O · Henry was sent to prison because ________.
A: he was committed adultory with another woman.
B: people thought he had stolen money from the newspaper
C: people thought he had stolen money from the bank
D: he wanted to write stories about prisoners
A: he was committed adultory with another woman.
B: people thought he had stolen money from the newspaper
C: people thought he had stolen money from the bank
D: he wanted to write stories about prisoners
举一反三
- 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. 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 were, they would finish with a sudden change at the end, to the reader's surprise
- He thought about all the ( ) he wanted to connect with and all the experiences he wanted to have. A: people B: relatives
- He had thought of _________ the people’s cause, but he ended up ________an offense. A: being committed to, committing B: committing to, committing C: being committed to, committed D: committing to, committed
- When he came back he found his bicycle( ). A: was stolen B: is stolen C: had stolen D: had been stolen
- Besides____,he had to pay back all the money he had received from bribes.