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【題目】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 31st， 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 1990， the idea came to her of a boy who has magic but doesn't know it. In 1992 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 1995. 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 450 million copies were sold in 200 countries. Why has the series been so successful? There are a few things. Many other magical stories take place in faraway lands or in past or future times. But Harry lives in modern England. He's also a very normal boy： polite， friendly， brave and clever. So when other children read about Harry， they can imagine (想象)being like him.

J.K. Rowing is very happy with the success， 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. Harry Potter is J.K. Rowling's first story

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

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

【2】The Harry Potter series is_________________ .

A. first written for young people

B. only enjoyed by children

C. only sold in England

D. about a young musician

【3】How is the Harry Potter 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

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】B

【解析】

試題分析：短文大意：J.K.羅琳是目前全世界最暢銷書之一《哈利·波特》的作家。她于1965年7月31日出生于英國。羅琳在六歲時寫了她的第一個故事。1992，羅琳開始給年輕的讀者寫第一本《哈利·波特》�，F(xiàn)在《哈利·波特》系列深受各年齡段的人的喜愛。現(xiàn)在的《哈利·波特》系列書在200個國家銷售了大約六億本。

【1】D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文中的句子“Both girls loved listening to their father reading bedtime stories to them.”可知，J.K.羅琳很小就喜歡聽故事，答案為D。

【2】A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文中的句子“and spent much time finishing the first Harry Potter book for young readers.”描述可知選A。

【3】B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)But Harry lives in modern (現(xiàn)代的) England. He’s also a very normal (平常的) boy及下文描述可知選B。