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 31 st，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 worlds．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 l990，the idea came to her of a boy who has magic but doesn’t know it．In l992 Rowling began to teach English．She lived with her baby daughter，Jessica，and spent much time finishing the first Harry Potter book for young readers．It appeared in June l 997．To her surprise，the book was greatly successful．The film came out in November 2001．Now Harry Potter series is popular with people of all ages and about 60 million books were sold in 200 countries．

   Why has the series been so successful? There are a few things．Many other magical stories take place in far away lands or in past or future times．But Harry lives in modem England．He’s also a very normal boy：polite，friendly，brave and clever．So when other children read about Harry，they can imagine being like him．

   J．K．Rowling is very happy with，the success，and she is now busy finishing the whole series  of seven books．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．

1．From the passage we know__________．

      A．J．K．Rowling met a boy named Harry on a train trip

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

      C．J．K．Rowling is two years younger than her sister

      D．Harry Potter is J．K．Rowling’s first story

2．The first Harry Potter book came out in_________________．

      A．July l965  B．the summer of l990   C．June l997   D．November 2001

3．The Harry Potter series is_________________．

      A．written for young people         B．only enjoyed by children

      C．only sold in England           D．about a young inspector

4．J．K．Rowling has been successful，and she___________．

      A．1ikes to travel all over the world with her daughter

      B．is too busy to enjoy her life

      C．is excited about her success every day

      D．is still writing stories for children

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

A．There are magical things   

B．The stories happened in the modern world

C．It has seven books        

D．It took much time to finish

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　　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 worlds. Rowling wrote her first story, called Rabbit, at the age of six.

　　After she graduated from the university, Rowling worked as a translator(翻译者) 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, Jessica, 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. The film came out in November 2001. Now Harry Potter series(系列) is popular with people of all ages and about 60 million books were sold in 200 countries.

　　Why has the series been so successful? There are a few things. Many other magical stories take place in far away lands or in past or future times. But Harry lives in modern(现代的) England. He's also a very normal(平常的) boy：polite, friendly, brave and clever. So when other children read about Harry, they can imagine being like him.

　　J.K. Rowling is very happy with the success, and she is now busy finishing the whole series of seven books. 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.

1．From the passage, we know ________.

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

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

C．J.K. Rowling is two years younger than her sister

D．Harry Potter is J.K. Rowling's first story

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

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3．The Harry Potter series is ________.

[　　]

A．written for young people

B．only enjoyed by children

C．only sold in England

D．about a young inspector

4．J.K. Rowling has been successful, and she ________.

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A．likes to travel all over the world with her daughter

B．is too busy to enjoy her life

C．is excited about her success every day

D．is still writing stories for children

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

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A．There are magical things

B．The stories happened in the modern world

C．It has seven books

D．It took much time to finish

The London Olympic Games are coming soon. This summer, Chinese sports fans will be able to watch the exciting games in 3-D on CCTV.

When you watch 3-D movies or TV, you have to wear a special pair of glasses. The 3-D glasses make the people and the things on the screen look like they are in the room with you.

3-D, means having three *dimensions: *width, height and *depth. 3-D technology is based on the way the human brain and eye work. Because the *pupils of a person’s eyes are about 6.5cm apart, when we look at something, each eye sees it from different *angle. Our eyes send the two pictures to our brain, and the brain puts them together. The small difference between the picture from the right eye and the picture from the left eye make us see depth.

While watching 2-D films, we don’t have to wear the special glasses. We see the pictures in two dimensions, each eye get the same information. This is because there is only one way of watching it.

So the aim of 3-D technology is to get a different picture into each eye of the person. It uses two film *projectors. One *projects a left eye picture and the other projects a right eye picture. When we are in the cinema, we can see different pictures in each eye at the same time with the help of the 3-D glasses.

While watching 3-D films, we feel that we are actually in the same environment as the things we are watching. However, some people are against watching 3-D films. One of the reasons is the 3-D glasses makes the screen of the film or TV look darker. It is bad for eyes. What’s more, people with eye problems may get headaches if they spend too much time watching 3-D movies, because their brains need to work harder to “read” the pictures.  

1.Paragraph 3 mainly tells us __________.

A．how we see things in 3-D                  B．how we watch the Olympic Games

C．how 3-D films are made                   D．where we watch 3-D films or TV

2.When we watch a 2-D film, each of our eyes get ________ information.

A．no               B．different          C．dark             D．the same

3.Which is the following is right according to the passage?

A．We don’t have to wear 3-D glasses if we watch games in 3-D on TV.

B．The 3-D technology is based on the way the human ear and eye work.

C．All the people can have fun watching 3-D movies or TV for a long time.

D．3-D glasses make us see different pictures in each eye at the same time.

4.Why are some people against watching 3-D films? Because ____________.

A．they make them more excited or sadder

B．3-D glasses make the screen look darker

C．3-D films make all people get headaches

D．they dislike watching the Olympic Games

It's eight on Sunday morning，Mr. Smith is looking through a list of TV programmes with his son Bill．

1．Mr. Smith plan to watch TV in the morning and he is interested in Chinese history．Which channel would he like to choose?

A．Channel 2．         B．Channel 4．         C．Channel 8．            D．Channel 9．

2．In the evening，Mr. Smith wants to _________，so he may choose Channel 2．

A．learn about animals                                  B．learn about Chinese history

C．watch the volleyball match                           D．know about the weather

3．Bill likes cartoons very much．But he isn’t allowed to watch them in the afternoon．So which programme can he choose?

A．Horlon Hears a Whol．                            B．Crayon Shin--Chan．

C．The Lion King．                                      D．The day after tomorrow．

4．How long does the programme Culture and Life last?

A．About one hour．                                     B．About seventy minutes．

C．About forty minutes．                                D．About one and a half hours．

5．Mary is a ping-pong fan．How will she feel if she reads through the list?

A．Excited．            B．Unhappy．           C．Surprised．            D．Lucky．