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23.What do you think of the plays staged in Minack Theatre?A.Peaceful.B.Family-friendlyC.Thrilling.D.Humorous.BFor her novel Brotherless Night,the writer V.V.Ganeshananthan has won thisyear's Carol Shields Prize for Fiction.This is the second year of the prize,which awardsEnglish-language writing by women authors.Winners of the award receive $150,000.Brotherless Night centers on a young woman named Sashi,in 1981,who wants to bea doctor.But over the next decade,her dream takes a different path as she watches thosearound her,including her four beloved brothers,who died in Sri Lanka's thirty-year civilwar.Based on over a decade of research,in fearless writing,Ganeshananthan capturesangry mothers marching to demand news of their disappeared sons;a young studentattending the hunger strike for equality;and a female reading group that tries to seek forjustice.She explores ordinary people's life in the conflicts.In a statement announcing the win,the prize jury called the book "ambitious andbeautifully written"and praised Ganeshananthan's characters for asking readers to"consider how history is told,whom it serves,and the many truths it leaves out.Thepublisher reviewed the book:"It is a heartbreaking portrait of one woman's moraljourney,and a testament()of both the impact of war and the bonds of home."The Prize is named after Canadian Pulitzer-Prize winning author Carol Shields,whodied in 2003.The first novel awarded last year was When We Were Sisters by FatimahAsghar.The money awarded is higher.than most other literary prizes.Winners of thePulitzer Prize,for instance,receive $15,000.On top of the money,winners of the CarolShields prize win a legal permission to live at the Fogo Island Inn,on the coast ofNewfoundland and Labrador.Brotherless Night stood out from the five shortlisted books as the winner.Otherfinalists will receive $12,500.24.What does the novel Brotherless Night focus on?A.The cruelty of war.B.Sashi's career choice.C.The social equality.D.The impacts of war.25.What is the prize jury's comment on the book's characters?A.They provide food for thought.B.They are always considerate.C.They are ambitious people.D.They are fearless fighters.高一英语试题第4页（共10页）