根据短文和首字母写出空缺处单词，使短文意思连贯、完整。

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 1.July 31st, 1965. She has one sister who is two years old younger2.her. Both girls l3. listening to their father telling bed-time stories to them. They especially loved s4.about the magic world. Rowling wrote her first story, c5. Rabbit, at the age of six.

After she graduated 6. the university, Rowling worked as a translator in London. In 1992, Rowling began to teach English. She s7. much time finishing the first Harry Potter book for young readers. 8.her surprise, this book was greatly successful. Now the Harry Potter series is popular with people of all ages and about 60 millions books were sold in 200 countries.

J. K. Rowling is very pleased 9.the success. Now she is busy finishing the whole series of seven books. She says she will go on l 10.a normal (正常的) life with her daughters.

完形填空

World Book Day falls on April 23 every year. It was set up by UNESCO (联合国教科文组织) in 1955 to encourage people, especially teenagers, to discover the pleasure of____

Many countries celebrate World Book Day. On that day in the UK, millions of students can buy____of special price, much lower than usual in any bookstore. It has been done every year______World Book Day is also celebrated in China. Premier Wen Jiabao does lots of reading_____he’s very busy. On World Book Day 2009, he_____people to do more reading. He suggested that young people should spend more time reading. “Books can’t change the world, but people can change the world by changing____through reading,” he said.

Reading can benefit (有益于) people______Reading helps us become more knowledgeable and more intelligent. Reading helps us to follow the______developments of science and technology. Reading_____us with information about other culture and places of the world. When we read, we may find many things_____are unfamiliar to us. We would have to use our brain____about them or do more reading to find out the answers. The more we read, the more we know. The more we know, the____we become. Reading is also one of the most important ways to learn a foreign language_____English. We all know that we_____learn everything at school, for example, the ways English people are speaking and writing today.

“Reading makes a full man.” Books, magazines, newspapers and other kinds of reading materials can help to know more about the outside world and perfect us_____, it is necessary for us to form the habit of reading every day.

1.A. listening B. speaking C. reading D. writing

2.A. clothes B. dictionaries C. computers D. books

3.A. since B. in C. from D. by

4.A. because B. though C. through D. when

5.A. allowed B. ordered C. called on D. introduced

6.A. ourselves B. yourselves C. themselves D. itself

7.A. in many ways B. by the way C. in any way D. in the way

8.A. earlier B. later C. latest D. last

9.A. shares B. gets C. opens D. provides

10.A. those B. that C. where D. how

11.A. think B. to think C. talk D. to talk

12.A. outstanding B. prettier C. smarter D. outgoing

13.A. like B. at C. about D. towards

14.A. can B. can’t C. might D. have to

15.A. So B. However C. Now that D. Therefore

Chinese writer Mo Yan has won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature(文学). He is the first Chinese to win the prize.

Mo Yan was born into a farmer’s family in Shandong in 1955. He left school to work at the age of twelve, first on the farm, later in a factory. In 1976, he joined the PLA and during this time he began to study writing. His first short story was published in 1981. He has written many famous books about his childhood and his hometown. Many of his books have been translated into English, French and many other languages.

Mo Yan’s winning of the Nobel Literature Prize, widely regarded as a great encouragement for China’s literature, is bringing more confidence to the nation’s young authors.

1.How old is Mo Yan?

2.When did he win the Nobel Literature Prize?

3.Is Mo Yan a Chinese writer?

4.Where was he born?

5.Mo Yan left school to work at the age of 14, didn’t he?

I must get up early tomorrow morning. Please wake me ________.

A. out B. off C. down D. up

（题文）My aunt drove by and gave me a ________ on the way home.

A. walk B. lift C. way D. idea

—Why were you late for school this morning?

—Because my alarm clock didn't go off and I ________.

A. overslept B. completed C. changed D. missed

—We can’t enter the room. I can’t find my key.

—Is it possible that you ________ it at home?

A. left B. fixed C. managed D. designed

She said when she got to the cinema，the film ________ for 5 minutes.

A. has begun B. had begun

C. has been on D. had been on

Some people ________ the building when the earthquake happened.

A. got rid of B. looked out of

C. took care of D. rushed out of

You are a long way from Huston.It will take ________ three hours.

A. at most B. at least

C. at last D. at first