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American writer George Saunders has won the 2017 Man Booker Prize for his first novel, Lincoln in the Bardo.
The story was a real event on February 22, 1862. That night, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln visited the grave of his 11-year-old son Willie, who was buried in a Washington cemetery.
The story imagines Lincoln walking around alone in the dark, troubled by the death of his son and the American Civil War. Meanwhile. Other dead souls in the graveyard watch young Willie waiting for his father to return.
Lola Young, an author and member of Britain's House of Lords, led the group of judges. She praised the "deeply moving" book. In his speech, Saunders said, "we live in a strange time." He noted the most important question is how to respond to events.
The 58-year-old Saunders became the second American writer to win the prize. Last year, Paul Beatty became the first American to win for his novel The Sellout. In the past, the Man Booker Prize was given only to writers from Britain, Ireland, Zimbabwe or countries in the British Commonwealth. The rules were changed in 2014 to permit authors of any book written in English and published in Britain to compete. Critics of the rule change say it "Americanized" an important British literary prize.
The winner receives a cash prize of about $65,000. Other past winners include this year's Nobel Prize-winning novelist Kazuo Ishiguro, Salman Rushdie, Iris Murdoch and Canadian writer Margaret Atwood.
1. George Saunders was from ______.
A. England
B. America
C. China
D. Canada
2. The story happened in ______.
A . 1862
B. 1865
C. 1867
D. 2017
3. Which of the following countries didn’t win the prize?
A. Ireland.
B. Zimbabwe.
C. American.
D . Germany.
4. The underlined word “it” refers ______.
A . the story about Lincoln
B. the prize
C . the country
D. the rule
5. What’s the best title of the passage?
A. The The Man Booker Prize winner George Saunders.
B. US president Lincoln won The Man Booker Prize.
C. How to win The Man Booker Prize.
D How to improve your writing.
★B
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Kazuo Ishiguro, the Japanese-born English writer, has won the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature. The Swedish Academy made the announcement on Thursday in Stockholm.
Sara Danius, the academy's secretary, praised the works of Ishiguro. She said, "He's a very interesting writer in many ways." Danius described him as "one of the most exquisite novelists in our time." His best-known work is The Remains of the Day, which was published in 19. It tells of a man who worked as a butler, the main male servant in the home of a rich person. He looks back on a life in service to the wealthy. The book tells us about the society of 20th-century England. The work earned Ishiguro the Man Booker Prize in 19.
The choice of Ishiguro for the Nobel Prize marked a return to traditional literature following two years of choices by the Swedish Academy. Last year, the literature prize went to American singer and songwriter Bob Dylan. In 2015, it went to Svetlana Alexievich of Belarus, a journalist.
Ishiguro was born in Nagasaki, Japan. He moved with his family to Britain when he was five years old. Although he did not return to Japan until he was in his 30s, Japanese characters were important in his first two novels— A Pale View of Hills and An Artist of the Floating World.
The writer will receive $1.1 million in prize money for winning the literature award.
1. From the passage we know Kazuo Ishiguro was born in ______.
A. England
B. Germany
C. Japan
D. France
2. The work The Remains of the Day was published in _______.
A. 19
B. 1993
C. 2015
D. 2016
3. What does Svetlana Alexievich of Belarus do?
A. A writer.
B. A singer.
C. A songwriter.
D . A journalist.
4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A . Ishiguro moved to England because his father found a job there.
B. Ishiguro will get $1.1 million in prize money for the award.
C . In 2015, Bob Dylan won the literature prize.
D . Ishiguro's books are full of American characters.
5. What’s the best title of the passage?
A. How to win the Nobel Prize.
B. Kazuo Ishiguro won the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature.
C. A great book The Remains of the Day.
D . How to write a great book.
★C
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Elon Musk, 45, is a businessman, an engineer, an inventor and an explorer. He was born on June 28, 1971, in Pretoria, South Africa. At age 10, he developed an interest in computers. After teaching himself programming, Musk created his first piece of software before he turned 13. At 17, he moved to Canada to attend Queen’s University. He later transferred to the University of Pennsylvania to study economics and physics.
Musk became a multimillionare after he sold his start-up company, Zip2, in 1999. He established SpaceX in 2002. In 2012, SpaceX launched the first commercial spacecraft. Since then, the company has sent numerous successful unmanned missions to the International Space Station (ISS). The company has plans to carry two astronauts there in late 2017.
Musk has set his sights on more than just the stars. He’s aiming to transform life on Earth. One of his greatest successes is Tesla Motors, which he founded in 2004. Tesla designs and manufactures sleek, high-performance electric cars. The cars are expensive now, but Musk’s goal is to find a way to produce electric vehicles that are affordable to more people.
Musk is also pursuing a high-speed mode of travel called the Hyperloop. The plan is for passengers to board aluminum(铝) pods that would be shot through steel tubes at about 800 miles per hour. The 380-mile trip from Los Angeles, California, to San Francisco, California, would take about 35 minutes. The project will cost $6 billion.
In November, he introduced a new kind of solar paneling for roofs that will be cheaper than traditional roofing material. It’ll allow homeowners to collect energy from the sun. “I believe in working super hard and not giving up,” Musk told TIME. “As long as I can see a path to success, I’ll keep going.”
1. What can be learned about young Musk?
A. He had strong self-learning abilities.
B. He fell in love with computer at high school.
C. He entered an American university in 1988.
D. He joined in designing a lot of software.
2. What happened to Elon Musk when he was 31?
A. He sold his first company.
B. He updated his first software.
C. He became the founder of SpaceX.
D. He got a commercial spacecraft launched.
3. According to the passage, it seems impossible to expect Musk to ____.
A. achieve his life goals
B. be passionate about charity
C. explore modern technology further
D. stop dreaming big anytime soon
4. What achievement has Musk already made so far?
A. The Hyperloop.
B. The new solar paneling.
C. The commercial spacecraft.
D. The cheap electric vehicles.
5. What does the passage focus on?
A. Musk’s achievements in space exploration.
B. Musk’s ambitions to improve human life.
C. Musk’s excellent educational background.
D. Musk’s interest in science and technology.
★D
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Robert Frost was a great American poet, whose works are read widely even today. He was given a lot of prizes during his lifetime.
Robert Frost was born on March 26, 1874 in San Francisco. When his father died on May 5, 1885, he moved to Massachusetts to live with his mother and sister. He graduated from Lawrence High School in 12, and attended Dartmouth College for a term. Then he went back home to teach and did several other part-time jobs including sending newspapers.
In 14, he sold his first poem My Butterfly, An Elegy for 15 dollars. And one year later he got married with Elinor Miriam White on December 19, and the next year they had their first child. Till 17, they taught together in school. Then Robert moved to study in Harvard University. He stayed there for two years, but had to return due to his ill health. His grandfather gave them a farm at Derry, in New Hampshire before dying. They lived on the farm. He stayed and worked there for nine years. That’s where he wrote most of his famous poems.
In 1912, Robert Frost and his family moved to Glasgow and lived in Beaconsfield near London. The next year, he published his first book of poems titled A Boy’s Will. In 1915, he returned to America and lived in Franconia, New Hampshire where he bought a farm. He then began teaching and writing. And then in 1924, he won the Pulitzer Prize for his book, New Hampshire: A Poem with Notes and Grace Notes. He won again for Collected Poems, in 1931, A Further Range, in 1937, and A Witness Tree, in 1943.
On January 29, 1963, this great poet died of illness in Boston. He was buried in the Old Bennington Cemetery in Vermont.
1. What can we know about Robert Frost’s early life from the second paragraph?
A. He lived a difficult life then.
B. He had a happy childhood.
C. He lived with his parents.
D. He had a happy family.
2. What was Robert Frost Before he attended Harvard University?
A. A writer.
B. A teacher.
C. A businessman.
D. A farmer.D
3. Where did Robert Frost write most of his famous poems?
A. In Massachusetts.
B. In Franconia.
C. In New Hampshire.
D. In London.
4. According to the passage, Robert Frost ______.
A. got married when he was 24 years old
B. began to live by selling his poems in 14
C. left Harvard University because he was very poor
D. published his first book of poems at the age of 39
5. Robert Frost was given the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry _____.
A. twice
B. three times
C. four times
D. five times
【答案】
★A 1-5 BADDA
★B 1-5 CADBB
★C1-5 ACDCB
★D1-5 ABCDC
