4．When I told my father that I was moving to Des Moines，Iowa，he told me about the only time he had been there．It was in the 1930s，when he was an editor in the literary magazine of Southern Methodist University（SMU）in Dallas，Texas．He also worked as a professor at SMU，and there was a girl student in his class who suffered from a serious back disease．She couldn't afford the operation because her family was poor．
Her mother ran a boardinghouse in Galveston，a seaside town near Houston，Texas．She was cleaning out the attic（阁楼）one day when she came across an old dusty manuscript（手稿）．On its top page were th words，"By O．Henry"．It was a nice story，and she sent it to her daughter at SMU，who showed it to my father．My father had never read the story before，but it sounded like O．Henry，and he knew that O．Henry had once lived in Houston．So it was possible that the famous author had gone to the beach and stayed in the Gainestown boardinghouse，and had written the story there and left the manuscript behind by accident．My father visited an O．Henry expert at Columbia University in New York，who authenticated the story as O．Henry's．
My father then set out to sell it．Eventfully，he found himslf in Des Moines，meeting with Gardner Cowles，a top editor at the Des Moines Register．Cowles loves the story and bought it on the spot．My father took the money to the girl．It was just enough for her to have the operation she so desperately needed．
My father never told me what the O．Henry story was about．But i doubt that it could have been better than his own story．
29．Who found the O．Henry's manuscript？A
A．The girl's mother．
B．The author's father．
C．The girl．
D．The author．
30．Which of the following might explain the fact that the manuscript was found in the attic？B
A．O．Henry once worked in Houston．
B．O．Henry once stayed in Galveston．
C．O．Henry once moved to Des Moines．
D．O．Henry once taught at SMU．
31．According to the text，why did the author's father go to Des Moines？C
A．To talk with the O．Henry expert．
B．To meet the author himself．
C．To sell the O．Henry story
D．To give money to the girl．
分析 这是一位处于贫困中的母亲在发现欧•亨利书稿时没有私藏，而是转交给作者的父亲，作者的父亲让专家鉴定后将书稿卖的钱如数给小女孩的母亲，生病的孩子得救了．
解答 29．A 细节理解题．根据第二段的Shewas cleaning out the attic（阁楼）one day when she came across an old dustymanuscript（手稿）．On its top page were the words，"ByO．Henry"可知是那位小女孩的母亲有一天打扫阁楼时发现了布满尘土的旧手稿，手稿上有欧•亨利的签名，故选A．
30．B 细节理解题．根据第二段的Myfather had never read the story before，but it sounded like O．Henry，and heknew that O．Henry had once lived in Houston可知我父亲从没有听说过这个故事，但是他知道欧•亨利曾住在休斯敦，故选B．
31．C细节理解题．根据最后一段的Myfather then set out to sell it我父亲然后出去把它卖掉了，可知选C．
点评 本文是人物故事类阅读，主要考查细节理解题．在做细节理解题时，首先根据题目要求迅速在文章里找出相应的段落、句子或短语．认真比较选项和文中细节的区别，从而做出正确的选择．
