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    Bob Dylan has won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature, announced Sara Danius, Swedish Academy’s permanent secretary, on Thursday in Stockholm.

The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2016 is awarded to Bob Dylan “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition,” Danius said at the Swedish Academy.

“As an artist, he is versatile; he has been active as painter, actor and scriptwriter,” said the official statement.

Apart from his large production of albums, Dylan has published experimental work. He has written the autobiography Chronicles (2004), which describes memories from the early years in New York and his life at the center of popular culture, it added.

Born on May 24, 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota, in the United States, the 75-year-old rock singer is the first songwriter to win the glorious award and the first American to win since novelist Toni Morrison in 1993.

Barack Obama said the honour was well-deserved. “Congratulations to one of my favourite poets,” he wrote on Twitter.

Dylan, who took his stage name from the poet Dylan Thomas, had long been regarded as a potential prize winner.

Former Poet Laureate Sir Andrew Motion is among those who have ever praised Dylan’s lyrics, saying they are often the best words in the best order.

Dylan began his musical career in Minnesota before heading for New York. Many of his best-known works date from the 1960s, when he became an informal historian of America’s troubles. His songs Blowing in the Wind and The Times They are A-Changing were popular in the anti-war and civil rights movements.

Few experts, though, expected the academy to extend the award to a folk music songwriter. In 112 years, no songwriter has ever won before. What makes a man who has only ever written three books a suitable winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature?

1.What does the underlined word in Para 3 mean?

A.able to do things in different fields

B.able to understand others’ feelings

C.able to produce a lot

D.able to succeed at an old age

2.Many of Bob Dylan’s best-known songs _______________.

A.were written before he arrived in New York.

B.date back to the middle 1970s.

C.were often sung in the political movements.

D.show America’s troubled history.

3.What is the main idea of the passage?

A.Dylan’s winning the Nobel Prize in Literature.

B.Dylan’s life experiences as an artist.

C.Dylan’s contribution to the American literature.

D.Dylan’s musical career in America.

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.A

【解析】

这是一篇新闻报道。本文介绍了2016年诺贝尔文学奖获得者Bob Dylan,介绍了他在音乐方面的成就及获奖理由。

1.词义猜测题。划根据线词后面一句“he has been active as painter, actor and scriptwriter”可知鲍勃迪伦即是画家，又是演员还是编剧，故推测划线词的意思是“多才多艺的”。A. able to do things in different fields（可以做不同领域的事）符合以上推测，故选A项。

2.细节理解题。根据倒数第二段“Much of his best-known work dates from the 1960s, when he became an informal historian of America’s troubles. ”可知鲍勃迪伦大部分作品都反映了美国一段动荡的历史。D. show America’s troubled history.（表现美国动荡的历史）符合以上说法，故选D项。

3.主旨大意题。根据本文主要内容，尤其第一段的Bob Dylan has won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature, announced Sara Danius, Swedish Academy’s permanent secretary, on Thursday in Stockholm.可知本文围绕Bob Dylan获诺贝尔文学奖展开。A. Dylan’s winning the Nobel Prize in Literature.（Dylan赢得诺贝尔文学奖）符合上述说法，故选A项。