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　　　Can you imagine（想象）what life would be 　1　 if there were no telephone? You could not call 　2　　 　your friends on the phone and talk to them, If fire 　3　 out in your house, you could not call the fire department（救火队）. If somebody were 　4　　 　, you couldn't call a doctor.

　　　In our daily（日常）life we need to talk with each other. We do this 　5　　 　by speaking to others and listening to 　6　 they have to say to us, and when we are 　7　　 　to them we can do this very 　8　　 　. But, our 　9　　 　will not travel very far even when we 　10　　 　, and it is thanks to the 　11　　 　of the telephone that we 　12　　 　able to talk with one another 　13　　 　ask some-thing when we are in different places. We can 　14　　 　each other as clearly 　15　　 　we were in the same room.

　Alexander Graham Bell 　16　 this possible. He 　17　　 　all his spare time experimenting（实验）. He worked 　18　　 　hard in his 　19　　 　that he had 　20　　 　time to make money（挣钱）and was very poor at one time.

A film called "The Year of the Yao" has been produced. The one-and-a-half hour　 31 follows Yao Ming's first year in the United States. Although Yao 32 cultural(文化)and language problems in his first year in America, he deals（处理）well with the 33 .He finds friendship and　 34　 from others and always has confidence(自信)in himself.

　 He is now in his third NBA season, but this season is his first　 35　 with new Rockets player Tracy Mcgrady.

　 The Rockets　 36 five games straight at the end of their first month and Yao has needed time to work well with Mcgrady.

　 "I haven't been playing as everyone　 37　 ,"Yao says. However, he also says that he has been trying to improve, and things are　 38　 getting better in the near future.

　 Things may not be easy right now, 　39　 Yao Ming is still the favourite of his fans. In a recent ballot(投票),he got more than2.5million votes（票）from fans all over the world, 40 is more than Michael Jordan!

31. A. comedy(喜剧) B．documentary（记录片）C．thriller(惊险片) D. action movie（动作片）

32. A. faces　 　 B. solves　 　　　 C. picks　 　　　　 D. sees

33. A. problem　 B. stress（压力） 　　　 C. people　 　　　 D. sport

34. A. support（支持） B．money 　C．mistakes D. regards（问候）

35. A. fighting　 B. eating　 　　　　 C. playing　 　　 D. jumping

36. A. won　 　　 B. lost　 　　　　　 C. beat　 　　　　　 D. defeated(打败)

37. A. thinks　 　 B．wants　 　　　 C. expects(期待) D. imagine(想象)

38. A. hardly　 　 B. surely　 　　　　 C. easily　 　　　　 D. strangely

39. A. because　 B. if　 　　　　　　　 C. or　 　　　　　　 D. but

40. A. as　 　　　　 B. who　 　　　　　 C. which　 　　　 D. what

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．

单词拼写

Helen: Spring festival is a 1 ndline　　　(公众的) holiday in China and everyone has a 2 ndline　　　(休假). How would you 3 ndline　　　(庆祝) for holiday ?

Adam:I’m looking forward to my 4 ndline　　　(完美的) holiday! I would go back to Australia with my parents. I like to go back to Austalia in February, it’s summer there.So you can 5 ndline　　　 (想象) what the weather is like.

Helen:Australia is a long way from here though. I’d get really bored and tired on such a long 6 ndline　　　(航程). I’d go to Beijing to see my relations there, 7 ndline　 (尤其) my 30-year-old uncle who is a 8 ndline　　　(记者).

Adam: When 9 ndline　　　(将) you go?

Helen: It 10 ndline　　　(依赖) on my parents.As you know, they’re too busy.