1. Who wrote the story?

　 A. Rupert’s teacher. B. The neighbour’s teacher.

　 C. A medical school teacher. D. The teacher’s neighbour.

2、(1分)

　　 One day a few years ago a very funny thing happened to a neighbour of mine. He is a teacher at one of London’s big medical schools, He had finished his teaching for the summer term and was at the airport on his way to Russia to give a lecture.

　 　He had put a few clothes and his lecture notes in his shoulder bag, but he had put Rupert, the skeleton (人体骨骼) to be used in his lecture, in a large brown suitcase (箱子). At the airport desk, he suddenly thought that he had forgotten to buy a newspaper. He left his suitcase near the desk and went over to the shop.

　　 When he got back he discovered that someone had taken his suitcase by mistake. He often wonders what they said when they got home and found Rupert.

5. Where did O. Henry get most material for his short stories?

　 A. His life inside the prison.　 B. The newspaper articles he wrote.

　 C. The city and people of New York. D. His exciting early life as a boy.

4. What do we know about O. Henry before he began writing?

　 A. He was well-educated. B. He was not serious about his work.

　 C. He was devoted to the poor.　 D. He was very good at learning.

3. O. Henry went to prison because　　　　 .

　 A. people thought he had stolen money from the newspaper

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

　 C. he wanted to write stories about prisoners

　 D. people thought he had taken money that was not his

2. People enjoyed reading O. Henry’s stories because

　 A. they had surprise endings 　 B. they were easy to understand

　 C. they showed his love for the poor　 D. they were about New York City

1. In which order did O. Henry do the following things?

　 a. Lived in New York.　 b. Worked in a bank.　　　　 c. Travelled to Texas.

　 d. Was put in prison.　　 e. Had a newspaper Job.　　　 f. Learned to write stories.

　 A. e. c. f. b. d. a　　 B. c. e. b. d. f. a　　　　 C. e. b. d. c. a. f.　 D. c. b. e. d. a f.

1、(1分)

　　 O. Henry was a pen name used 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 himself everything he needed to know. When he was about 20 years old, O. Henry went to Texas, where he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank, when some money went missing from the bank O. Henry was believed to have stolen it. Because of that, he was sent to prison. During the three 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 mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because simple as the tales were, they would finish with a sudden change at the end, to the reader’s surprise.

20. A不过买其他东西(要买的东西就是purchases)的时候呢？你认为男性还是女性的高端花销更多？影响(effects)，不同(differences)，例子(examples)统统不符合逻辑。

19. B当然，对于真正的大件──比如在科罗拉多州买座房子，一架湾流(Gulfstream)私人飞机，一艘Feadship游艇，夫妇两人可能会一起(together)作决定，根本不是远处(away)，也一样(as well)，出去(out)之意。