The book was written ________ English．

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　　The Bible is the best-selling book in the world. It has been translated into more than 300 languages.

　　Many different people have written their own copy or version of the Bible. One of the most famous versions of the Bible is the Gutenberg Bible. This version of the Bible was made and sold around 1450 A. D. No one knows for sure how many Gutenberg Bibles were made. There were at least 70 copies made, but perhaps there were as many as 270. However, today only 40 original Gutenberg Bible exist.

　　Since 1815, more than six billion copies of the Bible have been made and sold. Today, many different versions of the Bible are sold around the world. The most popular version is Today's English Version (Good News) New Testament and Bible. The second most popular version is the King James Version of the Bible.

　　Law from people copying these books does not protect religious books like the Bible and the Koran. Other, books are protected by international laws, so no one can copy or sell those books without permission.

　　Of these protected books, the Guinness Book of Records is the best-selling book in the world. The Guinness Book of Records first came out in 1955. The idea for the book came when Sir Hugh Beaver got into an argument with his friend while the men were hunting birds. The men tried to determine (测定) which was the fastest bird in England, but even after looking for the answer at the local library, no one knew for sure. Sir Beaver decided to make a book with this answer and the answer to many questions like the one he argued about with his friend.

　　The Guinness Book of Records now appears in 37 languages. More than 74 million copies have been sold since it first came out.

1．What is the best-selling book in the world?

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A．The Gutenberg.

B．The Guinness Book of Records.

C．The Koran.

D．The Bible.

2．When did Gutenberg publish his version of the Bible?

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3．The Bible and the Koran ________.

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A．are protected from copying

B．are religious books

C．have not been translated

D．were copied by Gutenberg

4．Who had the idea to make the Guinness Book of Records?

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A．Alec Guinness.

B．Huge Beaver.

C．An English hunting society.

D．King James.

5．How many languages does the Guinness Book of Records appear in?

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J.K. Rowling is the writer of Harry Potter, which is now one of the bestsellers 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 faraway 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.
【小题1】From the passage, we know ___________.