(   ) 4. The electricity in his house was      after he didn't pay for it for a long time.

A. cut off    B. cut down

(   ) 3. ―How often do you see a movie?

      ——     

A. In a week. B. During a week.

C. Twice a week. D. A week twice.

(   ) 2. He asked for a 3-day leave      he could go to the countryside to look after

his sick grandfather.

C. such that    D. so that

(   ) 1. ―Please don't touch the chair, I had it       yesterday.

      —OK,thanks!

A. paint    B. painted

C.   to paint D. painting

 0. Henry,a famous American writer of short stories, was born in North Carolina in 1862. 0. Henry was his pen name. His real name was William Sydney Porter. When he was a young boy, he didn't go to school for long because of being born in a poor family，but he tried to teach himself everything that he needed to know.

  When he was about 20 years old, 0. Henry went to Texas. There he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank. But he got himself into some trouble. Some money went missing from the bank. He was believed to have stolen it, so he was sent to prison. 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 went on writing.

  He usually wrote about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories because almost all of them finished with a sudden ending. This made the readers surprised.

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(  ) 1._____ was the real name of the famous American writer in this passage.

A.    0. Henry

B.    William Sydney Porter

C.    Carolina

D.    Texas

(   ) 2. 0. Henry was sent to prison because

A.   people thought he had stolen money from the newspaper

B.   people thought he had stolen money from the bank

C.   he wanted to write stories about prisoners(犯人)

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

(  ) 3.0. Henry got most materials for his stories from      

A.   his happy life as a boy

B.   New York and the poor of the city

C.   the newspaper

D.   his life in prison

(   ) 4. People enjoyed reading 0. Henry's stories because      

A.   they had surprising endings

B.   they were easy to understand

C.   they showed love to the poor

D.   they were about New York City

(   ) 5. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage？

A.   0. Henry was from a rich family.

B.   0. Henry was in school for a long time.

C . 0. Henry learned everything he needed by himself. 

D. 0. Henry liked writing stories when he was a little boy.

 Here is a story from Aesop⁷s Fables. You can learn something from it.

 Once upon a time，some children were playing at the seaside when they found a turtle(海龜). They began to beat the turtle. Just at that time,a young man came and said to them，" Stop！” The children ran 1 quickly. The turtle was very thankful and said, " Thanks for your help. I really would like 2you to a wonderful palace now.”

  The young man rode on the back of the turtle and was taken to the secret palace in the sea. When he3 the palace, he was very surprised and said to the turtle，" What a nice palace！ ”To thank him，the king of the turtles served him a very4 dinner. He had never seen such a dinner before. He received a warm welcome there and was very 5everything.

  After dinner, the king of the turtles said, "I am going to give you two boxes， 6  you can open only one.” " You mustn't open both. Don't forget it! "the turtle warned him.

After he 7 ，he opened the bigger one of the two boxes. 8 ，the box was full of gold. "My God! "he cried, " Fm a ( n) 9 man now." Then he thought,  " Things in the other box must be expensive, too.”He could not wait any longer. So he opened the other box.

  As soon as he opened it，his hair turned white， and his face 10an old man over eighty years old. All happened in a moment. He was sorry for what he did, but it was too late.
(   ) 1. A. through    B. away

      C. into    D. out

(   ) 2. A. wanting    B. asking

      C. to let    D. to invite

( ) 3. A. left for    B. arrived in

      C. arrived at    D. got away

(   ) 4. A. big    B. poor

     C. bad    D. small

(   ) 5. A. pleased with    B. strict with

       C. angry with    D. sorry for

(   ) 6. A. so    B. or

     C. but    D. as

(   ) 7. A. went back to home

      B.   went back home

    C.   went back to the sea

    D.   went back the sea 

(   ) 8. A. To his surprising

    B.   To one's surprising

    C.   To one's surprise

    D.   To his surprise

(   ) 9. A. poor    B. rich

      C. old    D. young

(   ) 10. A. liked    B. felt like

       C. looked like    D. looked

( ) 5. William Shakespeare is a famous playwright      a well-known poet.

A. with    B. together

C. and    D. as well as

( ) 4. ―I want to be an astronaut when I grow up.

   —Work hard from now on，       you'll make it come true.

A. and    B. or

C. before    D. when

( ) 3. ―Could you tell me_______  ？

       —In a month.

A.   how soon will the bridge be built

B.   how soon the bridge will be built

C.   how soon would the bridge be built

D.   how soon the bridge would be built

( ) 2. ―When will you go home?

     ―_______   all the work is finished，I can leave.

A. While    B. Until

C. After    D. Before