OHenry, a famous American writer of short stories, was born in North Carolina in 1862OHenry was a pen nameHis real name was William Sydney PorterWhen he was a young boy, he did not go to school for long because of being born in a poor family, but he tried to teach himself everything he needed to know

When he was about 20 years old, OHenry went to TexasThere he tried different jobsHe first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bankBut he got himself into some troubleSome money went missing from the bankOHenry was believed to have stolen it, so he was sent to prison (监狱)During the three years in prison, he learned to write short storiesAfter he got out of prison, he went to New York and went on writing

He wrote mostly about New York and the poor men therePeople liked his stories, because almost all of them finished with a sudden changeThis made the readers surprised

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1           was the real name of the famous American writer

AOHenry                                                     BWilliam Sydney Porter

CCarolina                                                        DTexas

2OHenry was sent to prison because              

Apeople thought he had stolen money from the newspaper

Bpeople thought he had stolen money from the bank

Che wanted to write stories about prisoners

Dhe broke the law (法律) by not using his own name

3Which of the following is true?

AOHenry was from a rich family

BOHenry was in school for a long time

COHenry learned everything he needed by himself

DOHenry liked writing stories when he was a little boy

4OHenry got most materials (材料) for his stories from        

Ahis happy life as a boy

BNew York and the poor of the city

Cthe newspaper

Dhis life in prison

5People enjoyed reading OHenry's stories because          

Athey had surprising endings

Bthey were easy to understand

Cthey showed love for the poor   

Dthey were about New York City

    To: Aggie@yahoo.com                      From: Joe@heinfo.net

    Subject: Help!                             Date: 21/06/2005 10:02 AM

Dear Aunt Aggie,

I'm having a problem with my classmate, Rena, at schoolThe other day I wrote an email to another classmate, Beth, in which I said some things about Rena that perhaps weren't very niceUnluckily, when Beth was writing back to me, she accidentally forwarded(无意间转发) the message to Rena! Now Rena is really angry with me and won't talk to me, and Beth is unhappy as wellShe's said sorry to me a hundred times already, but the harm is doneI feel bad, because I never would have said those things to Rena's face, but how do I forgive(谅解) me? What should I do?

                                                        Joe

    To: Joe@heinfo.net                      From: Aggie@yahoo.com

    Subject: Some advice                     Date: 22/06/2005 10:45 AM

Dear Joe,

This problem is more common than you might think! Email is very useful, but also very dangerous, as you don’t know where your message might end up! First of all, you should say sorry right away to RenaExplain that it was a mistake, and that you didn't mean to hurt her feelingsIt may take time for her to be able to forgive you, but that's up to herThen you might want to do something nice for herPerhaps send her some flowers to that you're truly sorryAlso, you should remember that old saying: "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all" And good luck!

                                                          Aggie

1What is Joe's problem in the first email?

         AJoe made Rena unhappy and he felt very sad

BJoe's classmate, Rena, sent Beth an email and made her unhappy

CJoe received a wrong email from Rena and became angry

DJoe's friend, Beth, is unhappy because Joe sent her an angry email

2After Rena's feelings got hurt, what did Joe do?

AHe emailed her and said sorry

BHe asked Beth what he should do

CHe emailed Aunt Aggie for help

DHe said sorry to Rena face to face

3What does the underlined (画线的) sentence mean in the second email? It mean

Abecause you don't know who the email is for

Bbecause you can never know who will get your email at last

Cbecause you don't know where your email was written

Dbecause you never know where the message is from

4What advice did Aggie give Joe?

AJoe, Beth and Rena should have a talk together

BJoe should wait for some time before saying sorry to Rena

CJoe should ask Beth to explain (解释) that to Rena

DJoe should say sorry to Rena, and then send her some flowers

5From the emails, we know that         

AJoe, Rena and Beth study at different schools

BBeth didn't forward the message to Rena

CJoe has said sorry to Rena many times already

D Rena hasn't forgiven Joe, yet

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