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The Nobel Prize Winners in Literature
Rabindranath Tagore( 1913)
Prize motivation: "because of his deep sensitive, fresh and beautiful poetry, with perfect skill, he has made his poetic thought, expressed in his own English words, a part of the literature of the West"
William Faulkner (1949)
Prize motivation: "for his powerful and artistically unique contribution to the modern American novel"
Ernest Miller Hemingway(1954)
Prize motivation: "for his mastery of the art of narrative, most recently demonstrated in The Old Man and the Sea"
John Steinbeck (1962)
Prize motivation: "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humour and keen social perception"
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill(1953)
Prize motivation: "for his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant speech skills in defending noble human values"
Claude Simon (1985)
Prize motivation: "who in his novel combines the poet's and the painter's creativeness with a deepened awareness of time in the description of the human condition"
Mo Yan (2012)
Prize motivation: “he, with dreamlike realism, combines folk tales, history and the contemporary".
Bob Dylan (2016)
Prize motivation: "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition"
1. Which writer won Nobel Prize for his poetry?
A. William Faulkner. B. Bob Dylan.
C. Rabindranath Tagore. D. Claude Simon.
2. Which writer won Noble Prize for his specific work instead of his lifelong achievements?
A. Ernest Hemingway. B. John Steinbeck.
C. William Faulkner. D. Winston Churchill.
3. Whose works will you turn to if you are interested in a song writing Nobel Prize winner?
A. Mo Yan’s. B. Bob Dylun’s.
C. Claude Simon’s. D. Rabindranath Tagore’s.
4. Who described real life experience in his historic works?
A. John Steinbeck. B. Mo Yan.
C. Ernest Hemingway. D. Winston Churchill.
【答案】1. C 2. A 3. B 4. D
【解析】
这是一篇说明文。本文介绍了八位著名的诺贝尔文学奖获得者的获奖原因。
【1题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章第一部分Rabindranath Tagore( 1913)"because of his deep sensitive, fresh and beautiful poetry, with perfect skill, he has made his poetic thought, expressed in his own English words, a part of the literature of the West"可知泰戈尔因为诗歌而获得了诺贝尔文学奖。故C项正确。
【2题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章第三部分Ernest Miller Hemingway(1954) "for his mastery of the art of narrative, most recently demonstrated in The Old Man and the Sea"可知海明威凭借《老人与海》这部小说获奖，并没有提到他是因为终生成就而获奖。故A项正确。
【3题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章最后一部分Bob Dylan (2016)"for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition"可知鲍勃迪伦是因为音乐成就而获得了诺贝尔文学奖。即如果你对诺贝尔奖得主的歌曲创作感兴趣，你会去找鲍勃迪伦的作品。故B项正确。
【4题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章第五部分Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill(1953)"for his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant speech skills in defending noble human values"可知丘吉尔因为自传里对自己的生命经历的描述而获得了诺贝尔文学奖。故D项正确。
