单选题
This has been quite a week for literary coups. In an almost entirely unexpected move, the Swedish Academy have this lunchtime announced their decision to award this year's Nobel prize for Literature to the British playwright, author and recent poet, Harold Pinter and not, as was widely anticipated, to Turkish author Orhan Pamuk or the Syrian poet Adonis.
The Academy, which has handed out the prize since 1901, described Pinter, whose works include The Birthday Party, The Dumb Waiter and his breakthrough The Caretaker, as someone who restored the art form of theatre. In its citation, the Academy said Pinter was "generally seen as the foremost representative of British drama in the second half of the 20th century," and declared him to be an author "who in his plays uncovers the precipice under everyday prattle and forces entry into oppression's closed rooms."
Until today's announcement, Pinter was barely thought to be in the running for the prize, one of the most prestigious and (at
The Academy, which has handed out the prize since 1901, described Pinter, whose works include The Birthday Party, The Dumb Waiter and his breakthrough The Caretaker, as someone who restored the art form of theatre. In its citation, the Academy said Pinter was "generally seen as the foremost representative of British drama in the second half of the 20th century," and declared him to be an author "who in his plays uncovers the precipice under everyday prattle and forces entry into oppression's closed rooms."
Until today's announcement, Pinter was barely thought to be in the running for the prize, one of the most prestigious and (at
单选题
Which category of writing does the passage belong to?
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[定位] 应该从全文的理解中找到答案。
[解析] 本文从英国文学家哈罗德·品特意外获得诺贝尔文学奖开始，叙述了其获奖的相关情况以及生平，多用事实描述，没有加以评论或说明，所以应属于记叙性的写作手法。
[点睛] 写作手法判断题。A为记叙文，是对事件的记叙；B是描写文，通过生动的语言描述物体、人物、环境等能在我们感观上产生印象的事物性质；C为劝说文，属于议论文(argument)中的一种；D为说明文，通过揭示概念来阐述事物的特征、本质及规律。
[解析] 本文从英国文学家哈罗德·品特意外获得诺贝尔文学奖开始，叙述了其获奖的相关情况以及生平，多用事实描述，没有加以评论或说明，所以应属于记叙性的写作手法。
[点睛] 写作手法判断题。A为记叙文，是对事件的记叙；B是描写文，通过生动的语言描述物体、人物、环境等能在我们感观上产生印象的事物性质；C为劝说文，属于议论文(argument)中的一种；D为说明文，通过揭示概念来阐述事物的特征、本质及规律。
单选题
Pinter was awarded the Nobel prize for Literature because
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[定位] 根据题干中的Nobel prize for Literature because定位至第2段。
[解析] 第2段首句提到，瑞典文学院形容品特为someone who restored the art form of theatre“重塑戏剧艺术形式的作家”，接着引用了他们的评语，由此可知，品特获奖是因为他在戏剧界的卓越成就，D正确。
[点腈]细节题。A、、B两项都是原文提到的事实，但是与题于不构成因果关系。C项与第3段最后一句提到的去年该奖项颁给了奥地利作家不符，也不构成因果关系。
[解析] 第2段首句提到，瑞典文学院形容品特为someone who restored the art form of theatre“重塑戏剧艺术形式的作家”，接着引用了他们的评语，由此可知，品特获奖是因为他在戏剧界的卓越成就，D正确。
[点腈]细节题。A、、B两项都是原文提到的事实，但是与题于不构成因果关系。C项与第3段最后一句提到的去年该奖项颁给了奥地利作家不符，也不构成因果关系。
单选题
______was not anticipated 'as the Nobel prize winner, but announced as laureate finally.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[定位] 根据题干中的winner和laureate可定位到第3段。
[解析] 第3段最后一句提到Elfriede Jelinek在去年爆冷门获得了诺贝尔奖金，由此答案选A。
[点睛] 细节题。Orhan Pamuk、Adonis及Joyce Carol都是极有可能获奖，但是最终又没有获得的人。
[解析] 第3段最后一句提到Elfriede Jelinek在去年爆冷门获得了诺贝尔奖金，由此答案选A。
[点睛] 细节题。Orhan Pamuk、Adonis及Joyce Carol都是极有可能获奖，但是最终又没有获得的人。
单选题
Which of the following statements is NOT true?
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[定位] 根据各选项分别定位。
[解析] 选项D与最后一段第1句“当品特被告之获奖的消息后，他激动万分(overwhelmed)”的叙述不一致，故选D。
[点睛] 细节辨析题。A项与第5段第4句对应；B项与第6段第1句对应项；与第6段最后两句对应。
[解析] 选项D与最后一段第1句“当品特被告之获奖的消息后，他激动万分(overwhelmed)”的叙述不一致，故选D。
[点睛] 细节辨析题。A项与第5段第4句对应；B项与第6段第1句对应项；与第6段最后两句对应。