Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre, a novel written by Charlotte Bronte, was published in 1847 in England. It is Charlotte Bronte’s most famous book. Jane Eyre is a love story. It tells about a young and independent woman called Jane Eyre, who is brave enough to pursue her own love.

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Uncle Tom’s Cabin is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in 1852, the novel “helped lay the base for the Civil War”, according to Will Kaufman. When Abraham Lincoln met Stowe at the start of the Civil War, Lincoln declared, “So it is the little lady who started this great war.” The character of Uncle Tom in the novel is a longsuffering black slave. The sad novel exposes the reality of slavery.

Gone with the Wind

Gone with the Wind is a novel by Margaret Mitchell in 1936. It tells the story of Scarlett O’Hara, and her adventures in the American South during the Civil War. She falls in love with Rhett Butler, a city gentleman. It is one of the most famous books of its time, and was made into a movie with the same name. The title took its name from the lines an Ernest Dowson poem: “I have forgotten much, Cynara! Gone with the wind.” (This line also appears in the book.) The book won the Pulitzer Prize on May 3,1937.

Rich Dad Poor Dad

Rich Dad Poor Dad is a book by Robert Kiyosaki and Sharon Lechter. In the story, Robert’s own father was the superintendent (廳長(zhǎng)) of education in Hawaii and end up dying penniless. His best friend’s father dropped out of school at age 13 and went on to become one of the wealthiest men in Hawaii. It advocates financial independence through investing, real estate (地產(chǎn)), owning businesses, and the use of finance protection tactics.

1.Whose book had a great impact on the Civil War in the U.S.?

A. Charlotte Bronte’s.

B. Harriet Beecher Stowe’s.

C. Margaret Mitchell’s.

D. Robert Kiyosaki and Sharon Lechter’s.

2.Where was the name of the book Gone with the Wind taken from?

A. An adventurous story. B. The Civil War.

C. A poem. D. The Pulitzer Prize.

3.Who will be interested in the book Rich Dad Poor Dad?

A. A woman who is eager for free love.

B. A historian who studies the history of the U.S.A.

C. A businessman who wants to be wealthy.

D. A politician who warns to enter politics.

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Taking a picture does indeed record the information,but it deletes some of the necessary mental engagement that taking notes employs.So can the two be equally effective?

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D. proves to be an old and useless learning method

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A. Supportive. B. Neutral.

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7.A. could B. should C. might D. must

8.A. permitted B. promised C. answered D. declared

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10.A. after B. while C. since D. before

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13.A. stepped into B. left for C. stopped at D. walked around

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Understanding Disabilities

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This affects about 650 million of us, worldwide. 2. Most become disabled during the course of their life. So maybe the term TAB (Temporarily Able?Bodied) is better for people who are not disabled,because we may not stay that way forever.

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Clearly,having a disability can affect many things in a person's life.

(3)Disability and the law

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A. How can the disabled find better jobs?

B. How does disability affect people?

C. People with disabilities don't need pity.

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E. We should consider more for people with disabilities.

F. Only 17% of people with a disability are born with it.

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Rabindranath Tagore (1913)

Prize motivation:“because of his profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse (詩(shī)歌), by which, with consummate skill, he has made his poetic thought, expressed in his own English words, a part of the literature of the West”

William Faulkner (1949)

Prize motivation: “for his powerful and artistically unique contribution to the modern American novel”

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1953)

Prize motivation: “for his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant oratory(演講) in defending exalted human values.”

Ernest Miller Hemingway (1954)

Prize motivation: “for his mastery of the art of narrative, most recently demonstrated in The Old Man and the Sea, and for the influence that he has exerted on contemporary style.”

John Steinbeck (1962)

Prize motivation: “for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social perception.”

Claude Simon (1985)

Prize motivation: “who in his novel combines the poet’s and the painter’s creativeness with a deepened awareness of time in the depiction of the human condition.”

Mo Yan (2012)

Prize motivation: “who with hallucinatory(幻覺般的) realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary.”

Bob Dylan (2016)

Prize motivation: “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition.”

1.Which writer won Nobel Prize for his poetry?

A. William Faulkner. B. Bob Dylan.

C. Rabindranath Tagore. D. Claude Simon.

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A. Ernest Hemingway. B. John Steinbeck.

C. William Faulkner. D. Winston Churchill.

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A. Mo Yan’s. B. Bob Dylan’s.

C. Claude Simon’s. D. Rabindranath Tagore’s.

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A. John Steinbeck. B. Mo Yan.

C. Ernest Hemingway. D. Winston Churchill.

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