【題目】J.K. Rowling is the writer of Harry Potter, which is now one of the bestsellers 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 1997. To her surprise, the book was greatly successful. The film came out in November 2001. Now Harry Potter series(系列) 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 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 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 long 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 1965 B. the summer of 1990

C. June 1997 D. November 2001

【3】J.K. Rowling has been successful, and she ___________.

A. likes 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

【4】How is 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.

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】D

【4】B

【解析】本文屬于人物傳記。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。小時特別喜歡聽故事。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�，F(xiàn)在的《哈利·波特》系列書在200個國家銷售了大約六億本。J.K.羅琳還會繼續(xù)給孩子們寫書。

【1】B

細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段“Both girls loved listening to their father reading bedtime stories to them”.可知，兩個女孩都喜歡聽她們的父親讀睡前故事給她們聽，可知J.K.羅琳小時候喜歡聽故事。故B正確。

【2】C

細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段中間的“She lived with her baby daughter, Jessica, and spent much time finishing the first Harry Potter book for young readers. It appeared in June 1997.”可知，本句中的appear就是對come out (出版)的解釋。故選C項。

【3】D

推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段“She says she will go on living a normal life with her daughter and writing children’s books.”及上文描述可知，她還將繼續(xù)寫兒童讀物。故選D。

【4】B

推理判斷題。根據(jù)第四段“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”可知，與其他神話故事不同的是，Harry生活在現(xiàn)代英國。他也是一個很正常的男孩：禮貌、友好、勇敢和聰明。A項說有魔法的東西，B項故事發(fā)生在現(xiàn)代，C項它有7本（最后一段“she is now busy finishing the whole series of seven books.”）可知C錯誤），D項花很長時間讀。故B項正確。

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