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as a “funny man”. But in fact he took a serious view of life. Many sad things happened to him in his life. All his __9__ helped to shape his stories which showed the dark side of society. He __10__ as an old man of 75 in 1910. ( ) B. brought C. grew D. got ( ) B. became C. appeared D. disappeared ( ) B. magazine C. diary D. newspaper ( ) B. worked C. studied D. learned ( ) B. kept C. served D. took C C A B A ( ) B. books C. money D. literature ( ) B. unfair C. clever D. unsuccessful ( ) B. known C. elected D. spoken ( ) B. experiences C. happiness D. themes ( ) B. went C. died D. ran C D B B C Ⅷ .閱讀理解 。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 2022. Now Harry Potter series 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 the past or future times. But Harry lives in modern England. He39。s writing full time and she39。s books. ( ) 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. Rowling3