The writer wrote the passage in order to __________.

A、wrote

B、written

C、write

D、writing

A．prove to readers the importance of higher education

B．tell a story in honor of her mother

C．give a detailed description of different reading skills

D．prove the importance of fast reading

A．of which

B．about that

C．in which

D．of whom

Questions are based on the following passage．

He was a qualified doctor who rarely practiced but instead devoted his life to writing．He once said: "Medicine is my lawful wife, and literature is my lover．" Russian writer Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a great playwright and one of the masters of the modem short story．

(77) When Chekhov entered the Moscow University Medical School in 1879, he started to publish hundreds of comic short stories to support his family． After he graduated, he wrote regularly for a local daily newspaper．

As a writer he was extremely fast, often producing a short story in an hour or less． Chekhov&39;s medical and science experience can be seen through the indifference（冷漠) many of his characters show to tragic events． In 1892, he became a full time writer and published some of his most memorable stories．

Chekhov often wrote about the sufferings of life in small town Russia． Tragic events control his characters who are filled with feelings of hopelessness and despair．

It is often said that nothing happens in Chekhov&39;s stories and plays． He made up for this with his exciting technique for developing drama within his characters． (78) Chekhov&39;s work combined the calm attitude of a scientist and doctor with the sensitivity(敏感）of an artist．

Some of Chekhov&39;s works were translated into Chinese as early as the 1940s． One of his famous stories, The Man in a Shell (装在套子里的人), about a school teacher&39;s extraordinarily orderly life, was selected as a text for Chinese senior students．

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov__________ 查看材料

A.had a lawful lover

B.was an illegal writer

C.used to be a lawyer

D.was a competent doctor

These days, children often think of superheroes(超级英雄)as cute(漂亮的), cool and strong supermen. A poor, short and thin boy wearing glassed may not interest the kids today. Yet in less than 4 years, Harry Potter has taken the world by the storm. J. K. Rowling, the writer of Harry Potter, was a British single mother out of work and living on money given to her by the government. One day, when she was on a long train trip, she had the idea for this book. She wrote the first book of the seven in the café with her baby daughter sleeping beside her. Last year, the fans welcomed the birth of the fourth by lining outside the bookstores. Today these books are still popular among people. Harry Potter is something more than fantasy(幻想). Rowling tries to tell the readers how things are not always what they seem to be. However, millions of the fans don’t care about such a lesson. They would like to spend many sleepless nights waiting in line for the fifth, the sixth and the seventh to come. For them, surprising stories of the little boy are what they want.

1. J.K. Rowling ________ when she wrote the first book.

A. lived a quiet life with her husband

B. was very poor and didn’t get work for herself

C. had to teach her daughter how to work

D. was already a famous writer

2. When did Rowling think of the idea of writing her book？

A. While she was telling her baby stories about superheroes.

B. While she was going on a long trip.

C. She was on her way to find work.

D. While she was drinking in a café.

3. How many books of the seven have come out according to this passage？

A. Four.

B. Five.

C. Six.

D. Seven.

4. What does Rowling want to show to her readers？

A. Harry Potter is a poor, short and thin boy wearing glasses.

B. Fantasy.

C. How things are not always what they seem to be.

D. She has got many interesting story books.

5. Which of the following is TRUE？

A. Rowling wrote the first book with her daughter’s help.

B. Rowling gave birth to her fourth baby last year.

C. The fans just care about the surprising stories of Harry Potter.

D. Only children love the books, for they’re fairy tales.