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 readers’ surprise.
1. In which order did O. Henry do the following things?
a. Lived in New York.
b. Worked in a bank.
c. Traveled to Texas.
d. Was put in prison.
e. Had a newspaper job.
f. Learned to write stories.
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A．e, c, f, b, d, a |
B．c, b, e, d, a, f |
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C．e, b, d, c, a, f |
D．c, e, b, d, f, a |
2.People enjoyed reading O. Henry’s stories because _____.
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A．they had surprise endings |
B．they were easy to understand |
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C．they showed his love for the poor |
D．they were about New York City |
3.What do we know about O. Henry before he began writing?
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A．He was well-educated. |
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B．He was very good at learning. |
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C．He was devoted to the poor. |
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D．He was not serious about his work. |
4. Where did O. Henry get most material for his short stories?
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A．His life inside the prison. |
B．The newspaper articles he wrote. |
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C．The city and people of New York. |
D．His exciting early life as a boy. |
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Long time ago, if a child had some problems in his life, he might go home and write in his 21 . Now, a child with the same problems might go onto the Internet and write about them in a blog（博客. In many ways, a diary and a blog are very 22 .So, what makes blogging different from writing in a 23 diary?
The biggest difference is that blogging is much more 24 than a diary. Usually, a teenager treats her diary like a book full of 25 that she does not want to 26 .
It’s interesting that someone who writes in a blog 27 a diary will probably write nearly the same information.
I have a little sister, and sometimes I go online to read her blog. She 28 about things like waking up early for swimming practice and not studying enough for her chemistry test. 29 I was her age, I wrote about the same things, but 30 in my diary. Then, after I had finished writing, I would hide my diary in a secret place because I was 31 that my sister might read it!
The biggest 32 with blogging is that anyone can read what you write. If I were angry with a friend during high school and wrote something 33 about her in my diary, she would never know. 34 , if my sister ever wrote something bad about a friend, that friend 35 read her blog and get angry.
There are also 36 to blogging, of course. If I were feeling sad one day and wrote in my diary, “Nobody cares about me,” 37 would know about it. However if my sister wrote the same sentence in her blog, her best friends would 38 respond（回应）and tell her how much they like her. Blogs help people 39 in contact with their friends and to hear what the people 40 them are doing.
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—What does this modern-day dinosaur look like?
—The tongue of this animal can be extended _____ of its body.
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A．more than twice the length |
B．twice more than the length |
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C．more than the length twice |
D．more twice than the length |
—We’d like you to start work tomorrow if possible. ___________________
— I’m sorry, but I can’t possibly start until Monday.
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A．Do you agree with me? |
B．Is that a good idea? |
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C．Do you think I’m right? |
D．Will that be all right? |
Actually, works hard can be they want to be, whether it is a pilot, an engineer or a manager.
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A．anyone; whoever |
B．no matter who; whoever |
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C．whoever; no matter what |
D．whoever; whatever |
Mother's Day is coming .It's time to think of a proper gift for my mother,_____won't be expensive but will make her happy.
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A．one |
B．one that |
C．those |
D．the one that |
