Question

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 great skill of the art of narrative, most recently showed in The Old Man and the Sea"

John Steinbeck (1962)

Prize motivation: "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining sympathetic humor and sensitive social perception(社会观察)"

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill(1953)

Prize motivation: "for his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for excellent 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 writing art?

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.

Answer

1. C

2. A

3. B

4. D

【解析】

本文主要介绍了几位诺贝尔文学奖获得者获奖的原因。

1.细节理解题。根据第一段中的"because of his deep sensitive, fresh and beautiful poetry，可知，泰戈尔因其杰出的诗作而获得了诺贝尔奖。故选C。

2.细节理解题。根据第三段中的"for his great skill of the art of narrative, most recently showed in The Old Man and the Sea"可知，海明威因其精炼的叙述技巧而获得诺贝尔奖，其代表作品是《老人与海》故选A。

3.细节理解题。根据最后一段的"for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition".可知，鲍勃迪伦的作品与美国民谣歌曲之间有密切的联系，结合题干可知，故选B。

4.细节理解题。根据第五段的"for his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for excellent speech skills in defending noble human values"可知，丘吉尔是因其精通历史和自传以及优秀的演讲技巧而获得了诺贝尔奖。故选D。