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閱讀下列短文，用括號內所給動詞的適當形式填空，必要時可加助動詞或情態動詞。（請將各小題的答案寫在短文后相應的橫線上）

    J．K．Rowling is the writer of the Harry Potter series，one of the best—selling books in the world．

    She   l  （bear）on Bristol on July 31st，1 965．She has one little 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 worlds． Rowling wrote her first story  2   （call）Rabbit at the age of six．

    After she graduated from the university, Rowling worked as a translator in London．During that time，on a long train trip in the summer of l 990，the idea came to her of a boy who  3  （have）magic but doesn't know it．In l 992，Rowing began  4  （teach）English．She lived with her daughter, Jessica，and   5   （spend）much time finishing the first Harry Potter．It appeared in June，1 997．To her surprise，the book was very successful．The film came out in November,200 1．Now the Harry Potter series is popular with people of all ages and about 60 million books  6（sell）in 200 countries so far．

    Why has the series been so successful? There were a few reasons．Many other magical stories take place in faraway lands or in the past or future times．But Harry lives in modern England．He's also a very normal boy：polite，friendly, brave and clever．When other children read the story about Harry, they    7    （imagine）being like him．

    J．K．Rowling is very happy with her success．She  8  （write）full time and she's really enjoying life．She says she  9   （go）on living a normal life with her daughter and  l0  （write）children's books．

Answer 1

1．was born       2．called      3．has        4．to teach or teaching        5．spent

6．has been sole    7．will imagine 8．writes      9．will go                  10．write