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    It is over a year now since Cathy came to China. She is now living in Nanjing and has worked in a computer factory for six months. This factory is in the north of the city, and her flat is in the south. But, she has never been late for work.

Cathy is very popular in the factory. She is kind to everybody and gets on well with the Chinese workers. After work, in the evenings they visit each other and talk about almost every thing.

However, Cathy has made up her mind to leave the factory. She is going to find a job in a travel service. “If I work in a travel service, I’ll be able to meet more people. I can learn more about China,” she told her friends.

One day last week she had a talk with the manager(经理) of the travel service. He seemed pleased with her Chinese. At the end of the talk, he said, “I’ll give you a ring in a week and tell you the result.” Now Cathy is waiting for the answer.

(    )1. Cathy has been in China for       .

A. more than a year          B. half a year 

C. two and a half years       D. two years

(    )2. She is      for work.

A. always late  B. always on time  C. never on time  D. often late

(    )3. Almost       in the factory knows Cathy.

A. nobody     B. somebody      C. everybody    D. anybody

(    )4. She wants to work in       because she wants to know more about China and the Chinese people.

A. the south   B. the hometown   C. the north  D. the travel service

(    )5. Cathy’s       must be quite good.

A. Chinese    B. Math     C. Japanese     D. physics

                            B

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

     When he was about 20 years old, O. 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. O. Henry was believed to have stolen it, so 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 went on writing.

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

(      ) 6. ___________ was the real name of the famous American writer.

   A. O. Henry          B. William Sydney Porter           C. Carolina           D. Texas

(      )7. O. 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.

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

(      ) 8. Which of the following is true?

                     A.              O. Henry was from a rich family

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

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

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

(      ) 9. O. 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

(      )10. People enjoyed reading O. Henry’s stories because __________________.

       A. they had surprising endings           B. they were easy to understand

C. they showed love for the poor      D. they were about New York