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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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