My father then set out to sell it.Eventually,he found himself in Des Moines,meeting with Gardner Cowles,a top editor at the Des Moines Register.Cowles loved the story and bought it on the spot.My father took the money to the girl.It was just enough for her to have the operation she so desperately needed.
My father never told me what the O.Henry story was about.But I doubt that it could have been better than his own story.
【語篇導(dǎo)讀】本文為記敘文。作者的父親在得克薩斯州的一所大學(xué)任教時(shí),教過一位患有嚴(yán)重的背部疾病的女孩,她家境貧寒,沒錢治病。幸運(yùn)的是,女孩的母親在她海邊私人旅館的閣樓里撿到了歐·亨利生前遺落的手稿。作者的父親幫女孩拿去鑒定并找到了買家,女孩才得以用這筆錢動(dòng)了手術(shù)。
WhofoundtheO.Henry’smanuscript?
A.Thegirl’smother. B.Theauthor’sfather.
C.Thegirl. D.Theauthor.
答案:A
解析:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第二段第二句可知,是小女孩的媽媽在打掃閣樓時(shí),發(fā)現(xiàn)了歐·亨利的手稿。
2.Which of the following might explain the fact that the manuscript was found in the attic?