试题

试题 试卷

logo

题型:阅读选择 题类:常考题 难易度:普通

浙江省衢州市东港学校共同体2016学年八年级上学期英语期中质量检测试卷(含听力音频)

阅读下面短文, 从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

C

    O. Henry was a pen name used by an American writer of short stories. His real name was William Sydney Porter. He was born in North Carolina in 1862. As a young boy he lived an exciting life. He did not go to school for very long, but he managed to teach himself everything he needed to know. 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, O. Henry was believed to have stolen it. Because of that, he was sent to prison(监狱). During the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York and continued writing. He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because simple as the tales(故事)were, they would finish with a sudden change at the end, to the reader's surprise.

(1)、In which order did O. Henry do the following things?

a. Lived in New York                   b. Worked in a bank

c. Traveled 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
(2)、People enjoyed reading O. Henry's stories because _________.
A、they had surprise endings         B、they were easy to understand C、they showed his love for the poor   D、they were about New York City
(3)、O. Henry went to prison because ____________.                     
A、people thought 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 the money that was not his
(4)、Where did O. Henry get most materials(材料) for his short stories?
A、His life inside the prison. B、The newspaper articles he wrote. C、The city and people of New York. D、His exciting early life as a boy.  
举一反三
阅读理解

    My mom only had one eye. I hated her. She was such an embarrassment.

    She ran a small shop at a flea (跳蚤) market and collected old clothes and some other things to sell for the money we needed. Once during elementary school, it was field day, and my mom came. I was so embarrassed and wondered how she could do this to me? I threw her a hateful look and ran out. The next day at school, my schoolmates laughed at me, "Your mom only has one eye!" I was so angry with my mom. So I said to my mom, "Why don't you have the other eye?" My mom said nothing.

    I hated my one-eyed mom. I told myself that I would become successful in the near future, so I studied very hard. Later, I got accepted by the Seoul University. I left my mom and came to Seoul to study. Then I got married there. Now I am living happily as a successful man. I enjoy the life in Seoul because it's a place that doesn't remind me of my mom and my past. This kind of happiness was getting bigger and bigger, until one day I saw my mom. She was still with her one eye. Even my daughter ran away, scared of my mom's eye. I screamed at her, "Who are you? I don't know you! How dare you come to my house and scare my daughter?" To this, my mom quietly answered, "Oh, I'm so sorry. I may have gotten the wrong address." Then she disappeared out of sight.

    One day, a letter about a school reunion (学校聚会) came. After the reunion, I went down to the old shack, which I used to call a house. There I found my mom fallen on the cold ground. Then a piece of paper in her hand came into my eyes. It was a letter to me.

My son,

    I'm so sorry that I only have one eye, and I was an embarrassment for you. When you were very little, you got into an accident and lost your eye. As a mom, I couldn't stand watching you having to grow up with only one eye. So I gave you mine. I was so proud of my son to see a whole new world for me with that eye. During the couple of times that you were angry with me, I thought to myself, it's because you love me. Don't cry for me because of my death. I love you so much."

返回首页

试题篮