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Robert failed to seek a job for his poor education, though he is _______ to get one to support his family.
A．wanting B．looking forward C．fighting D．dying
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Canadian short story writer Alice Munro won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Eighty-two-year-old Munro is only the 13th woman to win the 112-year-old prize.
Munro didn’t publish her first collection of short stories until she was 37 years old, but her stories have always been well-received. Lots of her stories share similar themes and characters, but each story has its own twists and turns.
Even though she’s won Canada’s most famous literary award, the Giller Prize, twice, winning the Nobel Prize for Literature is the cherry on top of Munro’s career. “It brings this incredible recognition, both of her and her career, and of the dedication to the short story,” said one person.
Along with the well-respected title comes 1.3 million dollars. Munro said everything was “so surprising and wonderful” and that she was “dazed by all the attention and affection that has been coming my way.”
Munro knew she was in the running——she was named the second-most likely person to win this year’s prize, after Haruki Murakami (村上春树）of Japan——but she never thought that she would win.
Munro’s win also represents the long way Canadian writers have come. “When I began writing there was a very small community of Canadian writers and little attention was paid by the world. Now Canadian writers are read, admired and respected around the globe,” Munro said on Thursday.
She is technically not the first Canadian to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, but many like to think that she is. In 1976 Saul Bellow, who was born in Quebec but moved to Chicago when he was still a child, won the prize. Even though he was born in Canada, he is mostly considered to be an American writer.
“This is a win for us all. Canadians, by our very nature, are not very nationalistic,” said Geoffrey Taylor. “But things like this suddenly make you want to find a flag.”
She wasn’t sure if she would keep writing if she won the prize, saying that it would be “nice to go out with a bang. But this may change my mind.”
1.What is the feature of Munro’s stories?
A. They have their own complicated (复杂的)contents.
B. They have similar story backgrounds.
C. They have specific themes for children.
D. They have the same characters in each book.
2.For Munro, the Nobel Prize is an award for______.
A. her love for Canadian culture
B. her devotion to the short story
C. her special form of writing
D. her career of editing short stories
3.What is implied in the sixth paragraph?
A. Canadian writers paid little attention to the prize.
B. Canadian writers are just a small community.
C. Canadian writers have long been ignored.
D. Canadians have a long way to win the prize.
4.What does the passage mainly tell us?
A. How Alice Munro wins the Nobel Prize
B. An introduction to the Nobel Prize in Literature
C. Alice Munro wins the Nobel Prize in Literature
D. A world famous writer, Alice Munro
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I want to tell you a story that changed my life many years ago. We were living in College Station, Texas and my wife and I were on our way home from Houston, Texas one Saturday morning. We decided to stop at a local restaurant to get something to eat since we had enough time. When we finished, we got back into our car and before I started it, we noticed a homeless man standing in front of the building. His clothes were worn and it looked as though he didn’t have any money. It was cold and I was sure he wanted something warm to drink; however, it was not this that I remember, because that is not what "moved" me. A dog was also walking up to the front of the building. Being a dog owner, I knew that the dog was a mother, and that she had just had some pups (小狗). She was hungry and weak and I felt bad for her. I knew if she didn’t eat soon, she and her pups would not live. People walking by didn’t even notice her. She was not as pretty and clean as most dogs, but she still deserved (值得) better. We still did not do anything, but someone else did. The homeless man, who I thought could not afford anything to eat, went into the store and bought dog food with all the money he had.
1.Where did the story happen?
A．In front of the local restaurant.
B．In front of a building.
C．In the car parking lot.
D．Near the author’s house.
2.What do we know about the dog?
A．The author wanted to help the dog, but he was un-able to.
B．The dog and her pups were in danger of dying from hunger.
C．The dog was not cute enough to be loved.
D．The author didn’t like dogs.
3.Which of the following moved the author?
A．The homeless man had no money to buy food for himself.
B．The homeless man wore worn clothes on cold days.
C．The homeless man bought food for a dog with all his money.
D．Most people walking by the dog didn’t notice her.
4.What can we conclude(得出结论) from the passage?
A．The author was so hungry that he went into the local restaurant to eat.
B．The author didn’t understand what the homeless man did.
C．The dog shouldn’t be taken care of carefully because it looked ugly.
D．Things are not always what they seem.
5.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A．My Memory B．A Poor Dog
C．The Homeless Person D．A Mother Dog
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