Question

  For a writer, there is hardly any greater honour than winning the Nobel Prize for literature.

And for a woman writer，claiming the prize is even harder，for only eight women have won it since the prize was first awarded in 1901. Austria's Elfriede Jelinek is the ninth and the first since 1996.

   The Stockholm-based Swedish Academy announced last Thursday that Jelinek won this year's Nobel Prize in literature. She is recognised for her socially critical novels and plays.

Jelinek, 57，made her literary debut(首次演出) in 1967. She has written plays, novels and poetry. She is best known for her autobiographical 1983 novel "The Piano Teacher"，made into a movie in 2001.

   The basic theme of her work is the inability of women to live as people beyond the roles and personalities traditionally expected of them. Her characters struggle to lead lives not normal?ly acceptable in society. "The nature of Jelinek's texts is often hard to define. They shift be?tween prose and poetry and songs，they contain theatrical scenes and film script，" said the acad?emy.

   The Nobel Prize was founded by Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel. Nobel died in 1896 and left his fortune of about US $ 920 million to a fund to honour people who have helped other hu?man beings. This year each prize is worth US $ 1. 3 million. 

(   ) 5. Which of the following is true according to the passage?

   A.The Noble Prize was first awarded to women scientist in 1901.

   B.Jelienk was best known for her poetry in 1967.

   C.It is the Stockholm-based Swedish Academy that announced the winner of Nobel Prize.

   D."The Piano Teacher" won the Oscar in 2001.

(   ) 6. Jelinek won this year's Nobel Prize for literature because of        .

   A.her best known novel, which was made into a movie later on

   B.the nature of her works，which is easy to understand

   C.the appreciation of her writing style and the theme of her works

   D.her plentiful production of plays, novels and poetry

(   ) 7. In her works, women struggle because they are unable to        .

   A.live the expected traditional lives

   B.live the lives "they" themselves expect

   C.lead normal lives like other people

   D.criticize the society as they wish

(   ) 8. The underlined word "they" probably refers to        .

   A. songs   B. her characters

   C.  the roles   D. Jelinek's texts

Answer 1

5 ~8 CCBD

B篇介绍了一位获得诺贝尔文学奖的女作家及其写作风格和作品的主题。

5.C事实判断题。第三段首句给出答案。文中提到the prize was first awarded in 1901的事实并不是指女性。所以，A项不正确；文中Jelinek, 57, made her literary debut in 1967的描述是说该作家在那一年开始其文学创作生涯，所以，B项不正确；"The Piano Teacher" 是她最有名的作品，且在2001年改编成电影，而非获奥斯卡奖，所以，D项也不正确。

6.C逻辑推理题。C项和文章第三段最后一句She is recognised for her socially critical no?vels and plays.的表述是一致的。其余几项都与她获得诺贝尔奖的理由相去甚远。

7.B细节理解题。认真理解第五段第一句The basic theme of her work is the inability of women to live as people beyond the roles and personalities traditionally expected of them. Her characters struggle to lead lives not normal?ly acceptable in society.不难得出B项为正确答案。

8.D同义猜测题。根据代词的指代作用和随后所接内容不难看出答案。