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Read the following three passages．Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements．For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D．Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read． Llosa's Nobel Prize Settles an Old Score 　　Mario Vargas Llosa, 74, received a phone call early in the morning on October 7 when he was preparing to set out on a walk through Central Park in New York．He was informed that he had won the Nobel Prize for Literature． 　　Initially, however, he thought it was a joke．It was because, as the Peruvian told the BBC, “a writer shouldn't think about the Nobel Prize as it is bad for one's writing”． 　　He told AP that the honor would not affect him．“I don't think the Nobel Prize will change my writing, my style, my themes,” he said．“(But)it's a good way to start a New York Day．” 　　Vargas Llosa is one of the most celebrated writers of the Spanish-speaking world．He has written more than 30 novels, plays and essays, including The Breen House and The War of the End of the World．Both of these are available in Chinese translation．His work “vividly examines the dangers of power and corruption in Latin America”, according to The NEW York Times． 　　Vargas Llosa realized that he wanted to be a writer when he was a child, after reading an adventure novel by Jules Verne．At 15, he was a crime reporter．He later lived in exile in many European countries． 　　In 1990, he ran for the presidency in Peru, but lost badly．On October 7 Vargas Llosa told Reuters that he had never wanted to be a politician but felt it was an obligation for a writer to participate in public debate．” 　　He is frequently mentioned with Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the author of the classic work A Hundred Years of Solitude．Garcia Marquez won the literature Nobel in 1982, the last South American to do so． 　　Their relationship has involved one of greatest feuds(不和)in literary history．In a famous 1976 incident at a theater in Mexico City, Vargas Llosa punched Marguea, leaving him with a black eye．The two have reportedly not spoken in decades． 　　After the Nobel announcement, Garcia MARQUEZ wrote “now we're even” in Spanish on his microblog． (1) What did Mario Vargas Llosa think was a joke at first? [　　] A． Winning the Nobel Prize for literature B． Thinking the Nobel Prize is bad for one's writing C． What the Peruvian told the BBC D． What a writer should think about the Nobel Prize (2) For Llosa, winning the Nobel Prize will ________． [　　] A． change his writing, his style and his themes B． start his life in New York C． realize his childhood dream D． have little effect on him (3) Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? ________． [　　] A． Llosa is one of the most celebrated writers of the world． B． Many of his works are available in Chinese translations． C． He ran for the presidency in Peru, but didn't win the election． D． He thought it a duty for a writer to run for the presidency．

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答案：1．A;2．D;3．C;