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Like that of her own character, Harry Potter, J. K. Rowling's life is like a fairy tale. Divorced, living on public assistance in a tiny Edinburgh flat with her infant daughter, Rowling __1__ Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone __2__ a table in a caf? during her daughter's naps-and it was Harry Potter __3__ rescued her. Rowling __4__ that she always wanted to write and that the first __5__ she actually wrote down, when she was five or six, was a story about a rabbit __6__ Rabbit. Many of her favorite __7__ center around readinghearing The Wind in the Willows __8__ aloud by her father when she had the measles (麻疹), enjoying the fantastic adventure stories of E. Nesbit, and her favorite story of all, The Little White Horse. At Exeter University Rowling took her degree in French and __9__ one year studying in Paris. After college she moved to London to __10__ as a researcher and bilingual secretary. The best thing about working in an office, she has said, was __11__ up stories on the computer when no one was __12__. During this time, on a particularly long train ride from Manchester to London in the summer of 1990, the idea __13__ her of a boy who is a wizard and doesn't know it. He __14__ a school for wizardry-she could see him very plainly in her mind. By the time the train __15__ into King's Cross station four hours later, many of the characters and the early stages of the plot were fully __16__ in her head. The story took further shape as she continued working on it in __17__ and cafes over her lunch hours. After her marriage to a Portuguese TV journalist ended in divorce, Rowling returned to Britain with her infant daughter and a suitcase full of Harry Potter notes and __18__. She settled in Edinburgh to be near her sister and __19__ to finish the book before looking for a teaching job. Wheeling her daughter's carriage around the city to escape their __20__, cold apartment, she would duck into coffee shops to write when the baby fell asleep. In this way she finished the book and started sending it to publishers. | ||||
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From time to time I received PC magazines from well meaning editors. Reading them, I recognized the 1 characters, but the whole thing is Creek to me. When faced with such publications, I think to myself, “They might 2 send newspapers or magazines to a blind person. ”I 3 to say it, but I have to admit I don't 4 know how to type, much 5 how to enjoy the Internet. Several times I've tried to learn to use a computer and each time I gave up 6 , for it is not really very user-friendly. I was afraid of all mechanical 7 , afraid of the keyboard and the jumping mouse. I was content with the 8 that my classmate, Bai Yansong, another prime time host, also wrote his articles by 9 . He told me that feeling the 10 of the pen 11 the surface of the paper gave him a kind of 12 . I had the 13 feeling and found it a good excuse not to use a computer. By 1999, however, I 14 felt this attitude was right. One day I went to my supervisor's(导师) home to 15 an article that was hand-written and a little muddily done. Hearing my 16 , the wife of my supervisor said, “It doesn't matter. I can type it out on my computer. ” “You can use a computer?”
“Sure. I learned to use it when I was 70.”
I was so 17 that I wasn't able to cry out a single word. 18 out of their flat, I made up my mind for the one-hundredth time to start learning to use a computer. I still had Bai Yansong to 19 me company, but once he started learning to use the computer, he would 20 very fast and then I would be really alone, wouldn't I?
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阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
When I was a teenager, my dad did everything he could do to advise me against becoming a brewer (造酒人). He’d 36 his life brewing beer for local breweries only to make a living, 37 had his father and grandfather before him. He didn’t want me 38 near a vat (酿酒用的桶) of beer. So I did as he asked. I got good 39 , went to Harvard and in 1971 was accepted into a graduate program there that 40 me to study law and business at the same time.
In my second year of graduate school, I began to realize that I’d 41 done anything but go to school. So, at 24 I decided to drop out. 42 , my parents didn’t think this was a great idea. But I felt strongly that you can’t 43 till you’re 65 to do what you want in life.
I packed my stuff into a bus and headed for Colorado to become an instructor at Outward Bound. Three years later, I was ready to go back to 44 . I finished Harvard and got a highly-paid job at the Boston Consulting Group Still, after working there five years, I 45 , “Is this what I want to be doing when I’m 50?” At that time, Americans spent good money on beer in 46 quality. Why not make good beer for 47 ? I thought.
I decided to give up my job to become 48 . When I told Dad, he was 49 , but in the end he 50 me. I called my beer Samuel Adams, 51 the brewer and patriot (爱国者) who helped to start the Boston Tea Party. 52 I sold the beer direct to beer drinkers to get the 53 out. Six weeks later, at the Great American Beer Festival, Sam Adams Boston Lager (淡啤酒) won the top prize for American beer. In the end I was destined (注定) to be a brewer. My 54 to the young is simple: Life is very 55 , so don’t rush to make decisions. Life doesn’t let you plan.
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Like that of her own character, Harry Potter, J. K. Rowling's life is like a fairy tale. Divorced, living on public assistance in a tiny Edinburgh flat with her infant daughter, Rowling _1_ Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone _2_ a table in a caf? during her daughter's naps-and it was Harry Potter _3_ rescued her. Rowling _4_ that she always wanted to write and that the first _5_ she actually wrote down, when she was five or six, was a story about a rabbit _6_ Rabbit. Many of her favorite _7_ center around readinghearing The Wind in the Willows _8_ aloud by her father when she had the measles (麻疹), enjoying the fantastic adventure stories of E. Nesbit, and her favorite story of all, The Little White Horse. At Exeter University Rowling took her degree in French and 9 one year studying in Paris. After college she moved to London to 10 as a researcher and bilingual secretary. The best thing about working in an office, she has said, was 11 up stories on the computer when no one was 12 . During this time, on a particularly long train ride from Manchester to London in the summer of 1990, the idea 13 her of a boy who is a wizard and doesn't know it. He 14 a school for wizardry-she could see him very plainly in her mind. By the time the train 15 into King's Cross station four hours later, many of the characters and the early stages of the plot were fully 16 in her head. The story took further shape as she continued working on it in 17 and caf?s over her lunch hours. After her marriage to a Portuguese TV journalist ended in divorce, Rowling returned to Britain with her infant daughter and a suitcase full of Harry Potter notes and 18 . She settled in Edinburgh to be near her sister and 19 to finish the book before looking for a teaching job. Wheeling her daughter's carriage around the city to escape their 20 , cold apartment, she would duck into coffee shops to write when the baby fell asleep. In this way she finished the book and started sending it to publishers. | ||||
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