题目内容：

The Costa Book Awards consistently pick winners that are both of the moment and subsequently endure. It’s our pleasure to confirm this year’s Category Winners.

First Novel Award Winner

Book: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine

Author: Gail Honeyman

Eleanor is 31 years old; work finishes on a Friday and begins again on a Monday. Between, her only company will be two bottles of vodka and her own solitary, unique wit (机智) . It is contentment, of a kind, but an unexpected shared experience suddenly opens the door to possibility. Challenging reader expectations with a living, breathing character, Gail Honeyman’s debut is a funny and moving diamond.

Biography Award Winner

Book: In the Days of Rain

Author: Rebecca Stott

The Exclusive Brethren were a closed community who believed the world is ruled by Satan. Into this is born Rebecca. Her father had been an influential Brethren Minister. As her father lay dying, he begged her to help him write the memoir. He wanted to tell the story of their family who for generations had all been members of a fundamentalist Christian sect.

Poetry Award Winner

Book: Insider the Wave

Author: Helen Dunmore

To be alive is to be inside the wave, always travelling until it breaks and is gone. These poems are concerned with the borderline between the living and the dead ----- and the acutely intense being of both.

Children’s Award Winner

Book: The Explorer

Author: Katherine Rundell, Hannah Horn

Four children survive their aircraft plunging into the Amazon jungle, but for Fred and his friends it’s only the beginning of a cruel battle for survival. Brimming with adventure and a real command of character and incident, Rundell has few peers in superb children’s fiction.

1.What kind of life does Eleanor lead?

A. Funny and touching.    B. Ordinary and happy.

C. Exciting and complex.    D. Boring and lonely.

2.Why did Rebecca Scott write In the Days of Rain?

A. To pass on her family traditions.

B. To share the life of fundamentalist Christians.

C. To help her father fulfill his last wish.

D. To introduce beliefs of the Exclusive Brethren.

3.For a young adventurous soul, which book seems more appealing?

A. The Explorer.    B. Insider the Wave.

C. In the Days of Rain.    D. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine .