The idea for the book Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone came to Joanne
kathleen Rowling in 1990. it took her seven years to finish writing it. During
those seven years she had a number of jobs, including one job as an English
teacher in Portugal.

Rowling sent the book to four publishers before one of them bought it. She was
very happy to sell her book because it was her life's dream to be a published
writer. Before she sold her book, Rowling was living in a small apartment with
her doughter and was very poor. She could not afford hear in the winter.

Harry Potter became very successful with children and adults in England.
The book also really took off in the United States. After her second and third
books were published, the three Harry Potter bookds filled the top three places
on many newspapers' lists of best-sellers.
Then the books were made into popular movies. Without question, Rowling's life
had completely changed, in just three years.

Harry Potter has now sold more than 30 million books around the world and has been translated into more than thirty-five languages. In 1997, she earned ￡70 (about US$110) a week. By the end of 2001, she had earned over ￡150 million ($250 million)making her one of the most successful female writers of all time.

１．Ｔｈｉｓ　ｒｅａｄｉｎｇ　ｉｓ　ａｂｏｕｔ．．．．．

　　ａ．Ｈａｒｒｙ　Ｐｏｔｔｅｒ’ｓ　ｌｉｆｅ．　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　ｃ．ｔｈｅ　ｗｒｉｔｅｒ’ｓ　ｌｉｆｅ．
　　b．ｈｏｗ　ｔｈｅ　ｂｏｏｋ　ｃｅｃａｍｅ　ａ　ｍｏｖｉｅ．　　　　　d．ｗｈｙ　Ｈａｒｒｙ　Ｐｏｔｔｅｒ　ｉｓ　ｐｏｐｕｌａｒ．

２．Ｗｈｉｃｈ　ｓｅｎｔｅｎｃｅ　ｉｓ　ｔｒｕｅ　ａｂｏｕｔ　ｔｈｅ　ｆｉｒｓｔ　Ｈａｒｒｙ　Ｐｏｔｔｅｒ　ｂｏｏｋ？

　　ａ．Ｆｏｕｒｅ　ｐｕｂｌｉｓｈｅｒｓ　ｂｏｕｇｈｔ　ｉｔ．　　　　　　　　　ｃ．Ｉｔ　ｔｏｏｋ　ｔｈｅ　ｗｒｉｔｅｒ　ｍａｎｙ　ｙｅａｒｓ　ｔｏ　ｆｉｎｉｓｈ　ｉｔ．
　　ｂ．Ｉｔ　　ｗａｓ　ｆｉｒｓｔ　ｐｕｂｌｉｓｈｅｄ　ｉｎ　Ｐｏｒｔｕｇａｌ．　　　ｄ．Ｒｏｗｌｉｎｇ　ｇｏｔ　ｔｈｅ　ｉｄｅａ　ｆｒｏｍ　ｈｅｒ　ｄａｕｇｈｔｅｒ．　

３．Ｒｏｗｌｉｎｇ’ｓ　ｄｒｅａｍ　ｗａｓ．．．．．．

　　ａ．ｔｏ　ｂｅ　ａ　ｍａｇｉｃｉａｎ．　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　ｃ．ｔｏ　ｍａｋｅ　ａ　ｍｏｖｉｅ．
　　ｂ．ｔｏ　ｈａｖｅ　ｈｅｒ　ｂｏｏｋｓ　ｐｕｂｌｉｓｈｅｄ．　　　　　　　ｄ．ｔｏ　ｂｅ　ａｎ　Ｅｎｇｌｉｓｈ　ｔｅａｃｈｅｒ．

４．Ｈｏｗ　ｍａｎｙ　ｌａｎｇｕａｇｅｓ　ｈａｓ　Ｈａｒｒｙ　Ｐｏｔｔｅｒ　ｂｅｅｎ　ｔｒａｎｓｌａｔｅｄ　ｉｎｔｏ？

　　ａ．ｍｏｒｅ　ｔｈａｎ　３５　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　ｃ．ａｂｏｕｔ　１３５
　　ｃ．ａｂｏｕｔ　９０　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　ｄ．ｍｏｒｅ　ｔｈａｎ　１５０

５．Ｗｈｉｃｈ　ｓｅｎｔｅｎｃｅ　ｉｓ　ｔｒｕｅ　ａｂｏｕｔ　Ｒｏｗｌｉｎｇ？

　　ａ．Ｍａｎｙ　ｏｔｈｅｒ　ｗｒｉｔｅｒｓ　ｈａｖｅ　ｂｅｅｎ　ｍｕｃｈ　ｍｏｒｅ　ｓｕｃｃｅｓｓｆｕｌ　ｔｈａｎ　ｈｅｒ．
　　ｂ．Ｎｏｔ　ｍａｎｙ　ｗｒｉｔｅｒｓ　ａｒｅ　ａｓ　ｓｕｃｃｅｓｓｆｕｌ　ａｓ　ｓｈｅ　ｉｓ．
　　ｃ．Ｓｈｅ　ｉｓ　ｍｏｒｅ　ｓｕｃｃｅｓｓｆｕｌ　ｔｈａｎ　ａｌｌ　ｏｔｈｅｒ　ｗｒｉｔｅｒｓ．
　　ｄ．Ｓｈｅ　ｂｅｃａｍｅ　ｓｕｃｃｅｓｓｆｕｌ　ｂｅｃａｕｓｅ　ｏｆ　ｔｈｅ　ｍｏｖｉｅ．

Ａ．Ｃｉｒｃｌｅ　ｔｈｅ　ｌｅｔｔｅｒ　ｏｆ　ｔｈｅ　ｗｏｒｄ　ｏｒ　ｐｈｒａｓｅ　ｔｈａｔ　ｂｅｓｔ　ｃｏｍｐｌｅｔｅｓ　
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　ｔｈｅ　ｓｅｎｔｅｎｃｅ．

1. Doctors 　　　　　　a lot more money than teachers.
a. earn	b. translate	c. publish	d. bite

2. We're going to move to a bigger 　　　　　next month.
a. zoo	b. apartment	c. collar	d. publisher

3. His first movie was not famous, but his second one really 　　　　　．
a. went without	b. took off	c. told apart	d. turned on

4. The book was short, but it was very difficult to 　　　　　 into other languages.
a. translate	b. publish	c. afford	d. earn

5. I'd love to buy a new TV, but I just cna't 　　　　　 it.
a. earn	b. go without	c. tell	d. afford

6. She was unhappy because the magazine did not 　　　　　 her story.
a. afford	b. bite	c. earn	d. publish

　Joanne Kathleen Rowling wrote the (1)　　　　　　 Harry Potter books. 　People (2)　　　　　　 like these

books. 　Her books have been (3)　　　　　　 into many languages. 　Before Harry Potter became famous,

Rowling did not have many to pay for heat in her (4)　　　　　　. 　But her books became big hits, and

now she has (5)　　　　　　 millions of dollars!

１．Ｗｈｉｃｈ　ｂｏｏｋｓ　ｈａｖｅ　ｙｏｕ　ｒｅａｄ　ｔｈａｔ　ａｒｅ　ａｌｓｏ　ｍｏｖｉｅｓ？　Ｗｈｉｃｈ　ｄｉｄ　ｙｏｕ　ｅｎｊｏｙ　
　　ｍｏｒｅ－ｔｈｅ　ｂｏｏｋｓ　ｏｒ　ｔｈｅ　ｍｏｖｉｅｓ？

２．Ｗｈｉｃｈ　ｂｏｏｋｓ　ｈａｖｅ　ｙｏｕ　ｒｅａｄ　ｔｈａｔ　ｗｅｒｅ　ｔｒａｎｓｌａｔｅｄ　ｆｒｏｍ　ｏｔｈｅｒ　ｌａｎｇｕａｇｅｓ？

Ｄｉｄ　Ｙｏｕ　Ｋｎｏｗ？
Ｍｏｒｅ　ｔｈａｎ　１６，０００　ｂｏｙｓ　ｔｒｉｅｄ　ｔｏ　ｇｅｔ　ｔｈｅ　ｐａｒｔ　ｏｆＨａｒｒｙ　Ｐｏｔｔｅｒ．　Ｄａｎｉｅｌ　Ｒａｄｃｌｉｆｆｅ　ｗａｓ　ｆｉｎａｌｌｙ　ｃｈｏｓｅｎｔｏ　ｓｔａｒ　ｉｎ　ｔｈｅ　ｍｏｖｉｅｓ．

１．a number of	= several
・A number of students did not do the homework.
・He found a number of empty cans behind his house.

２．take off	= become popular
・Cell phones really took off quickly in Asia.
・The new potato chip didn't take off, so the company stooed making them.

３．around the world	= in many different countries
・People around the world enjoy chocolate.
・The company sells its clothes around the world.