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Winner of the Noble Prize for Literature and one of the America’s leading novelists, Sinclair Lewis was born in Sauk Centre, Minnesota, in 1885. The author graduated from Yale University, and worked as reporter, editor, and free-lane writer before devoting his full time to writing. His literary reputation was made with the publication of Main Street in 1920. Later successes include Babbitt (1922), Arrow smith (1924), Elmer Gantry (1927) and Dog worth (1929). Both Babbitt and Arrow smith are available in Signet edition. Mr. Lewis died in Rome, Italy in 1951.
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1.Which of the following statements is true about the author of Main Street?
A. He was awarded the Nobel Prize when he was 35.
B. He did several different jobs before becoming a full time writer.
C. His later works were more successful than his early ones.
D. He wrote a novel every other year in his literary life.
2.What can we know about the novel Main Street from the above passage?
A. It has been one of the most widely accepted historical novels.
B. It is somewhat the real life presentation of its author Sinclair Lewis.
C. It presents a realistic look of the life scene of America at that time.
D. It has a great impact in the process of the twenty-first century literature.
3. How much more should a Chinese reader pay if he orders five copies of the same Signet books than a Canadian reader?
A. $7.5. B. $5. C. $2.5. D. $10.
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Too Much Happiness was written by Alice Munro，winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature，one of our greatest contemporary writers of fiction and the owner of the Man Booker Price for Fiction．Her stories have appeared in The New Yorker，The Atlantic Monthly，and other publications，and her collections have been translated into thirteen languages．
The main character is Sophia Kovalevsky，a great Russian mathematician，writer and advocator拥护者）of women’s rights in the late nineteenth century. After visiting her lover Maxsim Kovalevsky in Riviera，she travels in Europe，ending up in Sweden，where she teaches at the only university in Europe willing to employ a female mathematician．The book writes about her journey from Riviera to Sweden．
The story tells the typical struggle of an intellectual（知识分子）woman to achieve success and happiness．However，when she is going to die，Sophia says“too much happiness”．I think it’s irony（讽*11的）．As reading the story，she has too many mental problems·First，as a woman mathematician，she was born in a wrong time ．She was married to Vladimir Kovalevsky without love，called“a white marriage”．She explained that“no a young Russian woman who was unmarried could leave the country．”She satisfied her marriage to seek her career．
Furthermore，when she sees a man look like Maxsim in the station，she says to herself，“of course，it would not be Maxsim，what could he be doing in Paris？”She doesn’t want to face the fact because she doesn’t want to lose her hope．She believes they will marry in spring．And in her letter to Julia she says：“it is to be happiness after all，happiness after all．Happiness．”She is cheating herself. In fact，the man does not want to marry her，and the happiness she expected doesn’t take place at all．
Finally, I conclude that the end must be a tragedy（悲剧）．From the very first pages the atmosphere is gloomy黯淡的）and threatening.“One of us will die this year.”“Because we have gone walking in a graveyard（墓地）on the first day of the New Year.”Some pages further，“a black cat across their path”all reflect it will be a bad ending．Not because she had some problems with her lung，but because her life does not bring her happiness，and because of these disharmony things that happen in her life．
1.We can infer from the passage that＿＿·
A．Sophia was born in a wrong time and was mentally ill
B．women were not fairly treated in Europe in Sophia’s time
C．Sophia loved travelling around Europe to meet `different people
D．unmarried women were forbidden to learn mathematics at that time
2.The underlined phrase“the fact”in Paragraph 4 most probably refers to the fact that
A．her husband refuses to divorce B．she can’t teach in university
C．she falls in love with Maxsim D．Maxsim doesn’t want to marry her
3.Why does the author name this book Too Much Happiness？
A．It is used to suggest that the story must be a comedy．
B．It’s a phrase repeatedly used by Sophia herself to her friend．
C．It’s used in an ironic way to show that Sophia isn’t happy at all．
D．It’s to show Sophia is very happy to achieve success in her career．
4.What can we conclude from Sophia’s experience？
A．It’s hard for an educated woman to achieve success in Europe at that time．
B．Russian women were not allowed to go abroad without a white marriage．
C．Married women could travel freely across Europe in the late nineteenth century．
D．Seeing a black cat across the path would bring people to death in the end．
5.In a newspaper，this passage is most probably in the section of____．
A. Entertainment B. Travel C．Career D. Culture
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The winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2012, Mo Yan , said he did not have high for winning． Actually, he thought he only had a slim chance to win．
A．assumption B．expectation C．satisfaction D．impression
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Moyan has won the Noble Prize in Literature, which has made him world-famous, but before that no one could have imagined how great a role he _______ in the literary world.
A. had played B. has played C. is playing D. was to play
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(2013·高考安徽卷)Mo Yan was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2012，________ made one of the Chinese people’s longheld dreams come true.
A．it B．that
C．what D．which
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Mo Yan was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature 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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Mo Yan, ____ famous contemporary Chinese writer, this year’s Nobel Prize winner for literature, abandons _____conventional writing style and advocates his unique way of Magic Realism.
A.the; a B. a; the C. a; a D. the; the
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Peruvian novelist, Mario Vargas Llosa, who received Nobel Prize for Literature in 2010, is one of the central writers in Latin America, but he began his literary career in Europe.
Mario Vargas Llosa was born in Arequipa, but from age one he lived in Cochabamba, Bolivia, where he was brought up by his mother and grandparents after his parents separated. However, Vargas Llosa once said that “I feel very much an Arequipan”．He also spent some time in Piura, northern Peru (1945～1946)．
Vargas Llosa attended Leoncio Prado Military Academy (1950～1952), and Colegio Nacional San Miguel de Piura (1952), Peru．In 1955 he married Julia Urquidi; they divorced in 1964.From 1955 to 1957 Vargas Llosa studied literature and law at the University of San Marcos, Peru. He then attended post-graduate school at the University of Madrid, Spain, where he received his Ph.D.in 1959.
In the 1950s, while still a student, Vargas Llosa worked as a journalist for La Industria. His first collection of short stories, LOS JEFES, appeared in 1959.“I liked Faulkner but I imitated Hemingway, ”he said later. Vargas Llosa moved to Paris because he felt that in Peru he could not earn his living as a serious writer. Although the boom of Latin American fiction in the 1960s opened doors to some authors for commercial success, the great majority of Peruvian writers suffered from the problems of the country's publishing industry. In France Vargas Llosa worked as Spanish teacher, journalist and broadcaster. From the late 1960s Vargas Llosa worked as a visiting professor at many American and European universities. In 1970 Vargas Llosa moved to Barcelona and five years later he settled back in Peru. Most of his novels are set in Peru.
In addition to the Nobel Prize, Vargas Llosa has received many other honors. Among the most notable are Leopoldo Alas Prize (1959), Peruvian National Prize (1967) and Miguel de Cervantes Prize (1994)．
1.For a very long time in his life, Vargas Llosa lived as ______.
A. a foreign language teacher. B. a visiting professor in France.
C. an immigrant. D. a radio host.
2.After Vargas Llosa got married, he ______.
A. became a professional writer. B. left Piura for France.
C. settled in Madrid. D. continued his education.
3.Vargas Llosa's writing style was influenced by ______.
A. Hemingway. B. his hard time in Europe.
C. his hard childhood in Arequipa. D. Faulkner.
4.What's the passage mainly about?
A. The hard days of a Peruvian writer. B. The life of a Nobel Prize winner.
C. The achievements of a Nobel Prize winner. D. The works of a Peruvian writer.
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Mo Yan, a Nobel Prize winner in Literature, grew up listening to folk tales that __ for centuries in his hometown.
A. have been told B. had been told C. were told D. have told
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Martin Luther King Jr．was _____ the Noble Peace Prize of 1964 for advocating nonviolence policy in the movement for civil rights．
A．awarded B．offered C．rewarded D．received