2Over 1,400 university students from 37 countries and regions came to China for the 2006’s World MUN meeting(世界大学生模拟联合国大会). The meeting was held in Peking University from March 27th to 31st, 2006. The idea of the World MUN began in 1991. A group of students at Harvard(哈佛)University wanted to make a new meeting to bring together the students who were interested

70. From this passage, we may know ________.

A. English families often serve dinners to guests

B. English people are too rich

C. the person with good behavior is often asked to dinner

D. English people are usually on good behavior at dinner

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J. K. Rowling is the writer of Harry Potter, which is now one of the best-sellers in the world.

J. K. Rowling was born in Bristol on July 31th, 1965. She has one sister who is two years younger than her. The girls loved listening to their father reading bedtime stories to them. They especially loved stories about magical worlds. Rowling wrote her first story, called Rabbit, at the age of six.

After she graduated from the university, Rowling worked as a translator (翻译者) 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 (魔法) but doesn'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 2001. Now Harry Potter series (系列) 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 happen in faraway lands or in past or future times. But Harry lives in modern (现代的) England. He's also a very ordinary boy: polite, friendly and clever. So when other children read about Harry, they can imagine being like him.

J. K. Rowling is very happy with the success, and she is now busy finishing the whole series of seven books. She's writing full time and she's really enjoying life. She says she will go on living an ordinary life with her daughter and writing children's books.

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71. J. K. Rowling _________.

A. met a boy named Harry on a train trip

B. loved listening to stories when she was very young

C. got the idea of writing Harry Potter from her father's stories

D. wrote her first story after she graduated from the university

72. The first Harry Potter book came out _________.

A. in 1992 B. in the summer of 1990 C. in June 1997 D. in November 2001

73. The Harry Potter series is _________.

A. written for young people B. written for her daughter, Jessica

C. only sold well in England D. about a young inspector

74. J. K. Rowling has been successful, and she _________.

A. likes to travel all over the world with her daughter B. is the richest woman in England

C. is excited about her success every day D. is still writing stories for children

75. The best title (题目) of the passage is ________.

A. English Magical Stories B. Successful Way-Writing Stories

C. Harry Potter-A Boy with Magic D. J.K. Rowling and Harry Potter Series

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“Mother tells me that the most important is to study, and she almost never gives me any housework to do, though I really want some,” said Wang, a middle school student in Guangzhou, capital of South China's Guangdong Province.

A report says that most of Guangzhou teenagers (青少年) want to do more housework, but their parents usually do not think so. According to (根据) the report, 37% of the teenagers do housework less than half an hour every day; 39.4% of them from half an hour to one hour; 11.5% one to two hours; 5.6% over two hours; and 6.2% just have “no” housework to do.

“Most of my time after school should be spent on my homework, and I don't have time to play. Even on weekends, my parents ask me to stay at home to study. I can't go to see a film, watch TV or play with other children. My parents never say to me about anything to do with the housework. Sometimes I feel I have the duty to do something to help my