J．K．Rowling is the writer of the Harry．Potter series，one of the most popular hooks．

J．K．Rowling was born in Bristol in 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 loved stories about the magical（有魔力的）world．Rowling wrote her first story，called Rabbit at the age of six．

After she graduated（毕业）from the university，Rowing worked in London．During that time，on a long train trip in the summer of 1990，the idea of a boy who has magic but doesn't know it came to her．In 1992，Rowling began to teach English．She lived with her daughter，Jessica，and spent much time finishing the first Harry Potter book for young readers．It came out in l997 To her surprise．the book was very successful．The film came out in 2001．Now the Harry Potter series is popular with people of all ages．

Why is the series so successful? Many other magical stories take place in faraway lands or in the past or future times．But Harry lives in modem England．He's also a very normal（正常的）boy．When other children read the story about Harry，they call imagine（想象）being like him．

J．K Rowling is very happy with her success．She says she will go on writing children’s books．

1．From the passage，We learn that J．K．Rowling__________．

　 A．has two sisters

　 B．1ives with her son

　 C．worked in Bristol after university

　 D．wrote a story when she was six

2．The first Harry Potter book cam out in __________．

　 A．1990　 　　　　　　　 B．1992 　　　　　　　　　 C．1997　 　　　　　　　 D．2001

3．The Harry Potter series is __________．

　 A．written for young people

　 B．only enjoyed by children

　 C．about an old woman

　 D．not very popular

4．In Rowling's story，Harry lives in __________

　 A．the past　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．a faraway village

　 C．modem England 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．the future

5．How is the Harry Potter series different from other magical stories?

A．There are magical things in it．

　 B．It takes much time to finish reading．

　 C．It has seven books

　 D．The stories take place in the modem world．

1.Every day, she waters the flowers ________（首先）.

2.Look at these beautiful birds, how _________(可爱) they are!

3.Today is T__________ and tomorrow is Friday.

4.My sister is too b ________ today, so she has no time to watch TV.

5.I want to          （分享）the big apple with my sister.

6.She is so e            （激动，兴奋）when she knows the good news.

7.September 10^th is  T          (teacher) Day.

8.Eating too much meat is not h__________.

9.He studies hard, so he is a t        student in our class.

10.We will have a f_________show this week. Would you like to watch it?

Once there was a poor little girl living near a forest. She had no family and no one to love her. So she often   1  sad and lonely.
One day, when she was walking in the forest, she found that a small   2  was trapped unluckily in a bush. The butterfly tried to fly away   3  failed. The kind little girl saved the butterfly with great care. Instead of flying away, the butterfly turned   4  a beautiful fairy (仙女). The little girl was very   5 .
“Thank you for   6  me. You are so kind. I will make any of your dreams come true.” said the fairy.
The little girl thought for a moment and then said, “I want to be   7 !”
The fairy said, “Very well. I will help you.” And she said something in the little girl’s ear. Then the fairy disappeared.
As the kind little girl grew up, she was   8  ready to help people in need and was popular among the villagers. No one in the village was as happy as she was. Everyone asked her the   9  of her happiness. She always smiled and   10 , “The secret of my happiness is that I listened to a kind   11  when I was a little girl.”
When the kind girl became a very old woman and was dying, the neighbours in the   12  all gathered (聚拢) around her bed because they were   13  that her secret of happiness would die with her. They asked, “Please tell us what the kind fairy said.”
The lovely old woman still   14  and said, “She told me that everyone needed me, no matter how safe they seemed, no matter how rich or poor, no matter how old or   15 . She said that helping others would make me happy all my life.”

It’s Saturday. Han Ling has no classes today. She wants to buy a new dress. Her mother is at work, so she is going to the shop with her father. They go there by car. But her father doesn’t like going shopping, so Han Ling does the shopping and her father sits in the car and waits for her.

There are a lot of people in the shop. It is very crowded. Han Ling looks at the clothes and chooses from them. Her father waits and waits. About an hour goes by(流逝)，Han Ling doesn’t come out. Her father is worried about her. “Why does she stay in the shop for so long?” He comes out of the car. Just then(正在这时), a man comes up to him. “Excuse me，are you Han Ling’s father? ” “ Yes.” “ Han Ling is wating for you. She doesn’t have enough money.” “ Oh, I see.”

Then he follows(跟随) the man into the shop. Han Ling is very happy to see her father. She chooses a nice green dress. After her father pays the money, they go home together.

请根据短文内容，回答下列问题：

1.Who does Han Ling go shopping with?

2.What does Han Ling’s father do when she does the shopping?

3.Why does Han Ling do shopping for a long time?

4.Why is Han Ling happy when she sees her father?

5.What does Han Ling choose?

I was shopping in the supermarket when I heard a young voice.“Mom，come here！There's this lady here my size！”

     The mother rushed to her son；then she turned to me to say sorry to me.

     I smiled and told her，“It's OK.”Then I talked to the boy，“Hi，I'm Dory Kramer. How are you？”

     He studied me from head to toe，and asked，“Are you a little mommy？”

“Yes，I have a son,” I answered.

    “Why are you so little?”he asked.

    “It's the way I was born,” I said.“Some people are little. Some are tall. I'm just not going to grow any bigger.”After I answered his other questions，I shook the boy's hand and left.

     My life as a little person is filled with stories like that. I enjoy talking to children and explaining why I look different from their parents.

     It takes only one glance( 一瞥) to see I’m different. I stand three feet nine inches tall(=1.14 metres).I was born a dwarf．In spite of this，I did all the things other kids did when I was growing up.

     I didn't realize how short I was until I started school. Some kids called me names (辱骂).Then I knew. I began to hate the first day of school each year.

     But I learned to smile and face the fact that I was going to be noticed my whole life. What I lacked in height，I made up for in personality. When people are rude，I remind myself，“Look what else I have－a great family，nice friends.”

1.Why did the mother say sorry to Dory Kramer?

A．Because the boy ran into the author.

B．Because the boy hit the author.

C．Because the boy said the author was fatter than him.

D．Because the mother thought the boy's words had hurt the author.

2.What does a dwarf look like?

A．Of medium height.            B．Very tall.

C．Very short.                      D．Very thin.

3.When did the author realize that she was too short?

A．When she grew up.

B．When she was 47 years old.

C．When she began to go to school.

D．When she met the boy in the supermarket.

4.What does the sentence “What I lacked in height，I made up for in personality”mean?

A. Although I am not tall, I often dress up to make myself different.

B. Although I am not tall, I can make myself tall by dressing up.

C. Although I am not tall, I try to keep it as my personal secrets.

D. Although I am not tall, I can make myself good with good personal qualities.