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Overhead bridges can be seen in many parts of Singapore. Overhead bridges are in the places where traffic is very heavy and c____【小题1】___the road is not safe. These bridges can help people cross roads safely．Overhead bridges are u____【小题2】___ in very much the same way as zebra crossings．They are more efficient（效率高的），though l____【小题3】____convenient（方便的）because people have to climb up a lot of s____【小题4】____. This is inconvenient to the old．When people use an overhead bridge，they do not hold up traffic．But when they cross a busy road using a zebra crossing，traffic is held up．This is w___【小题5】__ the government has built many overhead bridges to help people and k __【小题6】____ traffic moving at the same time. The government of Singapore has saved a lot of  m____【小题7】____ to build these bridges．For their own safety，people should use them i____【小题8】__of rushing across the road．Old people may find it a little difficult, but it is much safer than walking across the road with all the moving t_____【小题9】__．Overhead bridges are very useful. People, both old and young, should always use them．This will stop accidents from h ___【小题10】__．Are there any overhead bridges in your city? 

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    J．K．Rowling is the writer of the Harry Potter series，one of the best—selling books in the world．

    She   l  （bear）on Bristol on July 31st，1 965．She has one little 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  2   （call）Rabbit at the age of six．

    After she graduated from the university, Rowling worked as a translator in London．During that time，on a long train trip in the summer of l 990，the idea came to her of a boy who  3  （have）magic but doesn't know it．In l 992，Rowing began  4  （teach）English．She lived with her daughter, Jessica，and   5   （spend）much time finishing the first Harry Potter．It appeared in June，1 997．To her surprise，the book was very successful．The film came out in November,200 1．Now the Harry Potter series is popular with people of all ages and about 60 million books  6（sell）in 200 countries so far．

    Why has the series been so successful? There were a few reasons．Many other magical stories take place in faraway lands or in the past or future times．But Harry lives in modern England．He's also a very normal boy：polite，friendly, brave and clever．When other children read the story about Harry, they    7    （imagine）being like him．

    J．K．Rowling is very happy with her success．She  8  （write）full time and she's really enjoying life．She says she  9   （go）on living a normal life with her daughter and  l0  （write）children's books．