Helloeveryone!Nowletmesaysomethingaboutawriter-Henry.HenrywasapennameusedbyanAmericanwriterofshortstories.HisrealnamewasWilliamSydneyPorter.HewasborninNorthCarolinain1862.Asayoungboyhelivedanexcitinglife.Hedidnotgotoschoolforverylong,buthemanagedtoteachhimselfeverythingheneededtoknow.Whenhewasabout20yearsold,O.HenrywenttoTexas,wherehetrieddifferentjobs.Hefirstworkedonanewspaper,andthenhadajobinabank,whensomemoneywentmissingfromthebankO.Henrywasbelievedtohavestolenit.Becauseofthat,hewassenttoprison.Duringthethreeyearsinprison,helearnedtowriteshortstories.Afterhegotoutofprison,hewenttoNewYorkandcontinuedwriting.HewrotemostlyaboutNewYorkandthelifeofthepoorthere.Peoplelikedhisstories,becausesimpleasthetaleswere,theywouldfinishwithasuddenchangeattheend,tothereader’ssurprise.
1.InwhichorderdidO.Henrydothefollowingthings?
a.LivedinNewYork.b.Workedinabank.c.TravelledtoTexas.
d.Wasputinprison.e.HadanewspaperJob.f.Learnedtowritestories.
A.e.c.f.b.d.aB.c.e.b.d.f.aC.e.b.d.c.a.f.D.c.b.e.d.af.
2.PeopleenjoyedreadingO.Henry’sstoriesbecause
A.theyhadsurpriseendingsB.theywereeasytounderstand
C.theyshowedhisloveforthepoorD.theywereaboutNewYorkCity
3.O.Henrywenttoprisonbecause.
A.peoplethoughthehadstolenmoneyfromthenewspaper
B.hebrokethelawbynotusinghisownname
C.hewantedtowritestoriesaboutprisoners
D.peoplethoughthehadtakenmoneythatwasnothis
4.WhatdoweknowaboutO.Henrybeforehebeganwriting?
A.Hewaswell-educated.B.Hewasnotseriousabouthiswork.
C.Hewasdevotedtothepoor.D.Hewasverygoodatlearning.
5.WheredidO.Henrygetmostmaterialforhisshortstories?
A.Hislifeinsidetheprison.B.Thenewspaperarticleshewrote.
C.ThecityandpeopleofNewYork.D.Hisexcitingearlylifeasaboy.