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J. K. Rowling: The Wizard Behind Harry Potter

     J. K. Rowling was born as Joanne Rowling on July 31, 1965 in England. At age four, Rowling and her family   21   to Winterbourne. It was here that she met a brother and sister who lived in her neighborhood with the last   22    Potter. During her childhood, Rowling   23    writing and story-telling.

     Pressured by her parents to    24    a secretary, Rowling attended the university of Exeter beginning at age 18 and studied French. After college, Rowling stayed in London and worked at several jobs.

     While on a train from Manchester to London in 1990, Rowling came up with the   25    for Harry Potter. Pen-less at the time, Rowling spent the remainder of her train-ride   26    about the story and began to write it down as soon as she arrived home.

     Rowling    27    to write snippets about Harry and Hogwarts, but wasn’t done with the book when her mother died on December 30, 1990. Her mother’s death hit Rowling    28   . In a (an)    29    to escape the sorrow, Rowling accepted a job teaching English in Portugal.

     In Portugal, Rowling met Jorge Arantes and the two married on October 16, 1992.  30    the marriage proved a bad one, the couple had one child together, Jessica. After getting    31    in 1993, Rowling and her daughter moved to Edinburgh to be near Rowling’s sister.

     Before starting another full-time job, Rowling was determined to finish her Harry Potter manuscript.   32    she had completed it, she sent it to several literary    33   . After a year of searching and a number of publishers turning it    34   , the agent finally found a publisher      35    to print the book.

     Rowling’s fist Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone became hugely popular, attracting    36    of young boys and girls as well as adults. With the public demanding    37    , Rowling quickly got to work on the    38    six books, with the last one published in July 2007.

     In 1998, Warner Bros. bought the film     39    and since then    40    popular movies have been made of the books. From the book, the films, and the merchandise bearing Harry Potter images, Rowling has become one of the richest people in the world.

21.   A. carried                    B. moved                      C. sent                         D. lived

22.   A. family                     B. member                    C. name                       D. sign

23.   A. loved                       B. preferred                 C. chose                       D. handed

24.   A. change                     B. share                        C. assume                    D. become

25.   A. method                    B. score                       C. concept                    D. possibility

26.   A. declaring                 B. making                    C. dreaming                  D. managing

27.   A. continued                B. checked                   C. exchanged               D. practiced

28.   A. peacefully                 B. easily                       C. tensely                     D. hard

29.   A. plan                         B. question                   C. ambition                  D. attempt

30.   A. Instead                    B. Although                   C. Therefore                 D. However

31.   A. divorced                  B. beaten                     C. ached                      D. thrown

32.   A. While                       B. Once                        C. Before                     D. Since

33.   A. agents                      B. subjects                   C. volunteers                D. readers

34.   A. off                          B. up                            C. down                       D. over

35.   A. wondering                B. aiming                      C. looking                    D. willing

36.   A. reporter                    B. partner                    C. audience                   D. friend

37.   A. more                        B. better                      C. longer                     D. thinner

38.   A. last                         B. whole                      C. rest                       D. next

39.   A. powers                    B. rights                       C. guidance                  D. leaders

40.   A. directly                    B. extremely                 C. separately                D. eventually

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