O．Herry was am American writer．He wrote lots of short stories．His real name was William Sydney Porter．He was born in North Carolina in 1862．

    A s a young boy，he lived an exciting life．He did not go to school for a long time，but he learned everything he wanted to know．When he was about 20 years old．O．Herry went to Texas There he did different jobs．He first worked in a newspaper，and then had a job in a bank．When some money went missing from the bank．O．Herry was suspected(被懷疑)．Because of that，he was sent into prison(監(jiān)獄)．

    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 although simple(簡單)，to the readers’ surprise，the stories would finish with a sudden change at the end．

1．William Sydney Porter was famous as a writer of ______．

   A．children’s stories           B．long stories          C．short stories    D．love stones

2．O．Herry stayed in prison for________．

   A．3 years                         B．4 years                 C．5 years          D．6 years

3．O．Heny learned to write stories_______．

   A．when he was in prison                 B．when he worked in a newspaper

   C．when he worked in a bank             D．when he was in New York

4．People enjoyed his stories because________．

   A．the stories were very short                  B． the stories were interesting

C．the stories had surprising endings  D．the stories were about the prison

5. O．Herry’s stories were mostly about_________．

   A．his prison life                             B．New York

   C．the life of the rich                         D．the life of the poor and New York

In 1993 an unknown American called Clarence Nash went to see the filmmaker Walt Disney. He had an unusual voice and he wanted to work in Disney’s cartoon(動畫片) film for children. When Walt Disney heard Nash’s voice, he said”Stop! That’s our duck!”
The duck was the now-famous Donald Duck, who first appeared in 1934 in the firm The Wise Little Hen. Donald lived in an old houseboat(水上住家) and wore his sailor jacket and hat. Later that year he became a star after an eight – minute Mickey Mouse film. The cinema audience liked him because he was lazy and greedy(貪婪的), and because he lost his temper (發(fā)脾氣) very quickly. And they loved his voice when he became angry with Mickey’s eight nephews(侄子). Soon Donald was more popular than Mickey Mouse himself, probably because he wasn’t a goody-goody like Mickey.
In the 1930S, ‘ 40s and ‘ 50s Donald and his friends Mickey, Goofy and Pluto made hundreds of Disney cartoons. He also made educational films about the place of the USA in the world, and safety in the home. Then in 1966 Donald Duck and his voice disappeared – there were no more new cartoons.
Clarence Nash died in February, 1985. But today’s children can still see the old cartoons on television and hear that famous voice.
【小題1】Who made Donald Duck film? ______

Mr. White was riding a horse in the rain all the afternoon. When he reached a restaurant, he was all___1___ and cold. He saw a fire(火) in __2__ restaurant and many people sitting __3___ it. He couldn’t get a seat near the fire. He thought hard and soon he had an ___4___. He called out to the waiter,“___5__ some fish to my horse!”The waiter answered,“Horses don’t eat fish.”Mr White said,“___6__ my horse eats fish.”The waiter did as Mr White told him. The people in the restaurant ___7___ very strange and ran out after the waiter. When all the people went out, Mr White sat down at the table ___8__ the fire. When the waiter and the people __9__, they said,“Your horse doesn’t want eat the fish,”Mr White answered, “Put the fish on the table__10___ my horse doesn’t want it. I’ll eat it as soon as I warm up and dry out.”

Li Dong is a farmer. He has a very big   46 . On the farm, he grows oranges, grapes and bananas. Many people come to   47  his farm. He is a successful young man and becomes very famous.
In 2003, he went back to his hometown   48  he finished middle school. “What work can I do?” he said to himself. Then he had an idea. “I’m interested   49  farming. I can grow fruit!” He began to watch many   50  on TV about growing fruit. He also read a lot of books about it. Then he went to   51  on Mr Wang’s farm for two years. He learned a lot there.
In 2005, he started his own fruit farm.   52 , Li Dong’s farm was small. But now, his farm is much   53 . His fruits are very good. He sends them to many big   54  in China, such as Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou. He also grows vegetables and raises chickens on his farm. His family eats very   55  food. He has a very happy family.