85. A. impractical B. unlikely C. improbable D. impossible
b. Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage with suitable words
O’Henry’s real name was William Sidney Porter. He was born in North California, the USA in 1862.
His father was a doctor. His father died (86) _________ he was a small boy. After finishing school,
he worked (87) _________ a secretary in his uncle’s chemist shop for 5 years. Then he went to Texas
because he wanted to see new places. During that time, he worked in an office and then in a small
bank. He became (88) _________ in literature. He married and lived happily with his wife and
daughter but his happiness didn’t last long. One day, a thousand dollar was stolen at the bank (89)
_________ he worked. He was put into prison (90) _________ he had not taken money. At that time,
his wife died to get some money as present for his daughter on Christmas Day, in prison he wrote the
story “Whistling Dick’s Christmas Present” in 1899. He signed under the penname “O’Henry”. After
the prisonment in 1901 he continued writing. He died in 1910.
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