Canadian short story writer Alice Munro won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Eighty-two-year-old Munro is only the 13th woman to win the 112-year-old prize.
Munro didn’t publish her first collection of short stories until she was 37 years old, but her stories have always been well-received. Lots of her stories share similar themes and characters, but each story has its own twists and turns.
Even though she’s won Canada’s most famous literary award, the Giller Prize, twice, winning the Nobel Prize for Literature is the cherry on top of Munro’s career. “It brings this incredible recognition, both of her and her career, and of the dedication to the short story,” said one person.
Along with the well-respected title comes 1.3 million dollars. Munro said everything was “so surprising and wonderful” and that she was “dazed by all the attention and affection that has been coming my way.”
Munro knew she was in the running——she was named the second-most likely person to win this year’s prize, after Haruki Murakami (村上春樹）of Japan——but she never thought that she would win.
Munro’s win also represents the long way Canadian writers have come. “When I began writing there was a very small community of Canadian writers and little attention was paid by the world. Now Canadian writers are read, admired and respected around the globe,” Munro said on Thursday.
She is technically not the first Canadian to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, but many like to think that she is. In 1976 Saul Bellow, who was born in Quebec but moved to Chicago when he was still a child, won the prize. Even though he was born in Canada, he is mostly considered to be an American writer.
“This is a win for us all. Canadians, by our very nature, are not very nationalistic,” said Geoffrey Taylor. “But things like this suddenly make you want to find a flag.”
She wasn’t sure if she would keep writing if she won the prize, saying that it would be “nice to go out with a bang. But this may change my mind.”
小題1:What is the feature of Munro’s stories?
A．They have their own complicated (復雜的)contents.
B．They have similar story backgrounds.
C．They have specific themes for children.
D．They have the same characters in each book.
小題2:For Munro, the Nobel Prize is an award for______.
A．her love for Canadian culture
B．her devotion to the short story
C．her special form of writing
D．her career of editing short stories
小題3:What is implied in the sixth paragraph?
A．Canadian writers paid little attention to the prize.
B．Canadian writers are just a small community.
C．Canadian writers have long been ignored.
D．Canadians have a long way to win the prize.
小題4:What does the passage mainly tell us?
A．How Alice Munro wins the Nobel Prize
B．An introduction to the Nobel Prize in Literature
C．Alice Munro wins the Nobel Prize in Literature
D．A world famous writer, Alice Munro

小題1:A
小題2:B
小題3:C
小題4:C

試題分析：加拿大短篇小說作家Alice Munro獲得了諾貝爾文學獎。82歲的她是第13個獲得此獎項的女性。雖然她出道比較晚，但她卻憑借著獨特的構思和韻味逐漸征服了讀者的心。榮獲諾獎后她并不確定是否繼續(xù)寫作，“這會改變我的想法”。
小題1:細節(jié)理解題。由“Lots of her stories share similar themes and characters, but each story has its own twists and turns.”可知她的每個故事都有自己的曲折。故選A。
小題2:細節(jié)理解題 。由““It brings this incredible recognition, both of her and her career, and of the dedication to the short story,” said one person.”可知，獲得諾獎是對她對短篇故事的忠誠的最大褒獎。故選B。
小題3:推理判斷題。第六段表示的大意是由于她的獲獎，讓加拿大文學逐漸被世界的人們認識和了解，那么在此之前加拿大文學就是被忽略了好長時間。故選C。
小題4:主旨大意題。本文介紹了加拿大82歲的短篇小說家獲得諾貝爾文學獎的事。故選C。
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