【小题1】Reading history books can not only improve our 　　　　　 (知识) of the past but also make us think.
【小题2】The elderly should be spoken to 　　　　　 (礼貌地).
【小题3】Deaf people can 　　　　　 (交流) with each other with sign language.
【小题4】I haven’t been to that island 　　　　　 (也).
【小题5】The box is 　　　　　 (空的). You can keep your books in it.
B. 用所给单词的适当形式填空。
【小题6】 He wrote the answers too 　　　　　 (care) and made many mistakes.
【小题7】Our health will 　　　　　 (harm) if we go jogging on smoggy days.
【小题8】It is my 　　　　　 (please) to volunteer for the show.
【小题9】Two 　　　　　 (Canada) joined us in the English corner.
【小题10】An 　　　　　 (operate) was performed in time and the boy was saved.

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．

根据短文内容，将下面A—E五个句子分别填入文中空缺处，使补全后的短文意思通顺，结构完整。(5分)

　 Mr. Webster manages a bar in our town. Its name is The White Horse, for a picture of a white horse was once hung on the wall. 　　 76　　 but in the past things were quite different.

　 At that time, Mr. Webster was much worried about his bar. One day a friend of his came, looked around and said, "Take down the picture of the white horse and change it for a picture of a black one."

　 "　　 77　　 " Mr. Webster said.

　 "Yes, but just do it." his friend said and went out of the bar.

　 Mr. Webster went to an artist and said, " 　　78　　

　 The next day a picture of a black horse appeared on the wall. Soon after the door opened, a man came in and shouted, "　　 79　　 The picture on the wall is different from the name." Then he sat down and drank something.

　 　　　 80　　 and then another and another. A lot of people came in and said, "The picture on your wall is wrong." But they all stopped and drank in Mr. Webster's bar.

From then on, Mr. Webster was happy again.