Part Ⅰ Fast Reading
In this section，you are going to read two passageswith ten statementsattached to each one.Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs.Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived.You may choose a paragraph more than once.Each paragraph is marked with a letter.Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter.
An Ordinary and Extraordinary Childhood
[A]“Iwas shy.Iwas amixture of insecurities and very bossy.”J.K.Rowling added that she was“Very bossy tomy sister but quite quietwith strangers.Very bookish.Terrible at school.”“That whole thing about Harry being able to fly so well is probably total wish fulfillment.”Rowling also said she was，“never happier than when reading or writing.”
[B]What are some of the other elements of her childhood and personality that helped Joanne Kathleen Rowling fuel her imagination and make her stories so rich and appealing?In her brief autobiography The Not Especially Fascinating Life So Far of J.K.Rowling，she notes，“Certainly the first story Iever wrote down(when Iwas five or six)was about a rabbit called Rabbit.
[C]“He got the measles（麻疹）and was visited by his friends，including a giant bee called Miss Bee.“And since that time，I have wanted to be a writer，though I rarely told anyone so.Iwas afraid they'd tellme I didn't have a hope.”And five years later she wrote her first novel：The story of the seven cursed diamonds and those who owned them.
[D]She also describes herself as“quiet，freckly，short-sighted and rubbish at sports(I am the only person I know who managed to break their arm playing netball).My favourite subject by far was English，but Iquite liked languages too.Iused to tellmy equally quiet and studious friends long serial stories at lunch-times.They usually involved us all doing heroic and daring deedswe certainly wouldn't have done in real life；wewere all too swotty.”(According to Dictionary.com，“swotty”means“given to studying hard，esp.to the exclusion of other activities.”)
[E]Writing a character with a health problem is one ofmany ideas she used from her own experience.Aprofile in The Scotsman，16 June，2003(Part One)points out“A childhood bout ofmeasles，at the age of four，provided the author's earliestmemory of books，when her father raised her spirits by reading aloud to his bed-bound daughter the adventures of Toad of Toad Hall，from The Wind in the Willows.Books were spread around the house，crammed in every room…”
[F]In 1974，the profile continues，“her parents purchased an old stone cottage in Tutshill，on theWelsh border，close to the Forestof Dean，which would become a blueprint for Harry Potter's Forbidden Forest…The idyllic Church Cottage，which had a flagstone floor and a covered well，was just a goblin's（小妖精）throw from the local graveyard，and was surrounded by countryside in which the Rowling sisterswould enact their adventures.”
[G]But her“first day at Tutshill Church of England school in September 1974 was not a success.She scored only half amark out of ten in a test that led to her being positioned on the less intellectual side of the class.Her natural ability soon shone through and she was promoted.”
[H]The teacher was“a strict，intimidating woman，who frightened Joanne as a child and whose presence would work itsway into the less sympathetic masters of Hogwarts（霍格华兹，小说《哈利·波特》中的一家魔法学校）.By the age of ten，Joannewas a keen Brownie，a voracious（饥渴的）reader and a serious studentwho raced to get her hand up first.”
[I]“I was the epitome of a bookish child，short and squat，thick National Health glasses，living in aworld of complete daydreams.”In a Scholastic pressinterview she said，“I had some wonderful teachers，but Inever confided that Iwanted to be a writer.Writing forme is a kind of compulsion，so I don't think anyone could havemademe do it，or prevented me from doing it.”
[J]On her own site，she adds，“As soon as I knew what writers were，Iwanted to be one.I've got the perfect temperament for a writer；perfectly happy alone in a room，making things up.”…if one has an imagination like J.K.Rowling，an entire feast hall with floating candelabras，wizards and dragons can result.”
[K]In her final year of school Joanne became Head Girl.One of the characters in the Harry Potter series，Hermione Granger，is extremely keen on and serious about schoolwork and studying.Joanne has admitted that this characterwas based on herself.“Iwasn'tas clever as I thought I should be.I don't think I was a know-it-all.I was obsessed with achieving academically，but thatmasked a huge insecurity，”Rowling said.
[L]Teased about her name，with schoolmates calling her‘Rowling Pin’，she says“I know what it is like to be picked on，as it happened tome，too，throughoutmy adolescence.Being a teenager can be completely horrible…Iwouldn't go back if you paid me.”
[M]Of course，many children get bullied，many love to read and create，and feel shy or insecure at times，but these experiencesmay be particularly intense，meaningful and enduring for gifted and creative children.
[N]In her article Under Her Spell:An Analysis of the Creativity of J.K.Rowling，Ann Loftus McGreevy commented that“gifted children have been particularly dedicated to reading the Harry Potter series.”One reason is how much of her exceptional inner life Rowling has brought into her powerful stories.
( )1.According to her own experience，J.K.Rowling puts characters in health problems in her story.
( )2.Writing is her passion，she is destined to do it.
( )3.Hermione Granger was actually based on Rowling's own characteristic.
( )4.J.K.Rowling was very bookish during her childhood.
( )5.J.K.Rowling started to write storieswhen she was five or six.
( )6.Looking back，J.K.Rowling does not consider her school daysmuch of a pleasantone.
( )7.When she was ten，J.K.Rowling was a serious student ready to learn.
( )8.Being shy and insecure，her experiences helped her achieve a lot in writing books.
( )9.J.K.Rowling was not so good at sports.
( )10.She was no being evaluated as a qualified student in the first day of school.
How I Created A Monster
[A]When she gave life to the fearsome Gruffalo（咕噜牛）a decade ago，Julia Donaldson had no idea the creature would grow so big.The children's picture book written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler，celebrated its10th anniversary this year，an occasion marked in bookshops and school assembly halls up and down the country formonths on end.The stage show，which has been in repertory since 2001—not just in the UK，but across America，Chile，Singapore and Australia—is about to transfer to London'sWest End for the duration of the Christmas season.
[B]And on Christmas Eve it will be one of the BBC's seasonal TV highlights as a halfhour animated special，voiced by Robbie Coltrane，Rob Brydon and Helena Bonham Carter.The listeners of Jeremy Vine's Radio 2 show，meanwhile，recently voted the book the nation's favourite bedtime story.And there came further proof lastmonth of just how far the tale has now seeped into global consciousnesswhen our incumbent（现任）Prime Minister was referred to as the Gruffalo ofmodern politics.
[C]But on an overcast November afternoon at her home in Glasgow，the author herself would，quite frankly，rather talk about anything else than the book which has sold fourmillion copies around the world.“This is all going to be about The Gruffalo，I suppose?”she begins aswe sit down and prepare to chat.Julia Donaldson is a well-preserved 61 years old，but has about her a rather distracted air.
[D]“It's not that，it's just that this is the only book journalists ever want to know about.Ihavewritten others，you know.”Shementions，specifically，Running on the Cracks，her first novel for teenagers，which was published earlier this year to critical acclaim，if not quite national fanfare（炫耀）.“What Ido find frustrating，”she says，“is that you can work away for a year on a book like this and still…”
[E]The sentence remains unfinished，Donaldson perhaps aware that she should keep these frustrations private.It sounds，Isay，as if she has begun to resent themonster that has made her so famous and wealthy.“Imagine if you had written an article 10 long years ago，and all everyone ever wanted to do was keep on bringing it up，even though you had written lots of perfectly good articles since.The Gruffalo seems to overshadow everything else Ido，at least in themedia.Butmany ofmy books，you know，have sold just aswell.”
[F]Another sigh.“No，Idon't really resent it，let's face it，I think any author would love to have some iconic character they can pin everything else on.But all the things I keep talking about these days I've heard myself talk about before.So I'm not learning anything new，am I?”She frowns.They've all shifted a whopping four million copies?“Well，no，maybe not，”she reluctantly concedes，“butmany of them are hot on the heels.”
[G]So which of her bookswould she have rather had this remarkable successwith?She thinks about this for quite a while，and her frown deepens.Her answer，when it comes，is quietly resigned.“Isuppose Ihave to admit that Iprobably think is The Gruffalo…well，ithas the best storyline.So，yes，it probably is the best one，isn't it?”
[H]The Gruffalo is a David and Goliath story for fans everywhere.The story concerns a mousemaking hisway through awood while avoiding becoming dinner for a variety of prowlers（徘徊者）—fox，owl，snake—by employing the kind of cunning one wouldn't necessarily expect of amouse.He endeavours to put off hiswould-be devourers（吞噬者）by claiming the imminent arrival of a most fearful creature called the Gruffalo.The Gruffalo doesn't exist，of course—until，on page 14 of24，it suddenly does.It's a hungry one，at that，requiring of the mouse yetmore cunning if it hopes to escape.
[I]“The fame，if you want to call it that，is nice，”Donaldson admits，“but ithasmade me feel Ineed to be on my best behaviour at all times，just in case.Itwouldn't do to have a row in a supermarket，would it?Peoplemay recogniseme.”
[J]Butwhile she enjoys entertaining her readers，she is less enamoured（迷恋的）by her occasional dealingswith the press：“Idid do some recently，butmostly all people want to talk about ismy son's death.They are obviously more interested in death than they are children's books.”
[K]“Ipersonally never set out to terrify children，”Donaldson tellsme，“and Ihope I mostly don't.Though as Ihave found out since，some children do get scared by the slightest things，don't they?”
[L]Is there no end to the rise of The Gruffalo?Oh yes there is，insists its creator.Enough is enough.So，unlike Harry Potter，there will be no accompanying theme park，and certainly nothing as crass as a film version.“We've had offers，”she reveals，“but Iwasn't ever tempted.To me，The Gruffalo is essentially a poem.If there had been a Hollywood version，I'm sure they would havemade up some mad story about them being in New York or something，and that wouldn't have appealed at all.Besides，I really can't understand why everyone is so thrilled by wanting to be on the big screen.”
[M]The usually reliable response to this sortof argument，of course，would be thatmore people go to the cinema than ever read books.But this is not the case with this book，which has already been published in more than 40 countries.
[N]How many other people havemanaged to capture the world's imagination，after all?And parents love her stories，too.Her books are as entertaining to read as they are to listen to，and thus she has made bedtime routines so much less painful than they otherwise could so easily be.Parents everywhere are terribly grateful.She realizes this，yes?
( )11.During the interview，Julia would rather like talking something else instead of the popular Gruffalo.
( )12.Julia admits that Gruffalo is her bestwork.
( )13.There are of course some of the disadvantages of being famous.
( )14.The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson has achieved worldwide popularity since the past decade.
( )15.The Gruffalo tells about a mouse trying to get through the forest without being eaten by a variety of other fierce animals.
( )16.Parents all over the world appreciate reading her books as bedtime stories to children.
( )17.Except for the book publishing，The Gruffalo was also put on TV and radio with global attentions，including the British Prime Minister.
( )18.The Gruffalo has been published in more than 40 countries.
( )19.Julia is not fond of the idea of creating theme parks and film shootingswhatsoever.
( )20.It seems that Julia has begun to hate the famous Gruffalo，as she has written so many other pieces aswell.