完形填空-28- The idea for the book Harry Potter and the Philosop

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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 n_____1_____ of jobs, including one job as an English teacher in Portugal.
Rowling sent the book to four publishers b_____2_____ one of them bought it. She was very happy to sell her book because it was her life’s dream to be a published w_____3_____. Before she sold her book. Rowling was short of m_____4_____, living in a small apartment with her daughter. She could not afford heat in the winter.
Harry Potter became very successful with children and adults in England. After her second and third books were p_____5_____ the three Harry Potter books filled the top three places on many newspapers’ lists of best-sellers. Then the books were made into popular movies. W_____6_____ 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 t_____7_____ into more than thirty-five languages. In 1997, she earned $70 a week. By the end of 2001, she had earned over $150 million, making her one of the most successful female writers of all time.
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