of the contemporary short story\receive the $1.2 million award. Although Saul Bellow was born in Canada and won the prize in 1976, he left for the U.S. as a boy. Last year's Nobel literature award went to Mo Yan of China. The 82-year-old Munro is regarded as a modem Chekhov for her warmth, insight and enthusiasm, and for capturing (捕获) a wide range of lives and personalities. Her writing has brought her a number of awards. She won a National Book Critics Circle prize for Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage, and she has won the Governor General's prize, Canada' s highest literary honor for three times.
\when contacted by The Canadian, Press in Victoria, British Columbia.
The secretary of the Swedish Academy, Peter Englund told The Associated Press that Alice Munro developed the short story almost to perfection.
Munro is the 13th female literature winner in the 112-year history of the Nobel Prize. Her published works often show the difference between Munro's youth in Wingham, a conservative Canadian town in the west of Toronto, and her life after the social revolution of the 1960s. In an interview in 2003, she described the life in the 1960s as \\couple of years were wearing miniskirts and going around,\31. Alice Munro won the Nobel Prize in Literature mainly for her _______. A. short stories B. long novels C. warmth and insight D. old age
32. Canada's highest literary honor is________. A. Nobel Prize
B. National Book Critics Circle prize C. Governor General's prize D. Associated Press prize
33. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. Munro has won Canada's highest literary honor for four times.
B. Saul Bellow is another Canadian writer to win the Nobel Prize. C. It is not the first time for Munro to win the Nobel Prize. D. There are 13 female literature winners in Nobel Prize history. 34. Who of the following has never won the Nobel Prize in Literature? A. Alice Munro. B. Peter Englund. C. Saul Bellow. D. Mo Yan.
35. Which can be the best title of the passage?
A. Alice Munro, the new Nobel Prize winner in Literature B. Alice Mrmro, a famous American woman writer C. The first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature D. An interview with Alice Munro, a Canadian Writer
C
Living near an airport may increase your chances of dying from stroke and heart disease, according to a study. It also found one fifth who are exposing to high levels of aircraft noise are more likely to need hospital treatment or die from such diseases.
Researchers say the noise may lead to a rise in blood pressure, or disturb people's sleep. The findings, published in the British Medical Journal, come together with controversy over expansion (扩建) of Heathrow and other airports to increase UK flight capacity(容量).
Scientists at Imperial College London and King's College London carried out a study looking into a population of 3.6 million living near Heathrow in west London. They compared data on aircraft noise with hospital admissions and death rates. The result showed the risks of life-threatening conditions were around 10 to 20 percent higher in areas with highest levels of aircraft noise than in areas with least noise.
Study leader Dr Anna Hansell, from Imperial College, said, \exact role that noise exposure may play in poor health is not well recognized.\
Senior author Professor Paul Elliott pointed out that poor diet, smoking, lack of exercise and physical conditions such as raised blood pressure and diabetes all have a bigger effect on heart disease than noise exposure.
However, Kevin McConway, professor of applied statistics at The Open University, said, “Within an area, these studies can't tell us whether people who are most affected by aircraft noise are most likely to get heart disease or have a stroke. So the studies can't directly tell us it is the aircraft noise that is affecting individual's chances of these diseases.\36. What does the author mainly intend to tell us in the first three paragraphs? A. How to live a healthy life free from aircraft noise. B. High levels of aircraft noise may cause heart disease. C. The living surroundings cannot affect people's health. D. How to choose a living place far from airport noise.
37. According to the study, which of the following statements is TRUE about the danger of living near an airport ?
A. People's lives must be shortened. B. It could make people become stupid. C. It may increase the risk of heart disease. D. People can easily die from lack of sleep.
38. The underlined word \“______________” A. argument B. complaint
C. approval D. agreement
39. Which one has the least influence on heart disease according to Professor Paul? A. Lack of exercise. B. Raised blood pressure. C. Poor diet. D. Noise exposure.
40. Professor Kevin probably agrees that________
A. there is no direct link between aircraft noise and heart disease B. the role noise exposure plays in poor health is well recognized C. the study raises questions about the potential role of noise on health D. the people most affected by aircraft noise are most likely to get heart disease
D
Does a 600-year-old Chinese map prove that Christopher Columbus was not the first to explore the NewWorld?
Gavin Menzies says in his book Who Discovered America? that the settling of North America by non-native people is more complex than previous thought; he also points out in an interview with the Daily Mail that the traditional story of Columbus discovering the New World is just a fairy tale.
However, not everyone approves of the theory. Menzies has been described as a \伪)-historian\
Menzies says that the Chinese map, found in a bookstore and created in the 18th century, is regarded as the work of Chinese Admiral Zheng He and shows a detailed map of America dating back to 1418. That would place Zheng He's efforts 70 years ahead of Columbus. In fact, Menzies says Columbus used a copy of Zheng He's map to arrange his own voyage.
Zheng He is arguably the most famous explorer in Chinese history. Ordered by the emperor, he led Chinese ships on voyages of discovery that helped expand the knowledge of the world including the previous unknown areas in the Middle East and Africa. His influence over Asian culture was so strong that he is still considered a god in some parts of Indonesia.
In addition, in his book Menzies even insists that Chinese sailors were the first to cross the Pacific Ocean 40,000 years ago. He says there is DNA evidence to support his idea. The current belief is that people from what is now Asia crossed into North America via a land bridge from the Bering Strait.
Critics of Menzies point out that he holds no degrees or professional training as a historian. But the Daily Mail says he can no longer be called an \41. What's the passage mainly about?
A. A new theory put forward by Menzies in his new book.
B. The blame on Christopher Columbus for copying Zheng He's map. C. The achievements made by Chinese Zheng He.
D. A book named Who Discovered America? written by Menzies. 42. In the eyes of Menzies, Christopher Columbus A was the first explorer to navigate the New World
