2018-2019学年高二英语外研版选修七精练：Module 3 课下能力提升（十二） .docVIP

课下能力提升(十二) Ⅰ.阅读理解 O. Henry, born in Greensboro, North Carolina, was the pen name of William Sydney Porter. His father, Algernon Sydney Porter, was a physician. When William was three years old, his mother died, and he was raised by his grandmother and aunt. William was a good reader, but at the age of fifteen he left school, and worked in a drug store and later on a Texas farm. After that, he moved to Houston, where he had a number of jobs, including that of bank clerk. After moving to Austin, Texas, in In 1884 he started a humorous weekly The Rolling Stone. When the weekly failed, he joined The Houston Post as a reporter and columnist (专栏作家). In 1897 he was put into prison over some financial (财务的) dealings. While in prison, William started to write short stories to earn money to support his daughter Margaret. His first work, Whistling Dicks Christmas Stocking (1899), appeared in McClures Magazine. After serving three years of the five years sentence, he changed his name to O. Henry, hoping to forget his bitter past. O. Henry moved to New York City in 1902 and from December 1903 to January 1906 he wrote a story a week for the New York World, and also published the stories in other magazines. His first collection, Cabbages and Kings, appeared in 1904. Many other works quickly followed, such as The Gift of the Magi and The Furnished Room. O. Henrys best-known work is The Ransom of Red Chief. His stories always have surprising endings. He published 10 collections and over 600 short stories during O. Henrys last years were shadowed by drinking, ill health, and financial problems. In 1907, he experienced a failed marriage. In 1910, O. Henry died after an illness. eq \x(语篇解读：本文对欧·亨利的生平作了简单的介绍。) 1．Whats the passage mainly about? A．A brief introduction to O. Henry. B．O. Henrys career and marriage. C．How O. Henry became a well-known writer. D．O. Henrys best-known works. 解析：选A　主旨大意题。本文介绍了欧·亨利从出生到早期奋斗，到中年时期取得的成就，再到他悲惨的晚年的经历，因此是对他生平的简要介绍。 2．It can be inferred from the passage