24、O.Henry, a famous American writer of short stories, was born in North Carolina in 1862.O.Henry was a pen name.His real name was William Sydney Porter.When 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, O.Henry went to Texas.There he tried different jobs.He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank.But he got himself into some trouble.Some money went missing from the bank.O.Henry 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 stories.After he got out of prison, he went to New York and went on writing.

He wrote mostly about New York and the poor men there.People liked his stories, because almost all of them finished with a sudden change.This made the readers surprised.

根据短文,选择正确答案。

1.           was the real name of the famous American writer.

A.O.Henry                                                     B.William Sydney Porter

C.Carolina                                                        D.Texas

2.O.Henry was sent to prison because              

A.people thought he had stolen money from the newspaper

B.people thought he had stolen money from the bank

C.he wanted to write stories about prisoners

D.he broke the law (法律) by not using his own name

3.Which of the following is true?

A.O.Henry was from a rich family.

B.O.Henry was in school for a long time.

C.O.Henry learned everything he needed by himself.

D.O.Henry liked writing stories when he was a little boy.

4.O.Henry got most materials (材料) for his stories from        

A.his happy life as a boy

B.New York and the poor of the city

C.the newspaper

D.his life in prison

5.People enjoyed reading O.Henry's stories because          

A.they had surprising endings

B.they were easy to understand

C.they showed love for the poor   

D.they were about New York City

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    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 school.The other day I wrote an email to another classmate, Beth, in which I said some things about Rena that perhaps weren't very nice.Unluckily, 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 well.She's said sorry to me a hundred times already, but the harm is done.I 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 Rena.Explain that it was a mistake, and that you didn't mean to hurt her feelings.It may take time for her to be able to forgive you, but that's up to her.Then you might want to do something nice for her.Perhaps send her some flowers to that you're truly sorry.Also, 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

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

         A.Joe made Rena unhappy and he felt very sad.

B.Joe's classmate, Rena, sent Beth an email and made her unhappy.

C.Joe received a wrong email from Rena and became angry.

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

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

A.He emailed her and said sorry.

B.He asked Beth what he should do.

C.He emailed Aunt Aggie for help.

D.He said sorry to Rena face to face.

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

A.because you don't know who the email is for

B.because you can never know who will get your email at last

C.because you don't know where your email was written

D.because you never know where the message is from

4.What advice did Aggie give Joe?

A.Joe, Beth and Rena should have a talk together.

B.Joe should wait for some time before saying sorry to Rena.

C.Joe should ask Beth to explain (解释) that to Rena.

D.Joe should say sorry to Rena, and then send her some flowers.

5.From the emails, we know that         

A.Joe, Rena and Beth study at different schools.

B.Beth didn't forward the message to Rena.

C.Joe has said sorry to Rena many times already.

D. Rena hasn't forgiven Joe, yet.

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