---I want to buy the book Harry Potter. Do you know its _______?

--- Not very well. Maybe fifty yuan.

A. cover          B. size              C. color          D. price

—What are you reading these days, Tom?

—The book Harry Potter ______ by JK Rowling.

A. was written????? B. written??????????? C. wrote?????????? D. was writing

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The idea for the book Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone c_____1_______to Joanne Kathleen Rowling in 1990. It took her seven years to finish writing it. D_____2_____those seven years she had a number of jobs. One of them was t______3______ English in PortugalRowling sent the book to four publishers (出版商) before one of them bought it. She wasvery happy to sell her book because it was her d____4______ to become a writer. Beforeshe sold her book, Rowling was living in a small house with her daughter and was very poor. She could not a____5______ to keep warm in the winter.

Harry Potter became very s___6______ with children and grown-ups in England and then t___7___ the world. It was put into more than thirty-five l_____8_____. After her second and third books were published, the three Harry Potter books filled the top three places on many newspapers' lists of bestsellers. Without question, Rowling's life changed g_____9______ and became one of the most successful w______10_____writers in the world.

 --Have you ever road the book Harry Potter?

          --Yes, and I think it's very ______. I want to read it again.

          A. boring       B. exciting            C. bored             D. excited

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Dear John,

Thank you very much for your letter. I am glad that you enjoyed your holiday herewith us. We enjoyed _________ (1 have) you and your sister here. We hope that you _________ (2 come) here again next year. Perhaps you will stay longer next time.

We _________ (3 be) back at school for about three weeks. It feels like three months! I have to _________ (4 study) hard to get ready for the coming exams. I think now you and your sister _________ (5 work) hard on your subjects, too.

Last Sunday my parents and my brother Tom went for a picnic, but I _________ (6not go) with them. My finger _________ (7 cut) when I _________ (8 help) my mother with the cooking. I spent the whole day _________ (9 read) the book “Harry Potter" at home. It is really an exciting book.

Best wishes to you all. I hope _________ (10 meet) you again.

Yours sincerely

Mike