阅读理解寒假训练（4）阅读理解InStockholm,theSwedishAcademyhaschosentheBritishauthorDorisLessingforthe2007NobelPrizeinLiterature.TheselectionofDorisLessingforaNobelwaspopularamongthehundredsofjournalistsgatheredfortheannouncementinStockholm.PermanentSecretaryoftheSwedishAcademyHoraceEngdahlsaidwithskepticism,fireandvisionarypowerLessinghassubjectedadividedcivilizationtoscrutiny.DorisLessingwasbornin1919inPersia-modern-dayIran-toBritishparents,movingasachildwithherfamilytosouthernRhodesia,nowZimbabwe,whereshestayedinschoolonlytotheageof14.AyearaftermovingtoLondon,shepublishedherfirstnovelin1950.TheGrassisSingingexaminesunbridgeableracialconflictincolonialAfricathroughtheeyesofawhitefarmer'swifeandherblackservant.AmemberoftheBritishCommunistPartyduringthe1950sandacampaigneragainstnucleararmsandSouthAfricanapartheid,LessingwasforyearsbannedfromthatcountryandfromRhodesia.Herliterarybreakthroughcamein1962withpublicationofTheGoldenNotebook,seenbymany,thoughnotnecessarilyLessing,asapioneeringworkofmodernfeminism.Adisjointedstudyofthemindofthemaincharacter,AnnaWulf,thenovelexploresherthoughtsaboutAfrica,politicsandcommunism,relationshipswithmenandsex,andJungiananalysisanddreaminterpretation.Lessing'sthemesshiftedtopsychologyinherworksfromthe1960s,andbythe1970sshewasfascinatedwiththeIslamicmystictraditionofSufism.HerturntowardsciencefictionwiththeCanopusseriesintheearly1980swasnotwarmlyreceivedbytraditionalistcritics,butshehascontinuedtowinnewreadersandnumerousliteraryawards,includingtheDavidCohenBritishLiteraryPrizeandtheCompanionofHonourfromtheRoyalSocietyofLiterature,bothin2001.Followingtheannouncement,theHoraceEngdahltoldVOAwhyhewaspersonallysopleasedwithLessing'sselection."Sheisoneofthetrulygreatwriters-ofnovels,shortstories,fictionandnon-fiction,"Engdahlsaid."Sheisoneofthefewwriterswhohavehadthecouragetoupholdtheprincipleofequalitybetweenthemaleandfemaleexperience,andshehasgiventheimpulsetonumbersofotherwomenwriters.Andsheisreallythemotherofaschoolthatisoneofthemostimportantinourcontemporaryliterature."At87,DorislessingistheoldestNobelLiteraturelaureatesincethefirstprizeswereawardedin1901.EachNobelPrizeisthisyearaccompaniedbyacheckforapproximately$1.4million.6.HowoldwasDorisLessingwhenshepublishedherfirstnovel?A.14B.26C.31D.507.WhichofthefollowingaboutTheGrassisSingingistrue?A.ItismainlyaboutracialconflictbetweenthewhitesandtheblacksintheUS.B.Themaincharactersareawhitefarmer’swifeandherblackservant.C.ItwaspublishedinAfrica.D.ItwasDorisLessing’smostfamousnovel.8.Wecaninferfromthepassagethat__________.A.JournalistsareveryinterestedintheelectionofDorisLessing’sforNobelPrize.B.DorisLessingregardTheGoldenNotesasapioneeringworkoffeminism.C.DorisLessinghaswrittenaboutmanydifferentsubjects.D.Manywritershavethecouragetosticktotheequalitybetweenthemaleandfemaleexperience.9Theunderlinedwordschoolinthelastparagraphbutonemeans________.A.institutionforeducatingchildrenB.collegeoruniversityC.departmentofauniversityD.groupofwriters,thinkers10.Whichofthefollowingcanbethebesttitleofthispassage?A.DorisLessingwinsNobelPrizeforliteratureB.ThegreatestBritishfemalewriterC.TheoldestNobelPrizewinnerD.2007NobelPrizeannouncedinStockholm[全解全析]本文主要讲述了英国的DorisLessing获得了2007诺贝尔文学奖。C细节理解题。根据第四段第1句和第五段第1句可知。B细节理解题。第五段第2句可知。C推理判断题。从文章第...
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