Question

【題目】

A. joy B. surprise C. writing D. missing E. stolen F. robbed

He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank, when some money went 【1】from the bank. O. Henry was believed to have 【2】it. Because of that, he was sent to prison. 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 【3】. He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because simple as the tales were, they would finish with a sudden change at the end, to the reader’s 【4】.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】E

【3】C

【4】B

【解析】

這篇短文主要講述了美國短篇小說家O. Henry的成功之路。

【1】句意：當(dāng)銀行的錢不見了。

據(jù)認(rèn)為是O. Henry偷了它。go missing表示丟失。根據(jù)句意，故選D。

【2】句意：當(dāng)銀行的錢不見了。

據(jù)認(rèn)為是O. Henry偷了它。這里是現(xiàn)在完成時(shí)，其結(jié)構(gòu)是have done的形式；steal的過去分詞是stolen。根據(jù)題意，故選E。

【3】句意：出獄后，他去了紐約繼續(xù)寫作。

continue doing sth.表示繼續(xù)做某事；根據(jù)下文He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there.可知，這里是繼續(xù)寫作。根據(jù)題意，故選C。

【4】句意：.因?yàn)楸M管故事很簡單，但故事的結(jié)尾會(huì)有一個(gè)突如其來的變化，令讀者吃驚。

短語to one’s surprise表示使某人吃驚的。根據(jù)題意，故選B。