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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 café 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 reading – hearing 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 Kings 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.
1. A. read B. recited C. wrote D. copied
2. A. on B. in C. around D. at
3. A. what B. that C. which D. who
4. A. remembers B. thinks C. reminds D. supposes
5. A. book B. story C. novel D. fiction
6. A. naming B. published C. called D. replaced
7. A. songs B. sports C. things D. memories
8. A. spoken B. said C. told D. read
9. A. cost B. spared C. took D. spent
10. A. regard B. consider C. work D. treat
11. A. searching B. reading C. listening D. typing
12. A. noticing B. watching C. observing D. seeing
13. A. came to B. struck to C. stuck to D. hit on
14. A. studies B. attends C. builds D. goes
15. A. entered B. pulled C. reached D. arrived
16. A. organized B. taken C. formed D. appeared
17. A. theatres B. pubs C. cinemas D. concerts
18. A. chapters B. books C. magazines D. newspapers
19. A. set about B. set off C. set up D. set out
20. A. splendid B. large C. comfortable D. tiny
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In the dinning room of my grandfather’s house stood a heavy grandfather’s clock. Meals in the dinning room were a (1)______ for our four generations to become one. The grandfather’s clock always stood like a trusted old family friend, (2)______ us playing jokes and telling stories, which was already a (3)______ of our life.
As a child, the old clock interested me. I watched and listened to it during (4)______. I was surprised how at (5)______ times of the day, the clock would strike three times, six times or more, with a wonderful great (6)______ that echoed throughout the house. The clock chimed year after year, a part of my (7)______, a part of my heart.
Even more (8)______ to me was my grandfather’s special action each day. He meticulously (9)______ the clock with a special key each day. The key was magic to me. It (10)______ our family’s magnificent clock ticking and striking all year round.
1. A. time B. possibility C. problem D. pleasure
2. A. seeing B. hearing C. watching D. looking
3. A. start B. part C. signal D. mark
4. A. stories B. jokes C. periods D. meals
5. A. busy B. urgent C. happy D. different
6. A. shock B. sound C. song D. music
7. A. memories B. minds C. comfort D. information
8. A. comfortable B. hopeful C. wonderful D. skillful
9. A. opened B. wound C. turned D. started
10. A. made B. controlled C. kept D. fixed
A man was driving from Surrey to Washington. 1 a strange noise from the back of the car, he 2 got out to take a look. He 3 the wheel carefully, but 4
he found nothing wrong, he continued 5 his way. The noise began almost 6
and now it was louder than ever. Quickly 7 his head to look back, the man saw 8
appeared to be a great black cloud following the car. When he 9 at a gas station farther on, he was told that a queen bee 10 be hidden somewhere in his car because his car was covered 11 bees.
The poor driver telephoned the police and 12 what had happened. The police decided that the best way 13 the situation would be to call a local beekeeper. 14
the beekeeper arrived. He found the unwelcome passenger 15 near the rear axle(后軸) of the car. Very grateful 16 the driver for this unexpected gift, the beekeeper took the
17 and her thousands of followers home in a large box. 18 grateful, the driver drove away 19 free from the “black cloud” which had 20 over his car.
1. A. Seeing B. Watching
C. Hearing D. Looking
2. A. regularly B. readily
C. naturally D. hardly
3. A. repaired B. examined
C. saw through D. checked in
4. A. while B. since
C. when D. until
5. A. on B. by
C. through D. towards
6. A. excitedly B. immediately
C. terribly D. cleaning
7. A. nodding B. turning
C. holding D. strangely
8. A. that B. which
C. what D. whose
9. A. removed B. speeded
C. wandered D. stopped
10. A. need B. must
C. should D. would
11. A. by B. from
C. with D. on
12. A. told B. talked
C. expressed D. explained
13. A. to deal with B. to look through
C. to lead to D. to get hold of
14. A. On time B. In any event
C. In a short time D. In other words
15. A. hidden B. hiding
C. hide D. to hide
16. A. of B. for
C. to D. about
17. A. police B. queen
C. beekeeper D. driver
18. A. Typically B. Unexpectedly
C. Frequently D. Equally
19. A. at length B. at last
C. by chance D. on time
20. A. arrived B. hung
C. run D. come
he found nothing wrong, he continued 5 his way. The noise began almost 6
and now it was louder than ever. Quickly 7 his head to look back, the man saw 8
appeared to be a great black cloud following the car. When he 9 at a gas station farther on, he was told that a queen bee 10 be hidden somewhere in his car because his car was covered 11 bees.
The poor driver telephoned the police and 12 what had happened. The police decided that the best way 13 the situation would be to call a local beekeeper. 14
the beekeeper arrived. He found the unwelcome passenger 15 near the rear axle(后軸) of the car. Very grateful 16 the driver for this unexpected gift, the beekeeper took the
17 and her thousands of followers home in a large box. 18 grateful, the driver drove away 19 free from the “black cloud” which had 20 over his car.
1. A. Seeing B. Watching
C. Hearing D. Looking
2. A. regularly B. readily
C. naturally D. hardly
3. A. repaired B. examined
C. saw through D. checked in
4. A. while B. since
C. when D. until
5. A. on B. by
C. through D. towards
6. A. excitedly B. immediately
C. terribly D. cleaning
7. A. nodding B. turning
C. holding D. strangely
8. A. that B. which
C. what D. whose
9. A. removed B. speeded
C. wandered D. stopped
10. A. need B. must
C. should D. would
11. A. by B. from
C. with D. on
12. A. told B. talked
C. expressed D. explained
13. A. to deal with B. to look through
C. to lead to D. to get hold of
14. A. On time B. In any event
C. In a short time D. In other words
15. A. hidden B. hiding
C. hide D. to hide
16. A. of B. for
C. to D. about
17. A. police B. queen
C. beekeeper D. driver
18. A. Typically B. Unexpectedly
C. Frequently D. Equally
19. A. at length B. at last
C. by chance D. on time
20. A. arrived B. hung
C. run D. come
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