J.K.Rowling was born in England in 1965.She loved reading, and wrote her first story, Rabbit, when she was only six years old.She studied French at university, then worked as a secretary(秘書)in London.She had the idea from Harry Potter when she was on a train.“Harry just walked into my head,” she said later.She started writing the first Harry Potter book the next day.

  In 1992 she went to live in Portugal for three years.She wrote Harry Potter in the morning, and worked as an English teacher in the afternoon and evening, she got married to a Portuguese TV journalist and had a daughter called Jessica.

  Then she returned to Britain and lived in Edinburgh, in Scotland.She was unemployed at that time, and wrote in cafes because they were warmer than her small flat.After five years she finished the first book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.The book sold millions of copies all over the world, and Joanne Kathleen Rowling became very famous.She is now very rich, but she still writes her books in cafes!

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容回答問題

1.Why is J.K.Rowling famous?

___________________

2.When did she write first?

___________________

3.What was her first job?

___________________

4.How did she get the idea for Harry Potter?

___________________

5.Why did she write in cafes?

___________________

答案:
解析:

  1.Because she wrote the book Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s stone.

  2.When she was only six years old.

  3.Her first job was a secretary.

  4.When she was on a train.

  5.Because cafes were warmer than her small flat.


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