4. Which of the following best tells the teacher’s feeling about the incident?

　 A. He is very angry . B. He thinks it rather funny .

　 C. He feels helpless without Rupert.　 D. He feels good without Rupert .

3. What happened at the airport?

　 A. The skeleton went missing .　 B. The skeleton was stolen .

　 C. The teacher forgot his suitcase. D. The teacher took the wrong suitcase .

2. Why did the teacher put a skeleton in his suitcase?

　 A. He needed it for the summer term in London.

　 B. He needed it for the lecture he was going to give.

　 C. He wanted to take it to Russia for medical research.

　 D. He wanted to take it home as he had finished his teaching.

1. Who wrote the story?

　 A. Rupert’s teacher. B. The neighbour’s teacher.

　 C. A medical school teacher. D. The teacher’s neighbour.

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　　 One day a few years ago a very funny thing happened to a neighbour of mine. He is a teacher at one of London’s big medical schools, He had finished his teaching for the summer term and was at the airport on his way to Russia to give a lecture.

　 　He had put a few clothes and his lecture notes in his shoulder bag, but he had put Rupert, the skeleton (人体骨骼) to be used in his lecture, in a large brown suitcase (箱子). At the airport desk, he suddenly thought that he had forgotten to buy a newspaper. He left his suitcase near the desk and went over to the shop.

　　 When he got back he discovered that someone had taken his suitcase by mistake. He often wonders what they said when they got home and found Rupert.

5. Where did O. Henry get most material for his short stories?

　 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.

4. What do we know about O. Henry before he began writing?

　 A. He was well-educated. B. He was not serious about his work.

　 C. He was devoted to the poor.　 D. He was very good at learning.

3. O. Henry went to prison because　　　　 .

　 A. people thought he had stolen money from the newspaper

　 B. he broke the law by not using his own name

　 C. he wanted to write stories about prisoners

　 D. people thought he had taken money that was not his

2. People enjoyed reading O. Henry’s stories because

　 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

1. In which order did O. Henry do the following things?

　 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.