O.Henry （1862-1910）was an American short story author Named William Sydney Porter.He was a master of surprise endings，who wrote about the life of ordinary people in New York City.
   William Sydney Porter was born in North Carolina.His father was a physician.When William was three his mother died，and he was raised by his grandmother and aunt.At the age of fifteen he left school，and then worked in a drugstore.He moved to Houston，where he had a number of jobs including that of bank clerk.After moving to Austin，Texas，in 1882 he got married.
   In 1884 he started a humorous weekly The Rolling Stone.When the weekly failed，he joined the Houston Post as a reporter and columnist.He first worked on a newspaper，and then had a job in a bank，when some money went missing from the bank.O.Henry was believed to have stolen it.Because of that，he was sent to prison，although there has been much debate over his actual guilt.
   While in prison William started to write short stories to earn money to support his daughter Margaret.His first work，Whistling Dick's Christmas Stocking （1899），appeared in McClure's Magazine.After doing three years of the five year sentence，William emerged from the prison in 1901 and changed his name to O.Henry.
   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，also publishing in other magazines.Henry's first collection Cabbages And Kings appeared in 1904.The second，The Four Million，was published two years later and included his well-known stories The Gift of the Magi and The Fumished Room.O.Henry published 10 collections and over 600 short stories during his lifetime.
   O.Henry's last years were shadowed by ill health and financial problems.He married Sara Lindsay Coleman in 1907.But the marriage was not happy and they separated a year later.O.Henry died on June 5，1910 in New York.He was a gifted short story writer and left us a rich legacy （遺產(chǎn)） of great stories to enjoy.

（1）Which of the flowing about O.Henry's stories is Not true？

B

B

A．Having unexpected endings.
B．All being written in New York.
C．Being short.
D．Being about common people.
（2）O.Henry went to prison because

D

D

.
A．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
（3）In which order did O.Henry do the following things？

B

B

a.Lived in New York.
b.Worked in a bank.
c.Moved 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
（4）Which of the following can we infer from the last paragraph？

D

D

A．O.Henry was not treated well by his second wife.
B．O.Henry's second marriage lasted less than half a year.
C．O.Henry did not have to worry about money.
D．O.Henry's health was in poor condition in his last years.