中考阅读理解5

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  Kids make different wishes for the new year. Some hope that the days will pass by more quickly. Why? Because they are waiting to read a new book. Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince(《哈利.波特和半血王子》)！

  It is the sixth book in the Harry Potter stories. It will be in bookstores in Britain and the USA on July 16,2005. Chinese kids will be able to read it three months later.

  The last one, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, came out on June 21,2003.

“I only hope you feel it was worth the wait when you finally read it,” said the writer J.K.Rowling, on the internet, Rowling, 39, is going to have her third baby.

The latest book tells of Harry’s sixth year at Hogwarts School of witchcraft and Wizardry(霍格沃滋巫术和魔法学校).

Rowling has been thinking about how to start the new book for many years. She gave her readers some hint on what the book was about.

Rowling hasn’t said who the Half-blood Prince is. But she did say it is neither Harry nor Voldemort.

One of her characters(人物)will die in the book. No one knows who it will be. It’s still a secret. However, fans can be sure Harry is safe foe now. Rowling has said this may be the sixth and final book about Harry.

(    )  1 Up till now, readers in China have read ______ books in the Harry Potter stories.

         A. five  B. six   C. seven  D. eight

(    ) 2. Chinese kids may read the new book ________ .

A. in April, 2004 B. in October, 2005 C. in July, 2005 D. in March, 2005

(    )  3. Who is the Half-blood Prince in the new book?

   A. Harry  B. Voldemort   C. Rowling  D. We don’t know

(    )  4. What does the word “hint” mean in Chinese?

   A. 讲解  B. 暗示   C. 撞击 D.理解

(    ) 5. Which is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Harry has studied at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and wizardry over five years.

B. Children love Harry Potter stories very much.

C. Fans know that Harry is the Half-blood Prince

D. The new book may be the final one about Harry.

wendy_1985

这个好难啊，这么多英文。