单选题
Doris Lessing was born in 1919 in Persia, moving as a child with her family to southern Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, where she stayed in school only to the age of 14.
A year after moving to London, she published her first novel in 1950.
The Grass Is Singing
examines unbridgeable racial conflict in colonial Africa through the eyes of a white farmer"s wife and her black servant.
Her literary breakthrough came in 1962 with publication of
The Golden Notebook
, seen by many, though not necessarily Lessing, as a pioneering work of modern
feminism
(女权运动). A separated study of the mind of the main character, Anna Wulf, the novel explores her thoughts about Africa, politics and relationships with men and sex.
Lessing"s themes changed to psychology in her works from the 1960s, and by the 1970s she was extremely interested in the Islamic mystic tradition of
Sufism
(苏菲教派). Her turn toward science fiction with the Canopus series in the early 1980s was not warmly received by traditionalist critics, but she has continued to win new readers and numerous literary awards, including the David Cohen British Literary Prize and the Companion of Honour from the Royal Society of Literature, both in 2001.
Following the announcement, the Horace Engdahl told VOA why he was personally so pleased with Lessing"s selection.
"She is one of the truly great writers—of novels, short stories, fiction and non-fiction," Engdahl said. "She is one of the few writers who have had the courage to uphold the principle of equality between the male and female experience, and she has given the
impulse
(冲动) to numbers of other women writers. And she is really the mother of a school that is one of the most important in our contemporary literature."
At 87, Doris Lessing is the oldest Nobel Literature winner since the first prizes were awarded in 1901.
单选题
What would be the best title for this passage?
单选题
Which of the following statements about Doris Lessing is NOT true?
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。文章第四段指出Her turn toward science fiction with the Canopus series in the early 1980s was not warmly received by traditionalist critics，由此可知，莱辛并非总是受到欢迎。选项B不符合此表述，故选B。
单选题
It can be inferred from the passage that ______.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 推断题。根据短文第三段的叙述可知，Doris Lessin的文学突破是发表了
The Golden Notebook
，而这本书是基于她早期在非洲打下的坚实的文学基础。故选C。
单选题
According to the fourth paragraph, ______.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。短文第四段指出she has continued to win new readers and numerous literary awards即她的科学小说赢得了很多读者，也获得了多项文学奖。故答案B正确。
单选题
According to the Horace Engdahl, Lessing wins Nobel Prize mainly because ______.
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。文章倒数第二段指出“She is one of the truly great writers...Engdahl said. "She is one of the few writers who have had the courage to uphold the principle of equality between the male and female experience...，由此可知，Doris Lessing获得诺贝尔奖的原因是因为她为争取妇女平等权利做出了贡献。故选D。