Magi and The Furnished Room.O.Henry’s best known work is The Ransom of Red Chief.His stories always have surprising endings.He published 10 collections and over 600 short stories during his lifetime.
O．Henry’s last years were shadowed by drinking，ill health，and financial problems.In 1907，he experienced a failed marriage.In 1910，O.Henry died after an illness.
【小题1】What’s the passage mainly about?