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 world. 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, 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. Now Harry Potter series is popular with people of all ages and about 60 million books were sold in 200 countries.

  The series are different from ninny other magical stories. Harry lives in modern England. He’s also a very normal boy: polite, friendly, brave and clever. So other children can imagine being like him.

  J. K Rowling is very successful. 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.

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容選擇最佳答案。

(1) From the passage, we know ________.

[  ]

AJ.K. Rowling met a boy named Harry on a long train trip

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

CJ.K. Rowling is two years younger titan her sister

(2) The first Harry Potter book came out in ________.

[  ]

AJuly 1965

Bthe summer of 1990

CJune1997

(3) How many books of Harry Potter were sold?

[  ]

A60 million

B6 million

C600 million

(4) The Harry Potter series is ________.

[  ]

Awritten for young people

Bonly er0oyed by children

Conly sold in England

(5) J. K. Rowling has been successful, and she ________.

[  ]

Alikes to travel all over the world with her daughter

Bis too busy to enjoy her life

Cis still writing stories for children

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