名著阅读：阅读下面这首诗，回答问题。
        造物者——倘若在永久的生命中，只容有一次快乐的应许，我要至诚地求着：“我在母亲怀里，母亲在小舟里，小舟在月明的大海里。”
        这首小诗的作者是               ，该诗集受印度诗人         的影响而写成。

    Jim Davis is an American cartoonist. He is1as the creator of the successful comic strip Garfield.

    Jim David was born on July 28, 1945. He grew up on a small farm with his parents, his brother and 25 cats. As a2child. David spent lots of time in bed. With his pencil, paper and imagination，he3pictures. Then he discovered that the pictures were more interesting with words. After college, David4his cartoon career. He noticed that there were many comic strips about dogs, but few about5. though the .world was full of cat lovers. He combined his knowledge with his6of the 25 cats he grew up with , then Garfield was created. The fat lazy cat soon became7as soon as the comic strip were published. It8in more than 2,600 newspapers worldwide now.

While devoting his life to taking care of the cat, David took part in many activities for public. He9environmental protection and wild life protection. He also-has lots of10, such as golf, fishing，chess，sandwiches，and spending time with his son, James.

昭阳湖初中八年级某班同学在课堂上齐声朗读“这标志着祖国大陆获得了统一，各族人民实现了大团结”。据此，我们可判断该班正在学习（    ）