短文填空 (共10空；每空1分,计10分)
根据短文内容及首字母提示,补全空格内单词,使短文完整、通顺。
阅读短文，根据括号中的汉语意思填入单词，使短文意思完整、通顺。每空一词。
The idea for the book Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone c_____小题1:_______to Joanne Kathleen Rowling in 1990. It took her seven years to finish writing it. D_____小题2:_____those seven years she had a number of jobs. One of them was t______小题3:______ English in PortugalRowling sent the book to four publishers (出版商) before one of them bought it. She wasvery happy to sell her book because it was her d____小题4:______ to become a writer. Beforeshe sold her book, Rowling was living in a small house with her daughter and was very poor. She could not a____小题5:______ to keep warm in the winter.
Harry Potter became very s__小题6:______ with children and grown-ups in England and then t__小题7:___ the world. It was put into more than thirty-five l_____小题8:_____. After her second and third books were published, the three Harry Potter books filled the top three places on many newspapers' lists of bestsellers. Without question, Rowling's life changed g____小题9:______ and became one of the most successful w______小题10:_____writers in the world.
小题1:came
小题2:During
小题3:teaching
小题4:dream
小题5:afford
小题6:successful
小题7:throughout
小题8:languages
小题9:greatly
小题10:women
题目分析：这篇短文主要介绍了哈利波特的作者乔安妮.凯瑟琳.罗琳的成功史。她开始过着贫穷的生活，甚至连冬季取暖的费用都负担不起。但是她一直坚持着自己成为一名作家的理想，在她的三部作品陆续出版后，她不仅在英国，在全世界也获得了巨大的成功。
小题1:联系本文主语the idea及下文宾语Joanne Kathleen Rowling和首字母可知考查短语come to想起，结合语境可知本句描述的是过的动作，故填一般过去时态came，来。
小题2:联系下文those seven years，可知指的是在这七年间，结合首字母可知填介词During，在……期间。
小题3:联系下文，可知指的是教英语。结合语境可知本句是动名词做表语，表示抽象含义。结合首字母可知填动名词teaching，教。
小题4:联系上下文，可知她的理想就是成为一名作家。结合首字母可知填名词dream，梦想。
小题5:联系上文，她很穷。可知她负担不起取暖的费用。Could是情态动词，后面动词用原形。结合首字母可知填原形动词afford，买的起，负担得起。
小题6:联系下文可知她非常成功本句中become是系动词，后面接形容词做表语，结合首字母可知填形容词successful，成功的，作表语。
小题7:联系上文在英国，可知下文指的是传遍全世界，结合首字母可知填介词throughout，遍及。
小题8:联系上文传遍全世界，可知要译成多种文字，结合首字母及数词35，可知填复数名词languages，语言。
小题9:联系上文，可知罗琳的生活的大大改善了。结合首字母可知填副词greatly，极大地，作状语。
小题10:联系上文描述，可知她是最成功的女性作家之一。结合首字母可知填复数名词women，女人。
点评：首字母一直是英语考试中的难点，得分率比较低。解答此类题型的方法一般就是根据文章前后句子之间意思推断出词义，并结合首字母推断出所缺单词，然后根据该单词在句子中的句子成分，所起作用，确定单词词形，进行适当词形变化。