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US singer Bob Dylan was awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature, becoming the first songwriter ______ the honor.

A. winning　　 B. having won

C. to win　　 D. to be won

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Bob Dylan has won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature, announced Sara Danius, Swedish Academy’s permanent secretary, on Thursday in Stockholm.

The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2016 is awarded to Bob Dylan “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition,” Danius said at the Swedish Academy.

“As an artist, he is versatile; he has been active as painter, actor and scriptwriter,” said the official statement.

Apart from his large production of albums, Dylan has published experimental work. He has written the autobiography Chronicles (2004), which describes memories from the early years in New York and his life at the center of popular culture, it added.

Born on May 24, 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota, in the United States, the 75-year-old rock singer is the first songwriter to win the glorious award and the first American to win since novelist Toni Morrison in 1993.

Barack Obama said the honour was well-deserved. “Congratulations to one of my favourite poets,” he wrote on Twitter.

Dylan, who took his stage name from the poet Dylan Thomas, had long been regarded as a potential prize winner.

Former Poet Laureate Sir Andrew Motion is among those who have ever praised Dylan’s lyrics, saying they are often the best words in the best order.

Dylan began his musical career in Minnesota before heading for New York. Many of his best-known works date from the 1960s, when he became an informal historian of America’s troubles. His songs Blowing in the Wind and The Times They are A-Changing were popular in the anti-war and civil rights movements.

Few experts, though, expected the academy to extend the award to a folk music songwriter. In 112 years, no songwriter has ever won before. What makes a man who has only ever written three books a suitable winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature?

1.What does the underlined word in Para 3 mean?

A.able to do things in different fields

B.able to understand others’ feelings

C.able to produce a lot

D.able to succeed at an old age

2.Many of Bob Dylan’s best-known songs _______________.

A.were written before he arrived in New York.

B.date back to the middle 1970s.

C.were often sung in the political movements.

D.show America’s troubled history.

3.What is the main idea of the passage?

A.Dylan’s winning the Nobel Prize in Literature.

B.Dylan’s life experiences as an artist.

C.Dylan’s contribution to the American literature.

D.Dylan’s musical career in America.

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Bob Dylan, the 75-year-old rock legend received the Nobel Prize for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition. Sara Danius, permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, said Dylan had been chosen because he was a great poet in the English speaking tradition.

Dylan, born on May 24, 1941 is an American songwriter, singer, artist, and writer. He has been influential in popular music and culture for more than five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s. Early songs such as Tangled up in Blue, Blowing in the Wing and The Times Are a-Changing became anthems（颂歌）for the American civil fights and anti-war movements. Leaving behind his initial base in the American folk music revival（复兴）, his six-minute single Like a Rolling Stone, recorded in 1965, enlarged the range of popular music.

Dylan’s lyrics（歌词）include a wide range of political, social, philosophical, and literary features. His recording career, spanning more than 50 years, has explored the traditions in American song---from folk, blues, and country to rock and roll, and rockabilly to English, Scottish, and Irish folk music, embracing even jazz and the Great American Songbook. Dylan performs with guitar, keyboards, and harmonica. Backed by a changing lineup of musicians, he has toured steadily since the late 1980s on what has been called the Never Ending Tour. His accomplishments as a recording artist and performer have been central to his career, but songwriting is considered his greatest contribution.

Since 1994, Dylan has published six books of drawings and paintings, and his work has been exhibited in major art galleries. As a musician, Dylan has sold more than 100 million records, making him one of the best-selling artists of all time. He has also received numerous awards including eleven Grammy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and an Academy Award. In May 2012, Dylan received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Obama.

1.Why was Bob Dylan awarded the Nobel Prize?

A. Because he invented many music expressions.

B. Because his lyrics in his songs rhymed like poems.

C. Because his works had the characteristics of Rock.

D. Because he changed the English speaking tradition.

2.Which of Dylan’s works expended the area of popular music?

A. Like a Rolling Stone　　 B. Blowing in the Wind

C. Tangled up in Blue　　 D. The Times Are a-Changing

3.According to the passage, Bob Dylan can be best described as ________.

A. knowledgeable and generous　　 B. talented and socially responsible

C. thoughtful and warm-hearted　　 D. hard-working and ambitious

4.What is considered to be Dylan’s greatest contribution in his career?

A. Composing Poems.　　 B. Giving performances.

C. Making records.　　 D. Writing songs.

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- This year’s Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded to two researchers from the United States and Japan for advances in discovering how the body’s immune system fights against cancer.

- Yes.____.

A. That’s a good point.　　 B. It’s back in the news.

C. You can’t be serious.　　 D. That’s quite something.

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MoYan was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2012, ________made one of the Chinese people’s long-held dreams come true.

A. it                               B. that

C. what                            D. which

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There is no doubt _____ Mo Yan, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature last year, has been _____ in writing for decades.

A. that; committed　　　　 B. whether; committed

C. what; absorbed　 　　 D. that; absorbed

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On October 10, 2014, Malala, 17, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for struggling for the right of children to education. Malala is the youngest Nobel winner in history.

Malala Yousafzai has never been ordinary. When she was just 11, she started blogging (写博客) about the Taliban takeover of her hometown of Mingora, Pakistan. Taliban members follow an extreme belief of Islam and forbid girls to go to school. Classrooms were closed for several months. Malala spoke out about her desire to go back to school. “All I want is an education,” she told one television broadcaster.

Malala was later able to return to class. But she continued to blog and speak out about girls’ right to education. On October 9, 2012, the Taliban tried to silence her. A gunman boarded her school bus and shot her in the head. Malala survived and showed great courage and optimism during her long recovery. At that time she became a symbol of the struggle for girls’ rights all over the world. Nine months after she was shot, she gave a now-famous speech at the United Nations. “They thought that the bullets (子弹) would silence us. But they failed,” she said. “And then, out of that silence came thousands of voices. … Weakness, fear and hopelessness died. Strength, power, and courage were born.”

Malala has also become an international symbol for peace. In 2011, she won Pakistan’s National Youth Peace Prize, which is now renamed the National Malala Peace Prize. Malala said the 2014 Nobel Prize was an “encouragement” to go forward to help kids. “I want to tell children all around the world that they should stand up for their rights,” she said. “This award is for all those children whose voices need to be heard.”

1.All the statements about Malala are true EXCEPT that _____.

A. she started blogging at the age of 11

B. it took her a long time to recover from the injury

C. Taliban tried to silence her but failed

D. she was born in1998 in Mingora, Pakistan.

2. How many peace prizes have gone to Malala so far according to the passage?

A.1.　　　　 B. 2.　　　 C. 3.　　　　 D. 4.

3. When did Malala become a symbol for girls’ rights?

A. When she began writing her blogs.

B. Before Taliban wanted to kill her.

C. During her long recovery after the shot.

D. When she gave a speech in the UN.

4.We can learn from the passage that Malala is _____.

A. creative and outgoing　　 　 　 B. strict and stubborn

C. simple and warm-hearted　　　 D. brave and determined

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Last week, Donna Strickland was awarded the 2018 Nobel prize for physics jointly with Arthur Ashkin and Gérard Mourou. It’s the first time in 55 years that a woman has won this famous prize, but why has it taken so long? We look at five other pioneering female physicists — past and present — who actually deserve the prize.

Jocelyn Bell Burnell

Perhaps the most famous snub(冷落): then-student Bell discovered the first radio pulsars in 1967, when she was a PhD student at Cambridge. The Nobel prize that recognised this landmark discovery in 1974, however, went to her male supervisor, Antony Hewish. Recently awarded a £2.3m Breakthrough Prize, which she gave away to help under-represented students, she joked to the Guardian: “I feel I’ve done very well out of not getting a Nobel prize.”

Lene Hau

Hau is best known for leading the research team at Harvard University in 1999 that managed to slow a beam of light, before managing to stop it completely in 2001. Often topping Nobel prize prediction lists, could 2019 be Hau’s year?

Vera Rubin

Rubin discovered dark matter in the 1980s, opening up a new field of astronomy. She died in 2016, without recognition from the committee.

Chien-Shiung Wu

Wu’s “Wu experiment” helped disprove the “law of conservation of parity”. Her experimental work was helpful but never honoured, and instead, her male colleagues won the 1957 Nobel prize for their theoretical work behind the study.

Lise Meitner

Meitner led groundbreaking work on the discovery of nuclear fission. However, the discovery was acknowledged by the 1944 Nobel prize for chemistry, which was won by her male co-lead, Otto Hahn.

1.When was the discovery of radio pulsars recognized by the Nobel?

A. In 1944.　　 B. In 1967.　　 C. In 1974.　　 D. In 1980.

2.Which woman is most likely to win a Nobel prize later according to the text?

A. Donna Strickland.　　 B. Jocelyn Bell Burnell.　　 C. Lene Hau.　　 D. Vera Rubin.

3.What do we know about the five females?

A. The five female scientists did greatly in chemistry.

B. Vera Rubin had opened up a new field in geometry.

C. Lise Meitner’s teacher won a Noble prize for her work.

D. All their findings haven’t been recognized by the Nobel.

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It was for his excellent work _____he had done lately ____ he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics.

A. that… which     B. which … which   C. that… /    D. that … that

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Having been awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize for Literature, _________.

A. Mo Yan’s years of effort was well deserved

B. his folks back at home were on top of the world.

C. the current network evaluation is full of envy and jealousy

D. Mo Yan felt that his years of effort paid off

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