—Mary, new copies of Harry Potter are on sale...

—Mary, new copies of Harry Potter are on sale now.

—Great! Let's go and buy ________ this afternoon.

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—Mary，new copies of Harry Potter are on sale now．

—Great! Let’s go and buy________this afternoon．

A．it    B．that          C．any     D．one

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—Mary，new copies of 《Harry Potter》 are on sale now．

—Great! Let’s go and buy________this afternoon．

A．it                B．that              C．any              D．one

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Although the new year is already here, the great moments of the old year are still in the memory. Let’s look back at some of these.

the United States

One of the world’s largest New Year’s Eve parties was held in Times Square, New Year. The festival attracted hundreds of thousands of people to watch brightly-lit ball drop on a landmark building at the stroke(报时的钟声) of midnight.

A great amount of confetti(五彩纸屑) was released from the sky at zero o’clock..

Britain

Painted in shining colours and blowing on whistles,50,000 party-goers arrived in London’s Millennium Dome to dance in the New Year. The Millennium Dome came to life at midnight as 50 DJs started up, competing on five separate dance floors to warm the crowd into the party mood.

Russia

New Year is the biggest holiday in Russia. It is traditional to put up a tree for celebrations with family and friends.

On the very last day of the years, Russians with a taste for a very cold swim braved freezing temperatures to plant traditional, festival trees on the bed of the Northern Ocean and at the bottom of Lake Baikal, the world’s deepest lake.

Malaysia

Brave skydivers threw themselves off the world’s tallest buildings near midnight and floated towards the new year.

The jump from the 452-metre Petronas Twin Tower was called a real leap from one year to the next since the group took off in the last second of the old year and landed a minute later in the new year.“That was really cool,”said Roland Simpson,“over crowds of onlookers to the landing spot.”

1.In New Year the brightly-lit ball dropped______.

A. from the sky onto the Times Square    B. to celebrate the stroke of midnight

C. to welcome the arrival of Christmas    D. at the point between the old and the new year

2.Which of the following is NOT true about celebrations in the world?

A. A large quantity of confetti was given out from the tallest building.

B. Skydivers in Malaysia jumped down from the world’s tallest buildings.

C. Some Russians planted trees on the bed of Lake Baikal.

D. In Britain 50 DJs competed on five separate floors.

3.The underlined word “landmark”means______ in the text.

A. an easily recognizable object, such as a tall tree or building

B. something that marks an important point in one’s life

C. something marking the limits of a piece of land

D. a building that is marked on a map

4.The text shows that_____.

A. New Year has been the starting point for people to have dreams

B. people in different countries welcomed New Year in different ways

C. people’s ways of celebrations are exciting

D. the new year is better than the old year

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When a new Harry Potter book hits the shelves, kids aren’t the only people who are happy．Doctors are happy, too．

Doctors in England recently reported that when the last two Harry Potter books came out，the number of kids in the hospital emergency room（急诊室）fell．

Dr．Stephen Gwilym studied the number of kids aged from 5 to 15 who were in the hospital emergency room after the latest Harty Potter books came out．They focused on two weekends：after Order of the Phoenix came out in 2003 and after Half-Blood Prince arrived in stores in the end of 2004．

During the non-Harry Potter weekends，an average（平均）of 67.4 children visited the emergency room．On Harry Potter weekends，that number was 36.5．

Kids were so interested in the books that they would not go outside to play those weekends．Once Dr Stephen Gwilym saw a child sitting peacefully for hours while reading Harry Potter．

69．Why were the doctors happy when the Harry Potter books came out?

A．Because they could read the books．

B．Because there would be fewer injuries in hospital．

C．Because they found the children peacefully reading books．

D．Because they could make the study．

70．What is the name of the last Harry Potter book?

A．Harry Potter                                                         B．Order of the Phoenix

C．Half-Blood Prince                                                        D．Dr.Stephen Gwilym

71．The sentence“…an average of 67.4 children visited the emergency room’’means“…an average

of 67.4 children                          .”

A．were injured and went to see the doctor

B．read Harry Potter in the emergency room

C．went to see the emergency room

D．stayed at the emergency room to be studied

72．The phrase “hit the shelves” in the passage means        .

A．break the shelves                                                        B．begin to be sold

C．become very popular                                                   D．become ill

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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 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 England. He's also a very normal 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.

1.From the passage, we know ___________.

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 than her sister

D. Harry Potter is J.K. Rowling's first story

2.The first Harry Potter book came out in __________.

A. July 1965　　 B. the summer of 1990

C. June 1997　　 D. November 2001

3.J.K. Rowling has been successful, and she ___________.

A. likes to travel all over the world with her daughter

B. is too busy to enjoy her life

C. is excited about her success every day

D. is still writing stories for children

4.How is Harry Potter series different from other magical stories?

A. There are magical things.　　 B. The stories happened in the modern world.

C. It has seven books.　　 D. It took much time to finish.

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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 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 England. He's also a very normal 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.

1.From the passage, we know ___________.

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 than her sister

D.Harry Potter is J.K. Rowling's first story

2.The first Harry Potter book came out in __________.

A.July 1965 B.the summer of 1990

C.June 1997 D.November 2001

3.J.K. Rowling has been successful, and she ___________.

A.likes to travel all over the world with her daughter

B.is too busy to enjoy her life

C.is excited about her success every day

D.is still writing stories for children

4.How is Harry Potter series different from other magical stories?

A.There are magical things. B.The stories happened in the modern world.

C.It has seven books. D.It took much time to finish.

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Harry Potter, for _____ life had once been very difficult, achieved great success and finally beat Voldemort.

A. whose　　 B. whom　　 C. that　　 D. him

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 has set new nationwide and global box-office records for ticket sales in its opening weekend. The final part of the Harry Potter series is creating the perfect storm of record-breaking box-office sales. Before this movie, The Dark Knight held the opening weekend record. The Dark Knight actually sold a few more tickets. But with 3D and IMAX ticketing as well as the passion of fans who have waited for a long time to see the ending of J.K. Rowling’s brilliant story, the final Harry Potter movie was going to be hugely successful, no mater what.

And as if film-makers were magically able to save the best for last, critics(评论家) completely agree that The Deathly Hallows, Part 2 is the best film of the entire series and there has been little negative(负面的) to say about the performances of the film’s stars. When they were 10 or 11 years old, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint have grown up on the big screen. They grew in their character as the story was told through the years.

As the story draws to a close, the final Harry Potter film is set to break the $1 billion mark in worldwide sales. And even though the film series is finally over, J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter will live on in different forms of merchandising (附带产品), including major theme parks, action figures and almost certainly, various versions of the story.

1.According to the author, we know Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2________.

A. was expected to be very successful in making money

B. was poorly received by most of the movie critics in the US

C. is not as good as the first several Harry Potter movies

D. is not as good as movie-goers expected.

2.What is implied about the performances of the film’s stars?

A. The performances are disappointing.

B. The stars have done a very good job.

C. The stars haven’t made a breakthrough

D. The stars did much better before.

3.In which part of a newspaper would you most probably read this passage?

A. Entertainment　　　 B. Education

C. Lifestyle　　　　 　 D. Kids

4.What would be the best title for this passage?

A. The Harry Poter movies come to an end at last.

B. The Last Harry Poter movie sets new box-office records.

C. The Last Harry Poter movie comes in 3D and IMAX

D. The Last Harry Poter movie makes movie-goers sad.

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Sales of Apple’s new iPhone 11 in China began on Friday, but were met with a cooler welcome from customers than in previous years. Unlike in previous years, no long lines were seen outside Chinese shops on Friday for the new iPhone, and the product release (发布) only made the headlines in a few media.

Huawei released its Mate 30 smartphone series on Thursday night. Its new devices(设备) have won consumers’ hearts at home and abroad. Many compared it with Apple’s new iPhone 11, saying that beats the new iPhone because of innovation and quality. One customer named Zhao Kai, an IT specialist who pre-ordered a Mate 30 Pro on Friday, said that he chose Mate 30 without hesitation. Zhao said, “It’s clear that Huawei’s new phone with its advanced 5G mode would lead the future global telecommunications market, too.”

In contrast with iPhone 11’s poor sales, Chinese netizens (网民) have joined in discussions on Mate 30 and iPhone 11. An online poll on the Mate 30 and iPhone 11 on Weibo on Friday showed that more than 60 percent of netizens chose the Mate 30, while less than 20 percent chose the iPhone 11. Many chose Huawei as a result of its technology.

Overseas customers also joined in the heated discussions on Huawei’s new flagship devices on sites. On Twitter, many netizens said “nice”, “best phone ever” and “my favorite one” on Huawei’s Twitter account. Some netizens in countries like the UK, the Netherlands and Argentina asked when Huawei’s new devices would be released in their countries.

1.How did customers react to Apple’s new product?

A.They thought it was cool to use it.

B.They stood in long lines to purchase it.

C.They thought its quality was worse than before.

D.They were less interested in it than former years.

2.In what aspect is Mate 30 better than iPhone 11 according to Paragraph 2?

A.The price and the weight. B.The appearance and the speed.

C.The quality and innovation. D.The service life and function.

3.What does the underlined word “poll” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?

A.Store. B.Survey. C.Market. D.Exam.

4.What could be the best title for the text?

A.New Technology - 5G B.Huawei Is Better than Apple

C.Apple’s New iPhone 11 D.Huawei’s Mate 30 Defeats iPhone 11

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