Question

J. K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter book series, began writing at age 6. In her biography（传记）, she well remembers her good friend, Sean, whom she met in secondary school, helped build her confidence in becoming a very good writer. “He was the first person to know my serious dream to be a writer. He was also the only person who thought I was certain to be a success at it, which meant much more to me.”

Rowling met many difficulties in her writing, especially fantasy(幻想) stories. It wasn't until l990 that she first got the idea about Harry Potter. As she recalls, it was on a long train journey from London to Manchester that “the idea of Harry Potter simply fell into my head. I didn't have a pen with me, and I was too shy to ask anybody if I could borrow one. I think, now, that this was probably a good thing, because I simply sat and thought, for four(delayed train) hours, and all the details appear in my brain, and this thin, black-haired, glasses-wearing boy who didn't know he was a wizard (男巫) became more and more real to me.”

That same year, her mother passed away after a ten-year illness, which deeply affected her writing. She went on to marry and had a daughter, but separated from her husband shortly afterwards.

During this time, Rowling suffered from depression(抑郁症). She, out of work,completed her first novel in the cafes, where she could get her daughter to fall asleep. After being refused by l2 publishing houses, the first Harry Potter novel was sold to a small British publishing house.

Now with seven books sold nearly 400 million copies in 64 languages, J. K. Rowling is the highest earning novelist in history. And it all began with the confidence of a friend!

 

1.Which of the following could be the best title of the passage?

A. Confidence of a Friend Helped the Success of Harry Potter

B. J.K.Rowing’s Hard Life and the Success of Harry Potter

C. J.K.Rowing---author of the Harry Potter book series

D. How J.K.Rowing Firstly Got the Idea of Harry Potter

2.According to the passage, we know J.K.Rowing_______.

A. had a happy family

B. had a ten-year illness

C. earned a lot from her novels

D. published 12 books in 64 languages

3.Where did J.K.Rowing first have the shape of Harry Potter?

A.in the cafes B.on a train

C.in a secondary school D. in a publishing house

4.What can we learn from the passage?

A.Harry Potter’s friends didn’t know he was a wizard until he graduated.

B.J.K.Rowing wrote down her idea while she was on the train by borrowing a pen.

C.It’s lucky that J.K.Rowing didn’t have a pen while she got the idea of Harry Potter.

D.Harry Potter was a thin, yellow-haired handsome boy with a pair of glasses on his nose.

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.C

【解析】

试题分析：英国小说家J. K.罗琳因《哈利波特》系列小说而出名，然而，她的写作之路并非一帆风顺。罗琳的母亲因病去世，罗琳也因此患上了抑郁症，在一家咖啡馆完成了第一部小说，但是几乎没有出版社愿意出版她的小说。罗琳之所以能坚持实现自己的梦想，是因为她得到了好朋友Sean的支持。

1.she well remembers her good friend, Sean, ...helped build her confidence in becoming a very good writer”和最后一段“And it all began with the confidence of a friend!”可知，正是朋友的鼓励和支持才促使罗琳写出了哈利波特系列小说，故选A。

2.J. K. Rowling is the highest earning novelist in history”可知，罗琳是历史上收入最高的小说家，故选C。

3.it was on a long train journey from London to Manchester that “the idea of Harry Potter simply fell into my head”可知，罗琳是在一列火车上萌生了小说人物的原形，故选B。

4.boy who didn't know he was a wizard”可知，哈利波特不知道自己是男巫，排除A；根据第二段“I was too shy to ask anybody if I could borrow one”可知，罗琳因为害羞而没有借钢笔，排除B；根据第二段“this thin, black-haired, glasses-wearing boy”可知，哈利波特是一头黑发，排除D，故选C。

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