Visitors to central Austin，Texas，would easy to miss a small．old house called the O．Henry Museum．William Sydney Porter（1862-1910）-better known as O．Henry，was one of American best loved writers of short stories．Beginning in 1893，he lived here．It was saved from destruction，moved，and turned into a museum in 1934．The museum is a good way to learn about the interesting life of him．
William Porter rented the house and lived with his wife Athol and daughter Margaret for about two years．Many objects in the museum belonged to the Porters．Others didn't，but are in the house to recreate the way it looked during their lifetime．
Porter worked at a pharmacy，farm，land office and bank．He also loved words and writing．The museum has special proof of Porter's love of language-his dictionary．It is said that he read every word in it．Porter stared a small publication called"The Rolling Stone"．He wasn't being published early on，so he published himself．His funny storied，poems，and drawings were published in the magazine．But it was too costly to continue for long，so he closed the project about one year．
Other troubles would lead the Porters to leave Austin．Porter was accused（起訴） of financial（經濟的） wrongdoing at the bank and lost his job．Fearing a trial（審判），he fled the country．But he returned because his wife was dying．After her death，he faced the trial and was found guilty．He served three and a half years in a federal prison in Ohio．
Porter would keep his time in prison a secret．But there was one good thing about it．It provided him with time to write．By the time of his release，he had published 14 stories and was becoming well-known as O．Henry．
Porter would later move to New York City and find great success there．He published over 380 stories in the last eight years of his life．
（1）what does the writer want to tell us in the passage、

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A．O．Henry's experience in prison．
B．The object in the O．Henry Museum．
C．O．Henry's achievements in literature
D．A brief account of O．Henry's life．
（2）What is the writer's purpose of writing paragraph 3？

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A．To attract more visitors to the O．Henry Museum．
B．To show the jobs O．Henry once did．
C．To show O．Henry's early love of words and language．
D．To introduce O．Henry's publication called"The Rolling Stone"．
（3）The reason why O．Henry was put into prison was that

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A．he killed his wif3 e by mistake
B．he didn't find a good position at the bank
C．he had financial wrongdoing at the bank
D．he wanted to devote himself to writing．
（4）Which of the following shows the right order about O．Henry？

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①．He was committed to prison．
②．He settled down in Austin．Texas．
③．His wife died．
④．He started a small publication．
⑤．He moved to New York City．
A．②④③①⑤
B．②③①④⑤
C．②④③⑤①
D．②①③④⑤