The idea for the book Harry Potter and the philosopher’s Stone came to Joanne Kathleen Rowling in 1990．It took her seven years to finish writing it．During those seven years she had a number of jobs．including one job as an English teacher in Portugal．

    Rowling sent the book to four publishers before one of them bought it．She was very happy to sell her book because it was her life’s dream to be a published writer．Before she sold her book，Rowling was living in a small apartment with her daughter and was so poor that she could not afford heat in the winter．

    Harry Potter became very successful with children and adults in England．The book also really took off in the United States．After her second and third books were published，the there Harry Potter books filled the top three places on many newspapers’ lists of best-sellers．Then the books were made into popular movies．Without question．Rowling’s life had completely changed，in just three years．

    Harry Potter books have now sold more than 30 million books around the world and have been translated into more than thirty-five languages．In 1997，Rowling was earning ￡70(about US$110) a week．By the end of 2001，she had earned over ￡150 million($250 million)，making her one of the most successful female writers of all time．

    根据短文内容，选择正确的答案，

1．This reading is about _________．

  A．Harry Potter’s life                               B．the writer’s life

  C．how the book became a movie      D．why Harry Potter is popular

2．Which sentence is true about the first Harry Potter book．

   A．Four publishers bought it．    B．It took the writer several years to finish it．

   C．It was first published in Portugal   D．Rowling got the idea from her daughter

3．Rowling’s dream was __________．

  A．to be a magician    B．to make a movie

  C．to have her books published    D．to be an English teacher

4．How many languages has Harry Potter been translated into?

  A．more than 35    B．about 135    C．about 90    D．more than 150

5．Which sentence is true about Rowling？

   A．Many other writers have been much more successful than she．

  B．Not many writers are as successful as she is

   C．She is more successful than other writers

   D．She became successful because of a movie

Dou Kou, a Chinese boy, is called “the youngest writer in the world”. He has written three books till now.

    Dou Kou was born in Jiangsu in 1994. When he was 7 months old, his parents started working in over 30 different cities, such as Xi’an and Shenzhen. This kind of life gave him things to think and write about. When he was 9 months old, he could speak and at the age of one, he could say five to six hundred words. At three, he could look up words in the dictionary. At four, his father taught him how to learn by himself. His parents like reading very much. So does he . At the age of 5, he began writing fairy tales. At the age of 6, he wrote a novel about his life in different cities with his parents. His fairy tales are all from his life. One day, he found many mice in the house. They not only ate their food but also hurt his mother’s hand. So he thought, “If we give mice the stomach of cows, they will eat grass and they will be helpful to people.” This was his first fairy tale Change stomach for Mice.

    Now he studies well in a middle school. He has written his third book, the novel called Eyes of Children. He says, “I am not different from other children. I just wrote several books.”

1.How many books has Dou Kou written?

A. Three.        B. Four.           C. Five.            D. Six.

2.Thanks to his         , Dou Kou could write his books.

A. mother       B. father       C. school life        D. life in different cities

3.What does the underlined word “they” refer to(指代)？

A.  Dou Kou’s parents.      B. Mice.         C. Cows.         D. Grass.

4.When did Dou Kou begin to use a dictionary?

A. When he wrote fairy tales.

B. Before his father taught him how to learn something.

C. After he went to school.

D. After his mother taught him how to learn something.

Which is RIGHT？

1. A.
   My English books are more than his．
2. B.
   My composition is better than he．
3. C.
   The books in our school library are more than their school library．
4. D.
   I made more mistakes in the test than he．

　　你想成功吗？成功的秘诀是什么？下面教你五招成功的秘诀。但是秘诀的后半部分与前半部分分离了，请你把各秘诀配对补充完整。

(3) Focus your attention（集中注意力）on something.

(5) Deal（处理）and communicate with people effectively（的效的）

A．Keep your eyes on the goal, and keep working towards it. Don't give up.

B．Be true to yourself, and have your own ideas.

C．Be open to others. Communicate with others honestly（诚实的）

D．When you believe in something, put your attention and energy（精力）there. Don't let people or things bother you.

E．Take classes, go back to school, read books and join in a discussion group. If you are interested in a subject, make time to learn about it. Keep learning new skills.