题目内容
【题目】 J. K. Rowling is the writer of Harry Potter, which is now one of the best-sellers in the world. She___born in Britain on July 31st, 1965. She has one sister who is two years___than her. Both girls liked___to their fathers’ bedtime stories. They especially loved stories about magic. Rowling wrote her first story___the age of six.
On a long train trip in 1990, an idea came to her. She wanted to write about a boy who had magic but he didn’t know it. In 1992, Rowling began __ the first Harry Potter book for young ____It appeared in June, 1997. The book was a great success. And the film came out in November, 2001. Now the Harry Potter series (系列) is___with people of all ages and about sixty___books have been sold in 200 countries. In this series, Harry is an ordinary boy: polite, friendly, brave and clever. So when children read about Harry, they can imagine being like him. That’s___the Harry Potter series has been so popular, especially among the young.
J. K. Rowling is very __ with the success. Now she’s really enjoying life. She said she would go on writing children’s books.
【1】A.isB.wasC.hasD.had
【2】A.oldB.youngC.oldestD.younger
【3】A.listenB.speakC.listeningD.speaking
【4】A.inB.atC.forD.to
【5】A.writeB.wroteC.to writeD.written
【6】A.writersB.driversC.singersD.readers
【7】A.bestB.popularC.gladD.busy
【8】A.millionB.millionsC.million ofD.millions of
【9】A.whenB.whereC.whyD.what
【10】A.sadB.worriedC.unhappyD.happy
【答案】
【1】B
【2】D
【3】C
【4】B
【5】C
【6】D
【7】B
【8】A
【9】C
【10】D
【解析】
本文介绍了J.K罗琳写的《哈利波特系列》非常受读者的欢迎。J.K罗琳对这本成功的书非常满意。她说她将要继续写儿童书。
【1】句意:她于1965年7月31日出生在英国。
A. is 是,B. was 是,C. has有,D. had有。 be born意为“出生”,要用过去时,故选B。
【2】句意: 她有一个比她大两岁的姐姐。
A. old年老的,B. young年轻的,C. oldest最老的,D. younger更年轻。根据than可知用比较级,故选D。
【3】句意:两个女孩都喜欢听他们父亲的床前故事。
A. listen 听,B. speak 说,C. listening听,D. speaking说。表示听故事用及物动词短语“listen to”,like doing sth. 表示“喜欢做某事”,故选C。
【4】句意:罗琳在六岁时写了她的第一本书。
A. in在……里,B. at在, C. for为了,D. to向。at the age of意思是“在……岁的时候”。故选B。
【5】句意:在1992年,罗琳开始为小读者写了第一本《哈利波特》。
A. write 写,B. wrote 写,C. to write 写,D. written 写。表示“开始做某事”用begin to do sth. 或begin doing sth.,故选C。
【6】句意:在1992年,罗琳开始为小读者写了第一本《哈利波特》。
A. writers 作家,B. drivers 司机,C. singers 歌手,D. readers读者。写书是为了给读者阅读,故选D。
【7】句意:现在《哈利波特系列》受所有年龄段的人的欢迎,在200个国家大约六千万本书出售。
A. best最好的,B. popular 受欢迎的,C. glad 高兴的,D. busy忙碌的。be popular with sb.意为“受某人的欢迎”。故选B。
【8】句意:现在《哈利波特系列》受所有年龄段的人的欢迎,在200个国家大约六千万本书出售。
A. million百万,B. millions 百万,C. million of百万,D. millions of成千上万的。当有具体的数字修饰million时,million用单数形式,且后面接名词时不用介词of,直接连接即可;若前面没有数目修饰词则用millions of。此处有数词sixty修饰,故用million,故选A。
【9】句意:那就是为什么《哈利波特系列》受欢迎,尤其是年轻人。
A. when 何时,B. where哪里,C. why为什么,D. what什么。根据前文的In this series, Harry is an ordinary boy: polite, friendly, brave and clever. So when children read about Harry, they can imagine being like him.可知,此处解释了这本书受欢迎的原因,句中的why引导表语从句。故选C。
【10】句意:J.K罗琳对这个成功非常满意。
A. sad悲伤的,B. worried 担心的,C. unhappy不高兴的,D. happy高兴的。根据后文的Now she’s really enjoying life.可知,她非常喜欢生活,be happy with意为“对……满意/高兴”。故选D。
根据前后文的语境,认真辨析选项里的单词或短语的词义,结合词性,短语,句型,时态,语态和主谓一致,选出正确的选项。例如小题7,句意:现在《哈利波特系列》受所有年龄段的人的欢迎,在200个国家大约六千万本书出售。A. best最好的,B. popular 受欢迎的,C. glad 高兴的,D. busy忙碌的。be popular with sb.意为“受某人的欢迎”。故选B。