通读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后在各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

O. Henry was a pen name used by an American writer of short stories. His  31 name was William Sydney Porter. He was born in North Carolina in 1862.  32  a young boy he lived a poor life. He did not go to school for very long,  33  he *managed to teach  34  everything he needed to know. When he was about 20 years old. O. Henry went to Texas. He  35  different jobs there. He first worked for a newspaper, and then he had a  36  in a bank. When some money went  37  from the bank, people  38  that O. Henry had stolen it. Because of  39  he was sent to *prison. During the three years in prison, he learnt to write  40  .After he got out of prison, he went to New York and went on  41  .He wrote  42  about New York and the  43  of the poor there. People liked his stories,  44   the stories were *simple, but they would  45  with a sudden change at the end, to the reader's surprise.

31.  A. first   B. last   C. family   D. real

32.  A. Like   B. As   C. For    D. Since

33.  A. but   B. and   C. or    D. not

34.  A one   B him    C himself   D someone

35.  A. looked for   B. lost   C. tried   D. missed

36.  A. classmate   B. friend  C. work   D. job

37.  A. away  B. missing  C. back     D. out

38.  A. said   B. told    C. talked about   D. asked

39.  A. that   B. him    C. those    D. these

40.  A. letters  B. messages  C. short stories  D. music

41.  A. studying  B. learning  C. reading   D. writing

42.  A. nearly   B. certainly  C. hardly   D. mostly

43.  A. people   B. life     C. person   D. live

44.  A. because  B. because of  C. so    D. so that

45.  A. begin   B. finish    C. do   D. make

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