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 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

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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 world. 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 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, 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. Now Harry Potter series is popular with people of all ages and about 60 million books were sold in 200 countries.

　　The series are different from ninny other magical stories. Harry lives in modern England. He’s also a very normal boy: polite, friendly, brave and clever. So other children can imagine being like him.

　　J. K Rowling is very successful. 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.

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(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 titan her sister

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

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A．July 1965

B．the summer of 1990

C．June1997

(3) How many books of Harry Potter were sold?