【阅读理解Oneofthebest-lovedAmericanwriterswasWilliamSydneyPorterorO.Henry.From1893helivedwithhisfamilyinahouseinAustinTexaswhichisnowamuseum.VisitorstoAusti】
阅读理解
Oneofthebest-lovedAmericanwriterswasWilliamSydneyPorterorO.Henry.From1893helivedwithhisfamilyinahouseinAustinTexaswhichisnowamuseum.VisitorstoAustincanseethehouse.Itwassavedfromdestruction(破坏)andturnedintoamuseumin1934.ThemuseumisagoodwaytolearnabouttheinterestinglifeoftheAmericanwriter.
WilliamPorterrentedthishouseinAustinandlivedtherewithhiswifeAtholanddaughterMargaretforabouttwoyears.ManyobjectsinthemuseumbelongedtothePorters.Othersdidnot.Animportantpieceintheroomistheoriginalphotographoverhere.Itwastakenthereinthehouseabout1895.Thepianotheregoesbacktothe1860s.HiswifetooklessonsonitwhenshefirstmovedtoAustin.
Porterdidnotstarthiscareerasasuccessfulwriter.Heworkedatafarmlandofficeandbank.Healsolovedwordsandwriting.Themuseumhasaspecialproof(证明)ofPorter’sloveoflanguage-hisdictionary.Itissaidthathehadreadeverywordinthatdictionary.
LaterWilliamPorterwasforcedtoleaveAustinbecausehewascharged(指控)withfinancialwrongdoingatthebankandlosthisjob.Becausehewasafraidofatrail(审判)heleftthecountrysecretly.Buthereturnedbecausehiswifewasdying.Afterherdeathhefacedthetrialandbecameacriminal.HeservedthreeandahalfyearsinaprisoninOhio.
WilliamPorterwouldkeephistimeinprisonasecret.Buttherewasonegoodthingaboutit.Itprovidedhimwithtimetowrite.Bythetimehewasfreedhehadpublished14storiesandbecamewellknownasO.Henry.
PorterlatermovedtoNewYorkCityandfoundgreatsuccessthere.Hepublishedover180storiesinthelasteightyearsofhislife.
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O.Henry’shouseinAustinhasbeenwellkeptuptillnowsothat________.
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Americanscanexploretheirhistory
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morevisitorswillbeattractedtoAustin