O. Henry was a great writer. His pen name was O. Henry. His real name was William Sydney Porter. He was born in North Carolina in 1862. 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, some people thought he was the thief, so he was sent to prison (被投进监狱). During the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories. After he got out of the prison, he went to New York and continued (继续) writing. He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People hiked his stories very much.

(1)O. Henry was a___________.

[　　]

A．reporter

B．singer

C．writer

D．teacher

(2)During his life, O. Henry tried _______ jobs.

[　　]

A．One

B．the same

C．four

D．different

(3)How long did O. Henry stay in prison?

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A．Ten month

B．One year

C．Three years

D．Five years

(4)What did O. Henry do when he was in prison?

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A．He wrote some books.	B．He wrote short stories.
C．He painted some pictures.	D．He slept all day and all night.

(5)O. Henry's stories were mostly about______.

[　　]

A．New York	B．the life of the poor there
C．Banks	D．A and B

　 Dou Kou, a Chinese boy, is called “the youngest writer in the world”. He has written 3 books now.

　 Dou Kou was born in Jiangsu in 1994. When he was 7 months old, his parents started working in over 30 different cities, such as Xi’an and Shenzhen. This kind of life gave him things to think and write about.

　 When he was 9 months old, he could speak and at the age of one, he could say five to six hundred words. At three, he could look up words in the dictionary. At four, his father taught him how to learn by himself. His parents like reading very much. He likes reading, too. At the age of 5, he began writing fairy tales(童话) and his fairy tales are all from his life.

　 At the age of 6, he wrote a novel about his own life in different cities with his parents.

　 Now he studies well in a middle school. He has written his third book, the novel called “Eyes of Children”. He says, “I am not different from other children. I just wrote several books.”

( ) 81. How many books has Dou Kou written?

　　 A. Three.　　　　　　 B. Four.　　 　　　 C. Five.　　

( ) 82. Thanks to _______, Dou Kou could write his books.

　　 A. his mother　　　　　 B. his school life　　 C. his life experience

( ) 83. Dou Kou began to use a dictionary __________.

　　 A. when he wrote fairy tales　 　 B.before his father taught him to study

　　 C. after he went to school

( )84. The underlined sentences at the end of the passage show us that ________.

　　 A. Dou Kou is not proud　　 B. Dou Kou doesn’t tell the truth

　　 C. Dou Kou is very ordinary

( )85. Which is the best title?

　　 　A. Three Books by a Child　

B. How to Write a Fairy Tales　

C. Dou Kou, the Youngest Writer

Mr. Brown was going away for a week. Before he left, he said to his son, “If anyone asks for me, you can tell him that your father has been out for doing something, and will be back in a week, then be sure to ask him to sit down for a cup of tea.”
　 “OK, Dad,” said his son. But he was afraid his son couldn't remember this, he wrote these words down on a piece of paper and gave it to him. His son put it into his small pocket, took it out and looked at it every now and then.
　  Four days passed, but no one came to see his father. The boy thought that there was no man to come and that the piece of paper was of no more use for him, so he burnt it that evening.
　　The next afternoon, someone knocked at the door. The boy opened it. A man was standing at the door and said, “Where is your father?” The boy put his hand into his pocket at once and looked for the piece of paper. He could not find it. He suddenly remembered he had burnt it, so he shouted, “No more.”
　　The man was very surprised. He asked, “No more? I met your father last week. When did it happen?”
　　"Burnt yesterday evening."
【小题1】Mr. Brown told his son that _____.

A．he would be away from home for four days

B．he would be back in seven days

C．he would be back in a month

D．he liked a cup of tea

【小题2】Mr. Brown wrote the words down on ________.

A．the wall	B．the door
C．a piece of paper	D．his son's pocket

【小题3】A man came to visit the boy's father on ________.

A．the second day

B．the third day

C．the fourth day

D．the fifth day

【小题4】The man was very surprised because _________.

A．he thought the child's father was dead	B．the child didn't ask him to sit down
C．the child gave him a cup of tea	D．he couldn't find that piece of paper

【小题5】What was burnt? ___________.

A．The piece of paper

B．Mr. Smith

C．The visitor

D．The boy