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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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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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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In 1911, Madam Curie received a second Nobel Prize for her research, the first person in the world ______ two Nobel Prizes.
A. receiving B. received C. to receive D. being received
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Nelson Mandela, who had been _ for 27 years, received the Nobel Prize ________ Peace in 1993.
A. in prison; for B. put in prison; of
C. thrown into prison; to D. sent to prison; in
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Mo Yan's Nobel Prize in Literature soon aroused public curiosity of the 57-year-old Chinese writer: Why was it he that was favored by the Swedish Academy? Chinese media seemed to be 36as some journalists were reported to be on their way overnight to Gaomi City, Shandong, Mo's 37 where he stayed with his family.
Born in 1955 into a rural family, Mo 38out of school and became a farmer when he was a(n) 39. He joined the military and devoted himself to 40 after Chinese literary circles started rethinking deeply the Cultural Revolution.
Mo's novel "Big Breasts & Wide Hips" tells a story of a mother who struggled and suffered 41 and tangled (缠结的) fates with Chinese people in the 20th century. His more recent work "Frog" more directly 42 China's one-child family policy, which helped 43 the country's population explosion 44 brought tragedies to farmers in the past 60 years.
"I think the reason why I could win the45is that my works present lives with unique Chinese 46 , and they also tell stories from a viewpoint of 47 human beings, which goes beyond differences of nations and races," Mo said to Chinese journalists. Mo also said many 48 arts originated from his hometown, such as clay sculpture, paper cuts, traditional new-year paintings, have 49 and influenced his novels.
Mo's prize may give powerful encouragement to the country's writers as the more 50 of Chinese lives their works are, the more possible they 51 as a world literature.
As the world's fast-developing country with a long history, China will 52 meet conflicts with western civilizations.__53_, the country faces internally a wide gap between the rich and the poor, 54 environment pollution and an aging population. Paying more attention to such 55 , Chinese writers may create more works that record the nation's journey to rejuvenation(复兴).With more Chinese writers like Mo, the world could learn a more real China. Perhaps, this is another reason for the Swedish Academy's choice. (words:338)
1. A．astonished B．ashamed C．embarrassed D．disappointed
2. A．business B．birthplace C．bookstore D．workplace
3. A．escaped B．ran C．dropped D．moved
4. A．adult B．citizen C．parent D．teenager
5. A．training B．writing C．farming D．speaking
6. A．hardship B．unemployment C．disease D．accident
7. A．adapted B．supported C．criticized D．praised
8. A．destroy B．cause C．increase D．control
9. A．and B．but C．or D．so
10. A．prize B．game C．respect D．profit
11. A．customs B．institutions C．characteristics D．feelings
12. A．particular B．usual C．strange D．common
13. A．advanced B．elegant C．folk D．royal
14. A．inspired B．interrupted C．prevented D．processed
15. A．imaginative B．reflective C．appreciative D．productive
16. A．admire B．arise C．fail D．lack
17. A．uncertainly B．unbearably C．unavoidably D．unacceptably
18. A．Otherwise B．Therefore C．However D．Meanwhile
19. A．worsening B．softening C．deepening D．widening
20. A．suggestions B．plans C．arguments D．problems
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“ Go ahead,” I told Linda. “ Pick up the rock, and see what’s under it.”
Her 4-year-old arms struggled with the rock buried in the stream bed. Her eyes got big as she examined the worms after their nest was uncovered. She watched quietly, as they walked past her foot. She gently put the rock back and said,” Are there worms under all the rocks?”
This wasn’t school — it was a nature-based summer camp in New York’s Hudson Valley that I ran when I was 17. When I turned the kids over to their parents at the end of the day, they were tired, inspired by nature and knowledge.
Finland’s “forest kindergartens” use the natural world as a jumping off point for early academic instruction to make them enjoy learning. Finland is following in the footsteps of other European countries including Denmark, where outdoor education has been common for many years.
In the Finnish program, kids spend four days of a week, from 8:30a.m. to 6:30p.m., outside with a teacher. Built into the program is quite a bit of playtime. Kids get a lot of exercise and lesson plans are freely made so teachers can use what’s at hand and in season in their lessons.
While all this sounds less strict than a classroom-based kindergarten program, the results show that these types of programs have better results for overall physical health as well as academic performance and social development. But aren’t the kids who do this coming from wealthy, educated communities — so, of course they score better on tests? In fact, the greatest gains from spending time outdoors can be found in kids who are coming from less advantageous background. At a school near Atlanta, where kids spend 30 percent of their day outside, students have improved scores more than students from any other school in their area, and most of the kids there come from poor families.
1.Why did the author ask Linda to turn over the rock?
A.To help Linda be independent.
B.To see if Linda had enough courage.
C.To give Linda a chance to study nature.
D.To teach Linda how to protect animals.
2.What’s the purpose of Finland’s “forest kindergartens”?
A.To help kids learn about forests.
B.To popularize outdoor education.
C.To show the importance of play.
D.To develop kids’ interest in study.
3.Compared with classroom-based kindergartens, “forest kindergartens”____________.
A.seem to be less tiring B.have no fixed lesson plans
C.set many strict rules D.have no teachers around
4.What is an advantage of outdoor programs according to the last paragraph?
A.Kids joining them score higher on tests.
B.They help change poor kids’ families.
C.They do good to communities.
D.Kids meet people who are different from them.
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Moyan was at ________ loss when he received ________ news that he had been awarded the Nobel Prize in literature.
A. the; the B. the; / C. a; the D. a; /
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听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1.Why does the woman want to go to Newcastle?
A. She received an emergency call the previous day.
B. She has never been to the city before.
C. She’d like to spend the weekend there.
2.When will the next train to Newcastle leave?
A. In half an hour. B. At 11: 30. C. At 11: 31.
3.What does the woman like to have when she is traveling?
A. Someone to talk with.
B. Interesting books to read.
C. Something to eat or drink.
4.What happened in the end?
A. The woman got on the train in the last minute.
B. The woman missed the train half a minute late.
C. The woman wanted to wait for the next train.
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假设你是肇东一中的学生会主席李华，从新闻得知2016年诺贝尔文学奖得主Bob Dylan要来中国。你们学校准备在2017年3月6日下午1:00—3:00在学校会议厅举办一次主题为“音乐与文学”的英语演讲比赛，来自各个年级的十位优秀学生将会参赛。请你代表学校学生会写一封电子邮件，邀请他来做评委。
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Dear Bob Dylan,
I’m very glad to know from the online news that you will visit China soon._____________________
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Looking forward to your reply.
Yours,
Li Hua
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