高三一轮复习：高考英语阅读理解100篇(1)

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　　2015年高考正在紧张的备考阶段，高考英语的学习依然至关重要，不仅靠知识的积累和运用，同时也需要学习的方法和做题的技巧，为了帮助广大考生攻克高考英语的学习，新东方在线高考网为大家整理了高考英语复习资料和解题技巧，以下是《高三一轮复习：高考英语阅读理解100篇(1)》，供考生们参考学习。

　　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.

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

　　a. Lived in New York. b. Worked in a bank. c. Travelled 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 money that was not his