O. Henry was the name used by William Sidney Porter. He was in Greensboro, North Carolina in eighteen sixty-two. His mother died when he was three years old. He school at the age of fifteen to work in his uncle’s drug store. He to Texas five years later. He lived in the city of Austin where he married, worked in a local bank and a weekly newspaper.
William Sidney Porter had bad in Texas. His wife became sick, their baby died and his newspaper . Then he was accused of money from the bank where he worked. He fled to Honduras, but returned to be with his wife. She died in eighteen ninety-seven. Porter was to prison. That is where he started to . His first story was published in a national magazine in eighteen ninety-eight. After being from prison in nineteen oh-one, Porter went to New York City. He published more stories, all under the name O. Henry. No one really knows where he got that name.
O. Henry's first book was a short story collection called “Cabbages and Kings”. It was published in nineteen-oh-four. O. Henry published thirteen other of short stories. He wrote six hundred stories during his life. He wrote so that he could complete about one story a week.
Porter tried to forget his , but could not. He did not have any good friends. He began to drink too much alcohol. A second marriage failed. He died of tuberculosis in New York City in nineteen ten. He was forty-eight years old.
A．born B．lived C．died D．buried
A．attended B．left C．finished D．taught
A．related B．referred C．returned D．moved
A．got B．changed C．felt D．turned
A．read B．owned C．bought D．booked
A．day B．habit C．luck D．future
A．failed B．influenced C．spread D．appeared
A．stopping B．robbing C．losing D．stealing
A．lovely B．careful C．ill D．sick
A．sentenced B．attached C．accused D．caught
A．wonder B．write C．worry D．sink
A．fled B．released C．driven D．forced
A．collections B．films C．plays D．works
A．interestingly B．well C．quickly D．richly
A．past B．mistake C．shortcomings D．stories
They say after a parent dies, the surviving children can take on some of their parent’s characteristics. I becoming anything like my dad for years I wanted to be me, not him; but there I sat at his memorial service several months ago, telling myself, “ You’ve __ a lot more of your dad in you than you think.”
There is this phrase my dad , and I know I’m going to sound to complain about it, but it used to me. “ I am so proud of you,” he told us kids, whether we’d won a race or helped others. That should be a (n) thing, but here’s what always __ my mind: “ You are taking credit for what isn’t really yours. You can be proud, but the _ is mine.
Your parent is doing his best to give you , but you do not it. “ I’m so proud of you.” It came out of my dad’s mouth , on those calls where I might have _____ something that happened at work or when he and Mom came to visit and we the talents of our two boys. I knew the feeling of parental well, especially when my boys achieved in ways that were my comprehension and ability, but I looked for other ways to __ it. “ That’s an extremely good story you’ve written!” I would say about the composition. I thought that by making my praise , it would feel like I was claiming their achievement less as mine and more as one they could own themselves.
So just the other day when my older son sent me an email about his scholarship, I searched for things to say, but finally he doesn’t need my cleverness. They just want what my dad gave me. “ I’m so proud of you,” I wrote. Just like the old man to me.
A．insisted B．resisted C．considered D．meant
A．if B．until C．though D．because
A．remembered B．explained C．missed D．got
A．used B．created C．changed D．translated
A．interesting B．funny C．silly D．rude
A．worry B．harm C．bother D．reward
A．basic B．good C．difficult D．important
A．opened up B．went through C．tested out D．broke down
A．adjustment B．enjoyment C．achievement D．assignment
A．praise B．comment C．support D．information
A．win B．offer C．accept D．hear
A．in no time B．ahead of time C．all the time D．for a time
A．complained B．written C．forgotten D．mentioned
A．showed off B．depended on C．found out D．drew out
A．control B．choice C．responsibility D．pride
A．beyond B．near C．below D．about
A．feel B．express C．take D．analyze
A．scientific B．reliable C．specific D．logical
A．personal B．powerful C．clever D．secure
A．believing B．realizing C．proving D．suggesting
I lost my sight when I was four years old by falling off a box car in a freight(货运) yard in Atlantic City and landing on my head. Now I am thirty-two. I can slightly the brightness of sunshine and what color red is. It would be wonderful to see again, but can do strange things to people.
It to me the other day that I might not have come to love life as I do if I hadn't been . I believe in life now. I am not so sure that I would have believed in it so , otherwise. I don't mean that I would prefer to go without my . I simply mean that the loss of them made me the more what I had left.
Life, I believe, asks a continuous series of ___ to reality. The more readily a person is able to make these adjustments, the more his own private world becomes. The adjustment is never easy. The hardest I had to learn was to believe in myself. That was , If I hadn't been able to do that, I would have and become a chair rocker on the front perch(门廊) for the rest of my life.
It took me years to discover and this believe. It had to start with the most elementary things. Once a man gave me an indoor baseball. I thought he was at me and I was hurt. "I can't use this," I said. " it with you," he urged me, "and roll it around." The words stuck in my head. "Roll it around!" By rolling the ball I could hear it went. This gave me an idea how to achieve a goal I had thought : playing baseball. At Philadelphia's Overbrook School for the Blind I invented a successful variation of . We called it ground ball.
All my life I have set ahead of me a series of goals and then tried to reach them, one at a time. I had to learn my . It was no good to try for something I knew at the start was wildly out of reach because that only invited the bitterness of . I would fail sometimes anyway but on average I made progress.
A．forget B．see C．ignore D．remember
A．happiness B．fortune C．misfortune D．wealth
A．occurred B．happened C．agreed D．applied
A．clever B．blind C．foolish D．luckily
A．hardly B．quickly C．roughly D．deeply
A．hands B．arms C．eyes D．legs
A．appreciate B．arrive C． believe D．accept
A．employments B．investments C．settlements D．adjustments
A．meaningful B．painful C．fearful D．careful
A．pleasure B．lesson C．enjoyment D．trouble
A．unnecessary B．horrible C．unpractical D．essential
A．broken out B．broken through C．broken down D．broken off
A．strengthen B．weaken C．shorten D．darken
A．smiling B．laughing C．wondering D．glaring
A．Bring B．Borrow C．Take D．Lend
A．where B．when C．why D．how
A．possible B．potential C．probable D．impossible
A．basketball B．baseball C．football D．volleyball
A．conversations B．limitations C．congratulations D．educations
A．achievement B．process C．success D．failure
A year ago I paid no attention to English idioms, my teacher said again and again that it was important．
One day, I happened to __ _ an Englishman on the road, and soon we began to __ ．As I was talking about how I was studying English, the foreigner shook his head, saying, “You don’t say! You don’t say!” I was _ , I thought, perhaps this is not a __ topic．Well, I’d __ change the topic．So I said to him, “Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall? _ _ the way, have you ever ____ there?” “Certainly, everyone back home will __ __ me if I leave China without seeing __ ．It was great．” I said, “The Great Wall is one of the wonders in the world．It is a place of ．” Soon I was interrupted again by his words, “ __ !” I couldn’t ___ asking, “Why do you ask me not to talk about it?” “Well, I didn’t ask you to do ____ ”, he answered, gently surprised．
I said, “Didn’t you say ‘You don’t say’?”
Hearing this, the Englishman _ __ to tears．He began to __ ___ ,“‘You don’t say actually means ‘really?’．It is an ___ of surprise．Perhaps you don’t pay attention _____ English idioms．”
Then I knew I had made a fool of ____ ．Since then I have been more _____ with idioms．
A．though B．when C．if D．as
A．look B．meet C．pick up D．find out
A．walk B．talk C．play D．go
A．pleased B．angry C．afraid D．surprised
A．proper B．strange C．safe D．polite
A．to B．better C．not D．like
A．On B．In C．All D．By
A．gone B．visited C．seen D．been
A．look at B．think of C．send for D．laugh at
A．it B．them C．anything D．something
A．interesting B．interest C．interests D．interested
A．Really B．Good C．You don’ t say D．You are right
A．be B．help C．think D．do
A．this B．so C．anything D．me a favor
A．laughed B．cried C．moved D．came
A．explain B．shout C．prove D．say
A．experience B．expression C．explanation D．example
A．for B．to C．at D．in
A．me B．myself C．him D．himself
A．helpful B．popular C．careful D．satisfied
It’s been a year since I last saw my dad alive. He was chained to a bed after months of neglect. His life came to a tragic end because our plant marijuana (大麻) is federally . As he desperately fought to survive long enough for me to say , I arrived at the hospital in time to hear his silent, lonely, painful soul to me. I heard my dad’s final message loud and clear.
To most people, we lost the first registered caregiver in Montana. To me, I lost my King and my best friend. His has made me feel more spoiled than ever, bringing me the most friends from the community! They’ve been keeping me , helping me heal, and they wait with me for my mom to come home from prison. When I fall, they bring into my life, wipe my tears and make it easy to get back up.
I wish I could thank my dad for all the amazing people his death has brought me, and all his selfless . If I could, I would especially thank him for all the pain and that has led the best of the best fighters to me. I would thank him for standing the food bank lines when I was a teenager and he was and we were hungry. I would tell him how I appreciate him for spoiling us with food when he had money and I would thank him for to give back to the food banks! I’d hug him for going broke to buy me a(n) and dryer when I was a young mom, so my kids and I didn’t have to go to a dangerous laundry to wash clothes.
I would to him for encouraging me to stay in Girl Scouts I was in the tenth grade, despite what friends said about me. That taught me not to what other people think!
My dad didn’t have much to because the Feds (联邦调查局成员) stole everything, but his death has made me feel rich his heart was filled with gold. My memories are priceless.
A．prison B．hotel C．home D．hospital
A．positive B．illegal C．sceptical D．sustainable
A．thanks B．hello C．sorry D．goodbye
A．shouting B．whispering C．lying D．complaining
A．love B．honesty C．death D．identity
A．important B．amazing C．intelligent D．diligent
A．calm B．patient C．strong D．independent
A．luck B．knowledge C．success D．laughter
A．sacrifices B．confidence C．conscience D．defence
A．pride B．suffering C．relief D．sigh
A．in B．against C．between D．for
A．old B．energetic C．busy D．broke
A．far B．soon C．much D．well
A．forgetting B．remembering C．hesitating D．refusing
A．washer B．cooker C．iron D．comb
A．turn B．come C．talk D．bow
A．after B．until C．before D．when
A．value B．care C．ignore D．emphasize
A．let out B．put off C．break down D．leave behind
A．so B．though C．because D．but
Half a year before graduation from college, my son began to seek a job. ______ the financial crisis, fewer companies would like to employ new staff. My son targeted a company that was ______ to hire only one person ______ there were more than twenty people filling their resumes.
After the interview, there would only be 3 who could enter the final round, which would later ______ one person to be employed. Everything seemed to go quite ______ and my son passed the first round and entered the final round in a week.
On the day of the final interview, my son and other two ______ arrived at the interview place on time, ______ the test. Unexpectedly, the interview was unbelievably ______. The interviewer only said to them,
“All of you are very super. Please go home and wait for our notice. We will tell you the result in 3 days. Good luck to all of you!” On the morning of the third day, my son received a text from the company shortly after breakfast that he was not employed. We all felt very disappointed.
In nightfall that day, my son suddenly told me ______on the phone, “Dad, I have been employed!” Greatly surprised, I could not wait to ask him, “What’s the whole ______ ?” My son told me that he received another text saying that he was employed. Actually the first text sent to my son was also part of the test in the interview. Three men received the same text this morning and only my son’s ______ was “Thank you” while the others said “Goodbye”.
Only then did I know that my son’s “hope” ______ in that way. That is, when you feel disappointed, do not ______ to say “thank you” to the one who disappoints you. Saying “thank you” shows respect for others’ work and shows your grand ______. Therefore, while under the same condition, you will get the upper hand in terms of ______ compared with others!
A．As to B．Due to C．Instead of D．Contrary to
A．encouraged B．allowed C．supposed D．intended
A．while B．since C．though D．if
A．meet B．attract C．decide D．represent
A．slowly B．smoothly C．secretly D．silently
A．members B．students C．friends D．candidates
A．waiting for B．watching over C．thinking about D．looking into
A．formal B．simple C．funny D．strange
A．doubtfully B．excitedly C．calmly D．worriedly
A．matter B．cause C．conclusion D．interview
A．way B．reply C．problem D．question
A．changed B．grew C．came D．developed
A．expect B．forget C．dislike D．regret
A．generosity B．curiosity C．dignity D．personality
A．abilities B．strengths C．challenges D．opportunities