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4．People think that writing short stories is easy because they are short．But in fact they are hard to write well．There are only a few writers of good short stories and the American writer O．Henry is one of them．
His real name was William Sydney Porter and he grew up in North Carolina．He was not very successful at school but he loved reading．When he was about twenty years old he left North Carolina and moved to Texas．He thought there would be more opportunities for work there．At first he worked on a newspaper but as this did not provide enough money he changed his job．He decided to work in a bank．All went well until some money went missing．William was believed to have stolen it and was sent to prison．Although this was a horrible experience it helped in one way because he realized that he could write well．William began writing short stories and O．Henry  was born!When he left prison he began writing as a career and published many of his stories．They were mostly about the people that he met or he knew in New York and they had interesting or surprising endings．People enjoyed reading them．His life，however，was not a happy one．He drank too much and died in 1910 in New York but he left behind stories that are still read and enjoyed by millions of people．
66．In which order did O．Henry do the following things？B
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
67．People enjoyed reading O．Henry's stories becauseA．
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
68．O．Henry went to prison becauseA．
A．people thought he had stolen money from the newspaper
B．he broke the law by using violence
C．he wanted to write stories about prisoners
D．people thought he had taken money that was not his
69．What do we know about O．Henry before he began writing？D
A．He was well-educated．
B．He was not serious about his work．
C．He was devoted to the poor．
D．He loved reading．
70．Where did O．Henry get most material for his short stories？C
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．

Answer 1

分析 文章介绍了欧亨利的人生经历和他的写作的风格．

解答 66：B排序题：从第二段的内容：可知欧亨利的人生经历是这样的：到德克萨斯-有了报纸的工作-在银行工作-被送进监狱-学习写故事-住在纽约，选B
67：A细节题；从第二段的句子：and they had interesting or surprising endings．People enjoyed reading them．可知人们喜欢欧亨利的小说是因为它们有意想不到的结尾，选A
68：A细节题；从第二段的句子：All went well until some money went missing．William was believed to have stolen it and was sent to prison．可知人们认为欧亨利偷了钱所以把他送到监狱了，选A
69：D 细节题；从第二段的句子：He was not very successful at school but he loved reading．可知欧亨利在写作前喜欢读书，选D
70：C细节题；从第二段的句子：They were mostly about the people that he met or he knew in New York 可知欧亨利的小说的素材都是纽约和纽约的人，选C

点评 本文是人物故事类阅读理解．做这类题材阅读理解时要求考生对文章通读一遍，做题时结合原文和题目有针对性的找出相关语句进行仔细分析，结合选项选出正确答案．推理判断题也是要在抓住关键句子的基础上合理的分析才能得出正确答案，切忌胡乱猜测，一定要做到有理有据．