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by writing, lecturing and running his own publishing house. But he spent all of it on high living and __7__ business. Mark Twain was __8__ 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 。 (導學號: 34094060) 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 world. Rowling wrote her first story, called Rabbit, at the age of six. After she graduated from 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 doesn39。t know it. In 1992 Rowling began to teach English. She lived with her baby daughter, Jessica, and spent much time finishing the first