J．K．Rowling is the writer of Harry Potter，which is now one of the best—sellers in the world．

    J．K．Rowling was born in Bristol on July 31 st，1965．She has one sister who is two years younger than her．Both girls loved listening to their father reading bedtime stories to them．They especially loved stories about magical worlds．Rowling wrote her first story，called Rabbit，at the age of six．

   After she graduated from the university，Rowling worked as a translator in London．During this time，on a long train trip in the summer of l990，the idea came to her of a boy who has magic but doesn’t know it．In l992 Rowling began to teach English．She lived with her baby daughter，Jessica，and spent much time finishing the first Harry Potter book for young readers．It appeared in June l 997．To her surprise，the book was greatly successful．The film came out in November 2001．Now Harry Potter series is popular with people of all ages and about 60 million books were sold in 200 countries．

   Why has the series been so successful? There are a few things．Many other magical stories take place in far away lands or in past or future times．But Harry lives in modem England．He’s also a very normal boy：polite，friendly，brave and clever．So when other children read about Harry，they can imagine being like him．

   J．K．Rowling is very happy with，the success，and she is now busy finishing the whole series  of seven books．She，s writing full time and she’s really enjoying life；She says she will go on living a normal life with her daughter and writing children’s books．

1．From the passage we know__________．

      A．J．K．Rowling met a boy named Harry on a train trip

      B．J．K．Rowling loved listening to stories when she was very young

      C．J．K．Rowling is two years younger than her sister

      D．Harry Potter is J．K．Rowling’s first story

2．The first Harry Potter book came out in_________________．

      A．July l965  B．the summer of l990   C．June l997   D．November 2001

3．The Harry Potter series is_________________．

      A．written for young people         B．only enjoyed by children

      C．only sold in England           D．about a young inspector

4．J．K．Rowling has been successful，and she___________．

      A．1ikes to travel all over the world with her daughter

      B．is too busy to enjoy her life

      C．is excited about her success every day

      D．is still writing stories for children

5．How is Harry Porter series different from other magical stories?

A．There are magical things   

B．The stories happened in the modern world

C．It has seven books        

D．It took much time to finish

I have two tickets for the film. One is mine and _____ is yours.

A．another

B．the other

C．other

D．others

---______ do you like the film ?   ---It is very interesting .

         A. What     B. Which       C. When     D. Why 

 

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1.If each of the fans who are the first twenty to arrive _________ (give) a ticket, the film will

be famous in a few days.

2.I found he _________ (explain) the problem to his students when I walked into his office.

3.The local government promised that they _________ (stop) farmers from taking more land.

4.Jerry, it’s the third time that you __________ (forget) to bring your math book.

5.Who do you think _________ (win) the first prize in tomorrow’s competition?

6.Jack and John became friends again last week. Until then, they _________ (not speak) to each other for nearly five years.

7.No matter how nice this fruit _________ (smell), I prefer not to eat it.

8.Sandy’s mother is often seen enjoying beautiful music through her Apple iPhone 5 while __________ (take) a bus home after work.