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Hey, all you Muggles, witches, and wizards—are you ready for the grand finale of the Harry Potter series? J. K. Rowling announced on Thursday the title for book seven—Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Book seven in the Harry Potter series will pick up where book six, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, left off. With the last chapter of book seven, the magical adventures of Harry, Hermione, Ron, and friends will come to an end.

“I am alternately delighted and worried,” says Rowling on her official Web site. She made the announcement of the book title on the Web site. Rowling is currently busy putting the finishing touches on the book.

“I’m now writing scenes that have been planned, in some cases, for a dozen years or even more,” says Rowling. Rowling adds that she has been working very hard on this final installment in the series. With the title now set, she assured fans that she will indeed finish this book. 

“I both want, and don’t want, to finish this book,” Rowling says.

It’s not too late to catch up on the rest of the series. You can also reread your favorite books while waiting for the last one. The publication date for book seven has not been set. To make the waiting a little easier, there’s always the next Harry Potter movie, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, which is scheduled for release in July 2007.

What’s the name of the last issue of the Harry Potter series?

        A．Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

        B．Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

        C．Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

        D．Harry Potter and J. K. Rowling

Muggles, Harry, Hermione and Ron could probably be _____.

        A．the best friends of J. K. Rowling       

         B．the characters of the Harry Potter series

        C．the fans of Harry Potter                      

         D．the publishers of the Harry Potter series

Which statement is true according to the passage?

        A．Harry Potter series will be published on the Website.

        B．Book Seven of Harry Potter series will be published before July 2007.

        C．Book Seven is being written as planned years ago.

        D．Harry Potter will come to the end of his life.

In the last paragraph, the writer _____.

        A．encourages readers to act out a play following the Harry Potter movies

        B．persuades readers into reading their favorite book rather than Harry Potter series

        C．states that seeing the Harry Potter movies is the best way to catch up the series

        D．a(chǎn)dvises readers to wait for the publication of Book Seven patiently

Answer 1

【小題1】A

【小題2】B

【小題3】C

【小題4】D

解析:

這是一篇文化類閱讀。《哈利波特》大結(jié)局《哈利波特7》正在寫作之中，作家羅琳宣布將書名定為《哈利波特與死圣》。

【小題1】細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第一段最后一句可知《哈利波特》第七期命名為：《哈利波特與死圣》

【小題2】推測題。根據(jù)第一段最后一句提到：在最后的一章里，這些角色充滿魔幻的冒險將結(jié)束。由此可知這些人物都是《哈利波特》系列中的人物。

【小題3】細節(jié)判斷題。第三段第一句羅琳說：我正在按原計劃編寫故事的場景，有些已經(jīng)計劃十多年了或更多。C項與此意義相符。

【小題4】段落大意題。最后一段作者提出《哈利波特7》出版日期還沒有確定，出版之前的這段時間可看看你最喜歡的書，或觀看《哈利波特》系列電影，《哈利·波特與鳳凰社》將于2007年7月發(fā)行。由此可知作者建議讀者耐心等待。