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Canadian’s

most

famous

and

successful

writers

have

appeared

in

the

postwar

period.

A

description of some of the best-known of these writers is as follows.

Margaret Laurence

She was born in Manitoba but spent many years living in Africa and began writing there.

When

she

returned

to

Canada,

she

wrote

a

series

of

books

set

in

the

fictional

small

town

of

Manawaka in Manitoba. Her 1974 novel in this series,

The Diviners

, tells about a middle-aged

woman, her lower-class adoptive parents, her grownup children, her estranged husband and her

lover.

Margaret Atwood

She is the most successful and internationally recognized of current Canadian novelists.

Perhaps

her

best-known

novel

is

The

Handmaid’

s

T

ale

(1985)

,

a

fantasy

set

in

the

future

in

which women have lost all political rights and become the possession of men, valued only for

their ability to bear children.

Michael Ondaatje

He was born in Sri Lanka and went to school in England and moved to Canada as a young

man. He first found success in poet. But he is now best-known as a novelist, particularly for

The

English Patient

, a novel set in the countries around the Mediterranean during the Second World

War. It was made into a phenomenally successful film in 1997.

Farley Mowat

He is one of the biggest selling authors in Canada. His adventure stories for older children

introduce many Canadians to the wilder parts of

their country. His novel

Lost

in the Barrens

tells

the

story

of

two

children

who

become

lost

in

the

northern

wilderness,

but

through

determination and by using all their knowledge of the north they survive the winter and make

their way back to safety.

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2.

3.

In which period have Canadian’s most famous and successful writers appeared?

A. In the pre-European period.

B. In the period of nation-building.

C. In the early colonial period.

D. In the postwar period.

What idea is most powerfully presented in Margaret Atwood

’s work?

A. Self- analysis.

B. Women’s position.

C. Cultural differences.

D. Political environment.

Which of the following novels was made into an extremely successful film in 1997?

A. Lost in the Barrens.

B. The Diviners.

C. The English Patient.

D. The Handmaid’s Tale (1985).

B

My first memory of volunteering was when I was 7 years old. I still recall that day: it was

warm but breezy, everyone was in a good mood, and we finished ahead of schedule. Certainly, I

was too young to do any heavy lifting, but I remembered feeling a wave of emotion when we

completed the project.

To now, I’m still addicted to that feeling. I still love g

oing back to the place I now call

home, the San Francisco Bay Area. Many animal shelters in California lack staff, including the

city of Stockton Animal Shelter. My background is in marketing, and in my spare time, I act as

webmaster to keep their website up to date.

And with a love for animals, I recently just started at Rabbit Rescue as a rabbit socializer!

I spend 2 hours a week hanging out with rabbits to make them perfect pets. From just sitting

with

them

to

get

them

used

to

humans

or

playing

with

them

to

give

them

exercise,

it

is

the

perfect excuse to get out and help animals in need!

As you can tell, I have a soft spot for animals. Even as a young child, I wanted to be the

voice

for

them.

As

I

grew

older

and gained

more

professional

talents,

skilled

volunteering

is

where I found the greatest reward when using my marketing skills for good and playing with

rabbits

—

now that’s volunteer h

eaven!

Many people do not want to bring work home. But what if you were using your “work” to

help

a

cause?

That

is

why

I

think

skilled

volunteering

is

so

important.

Countless

nonprofit

organizations

do

not

have

the

budget

to

hire

for

every

skill.

With

skilled

volunteering,

professionals can set aside a few hours a month for specific tasks like graphic designing and

accounting. Next time you’re looking for a volunteer job, consider using your professional skills

to make a difference!

4.

We can learn from the first paragraph that

.

A. the writer finished the work on schedule

B. the writer’s first memory of volunteering is still fresh

C. the writer was old enough to lift heavy things

D. it was rather cold on the first day of the writer’s volunteering

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5.

In his free time, the writer

.

A. works as a web professional

C. looks for workers

A. training rabbits

C. professional talents

A. how to spend our spare time

B. the importance of skilled volunteering

C. the ways to become a skilled volunteer

D. how to use skills to make a difference

C

In just a few months, the latest buzzwords from the Internet have spread so much that they

can

be

found

everywhere,

from

online

forums(

论坛

)

to

micro

blogs. Some

have

been

even

registered as companies’ brands.

The

Chinese

Internet

buzzword

“thin

blue

mushroom”

was

registered

on

Oct.

13

as

a

company’s brand in Shenzhen, Guangdong

Province, with registered capital of 500,000RMB.

When spoken in the regional dialect, the Chinese for “sad and feeling like you want to cry”

(lan s

hou xiang ku) sounds similar to “thin blue mushroom” (lan shou xiang gu). The phrase

was

popularized

thanks

to

a

video

in

which

a

young

man

in

Guangxi

expressed

his

disappointment in love affairs. After the video was released several days ago, the phrase soon

becomes

popular

among

netizens,

no

matter

whether

they

are

young

or

old,

male

or

female.

When they meet something frustrating and feel sad, they will say “lan shou xiang gu”.

According to the new company’s registration information, the business scope o

f Thin Blue

Mushroom covers a wide range of fields, including equipment manufacturing, engineering and

trade.

Before

this,

other

buzzwords

also

became

registered

brand

names

in

China.

After

the

women’s

backstroke

semifinal

in

the

Rio

Olympic

Games,

Chinese

swimmer

Fu

Yuanhui’s

exaggerate facial expressions and attribution of her success to “prehistoric powers” gained huge

acclaim from netizens. Just two days later, “Prehistoric Power” was registered.

Additionally,

Wang

Jianlin,

the

richest

man

in

China

and

chairman

of

Wanda

Group,

recently

discussed

his

“small”

goal

of

earning

100,000,000

RMB,

attracting

many

reactions

across

social

media.

After

one

week,

a

company

named

“Earning

100,000,000RMB”

was

registered in Shenzhen, with capital of 2,500,000 RMB.

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B. learns marketing

D. works as a rabbit socializer

B. helping animals

D. skilled volunteering

6.

In the writer’s eyes, he can find the greatest reward fr

om

.

7.

In the last paragraph, the writer wants to tell us

.

8.

We can entitle the text

.

A. Thin Blue Mushroom as a Company’s Brand

B. The Chinese Internet Buzzwords Are Popular

C. The Chinese Internet B

uzzwords As Companies’ Brands

D. Prehistoric Power Earned 100,000,000RMB

9.

The phrase “lan shou xiang gu” became popular after

.

A. a young woman expressed her being disappointed in her love affairs

B. a young man expressed his being disappointed in his hometown

C. a young man expressed his disappointment in his love affairs on TV

D. the video showing

a young man’

s disappointment at his love was released on the net

10.

The Chinese Internet buzzwords are mentioned except

.

A. Diaosi

B. Lan Shou Xiang Gu

C. Prehistoric Power

D. Earning 100,000,000RMB

11.

From the text we may know that

.

A. the Chinese Internet buzzwords are popular with only young people

B. Thin Blue Mushroom only covers the field of equipment manufacturing and engineering

C. “Prehistoric Power” was registered as the brand of a company in

the field of trade

D. The company with the brand

“Earning 100,000,000RMB”

has 2,500,000 RMB at least.

D

One

of

the

reasons

why

we

use

pillows

has

something

to

do

with

the

complicated

relationship

between

our

heads,

necks

and

spines

(

脊柱

).

When

a

person

is

walking

upright

during the day, the head and neck are held in a

vertical

line. During sleep, however, many of

these muscles relax, causing the head to fall backward or forwards. This places additional stress

on the neck muscles and spine, which in turn causes stiffness(

僵硬

) in the back muscles and

spines.

The solution to this painful situation is to raise the head and neck until they are back in line

with spine, regardless of sleep position. The easiest way to achieve this is to use a pillow so that

the head, neck and spine remain at an angle properly. When they are back in a line, a person

should be able to breathe easier and improve circulation.

There are different forms of supportive pillows. For example, a neck pillow can provide

additional support while you are resting. Some users find an improperly sized neck pillow can

cause their head to fall too far forward, affecting breathing and creating more pressure on the

back of the neck or upper back.

Historically, the first cloth pillows were enjoyed almost merely by royal families and other

wealthy

citizens.

Lower-class

citizens

may

have

old-fashioned

pillows

from

straw,

but

more

likely they used their own arms to provide support while they slept. Widespread use of pillows

was

not

possible

until

the

Industrial

Revolution

made

the

production

of

cloth

an

affordable

reality.

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