"First of all…so unexpected, it's something I never thought I would receive…it really touches me. It's made me very ."
Born in the suburbs of Paris in 1945, Patrick Modiano began to write in his . His first book "La Place de l'etoile" was published in 1968.
Peter Englund, Permanent Secretary of Swedish Academy, explains why they Modiano for this year's prize.
"He writes about very interesting and general , he is writing about time, memory, identity, he is doing it in a very refined（有教养的） and way, he is doing it in a pretty way, he has very very precise style."
Englund also says Modiano's writing style is to that of other Nobel laureates(诺贝尔得主), China's Mo Yan.
"The same thing as Mo Yan, and Alice Munro, they are very much connected to places, Mo Yan with Shandong, and Alice Munro about her part of Canada, that is a very explainable paradox（自相矛盾的人或事） for an very general, they are often connected to the place."
The city of Paris plays in Modiano's works.
Englund says his reflects a different time for the readers in the French capital.
"I say he gives us help to understand the intricacies（纷繁难懂之处） of how difficult it is to reach back and understand versions of yourself and to understand happens 30 years ago, the problems with understanding but at the same time you can't from it, you must try to reach out time and understand yourself and understand what happened."
This year's Nobel Peace Prize is be announced later on this Friday in Oslo, Norway.
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Ⅱ 语言知识及应用（共两节，满分35分）
第一节：完形填空（共10小题，每小题2分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21~30各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
When television first began to expand, very few of the people who had become famous as 21 announcers were able to be equally effective on television. Some of the difficulties they experienced when they were trying to 22themselves to the new medium were technical. When 23 on radio, for example, they had become 24to seeing on behalf of the listener. This art of seeing for others 25 that be announcer has to be very good at talking. In the case of television, however the announcer sees 26 with the viewer. His duty, 27 , is completely different. He is there to make sure that the viewer does not 28any point of interest, to help him focus on particular things, and to help him 29 the images on the television screen. 30his radio colleague, he must know the value of silence and how to use it at those moments when the pictures speak for himself.
21． A．television B．advertisement C．radio D．newspaper
22． A．adopt B．adjust C．change D．shape
23． A．working B．listening C．appearing D．showing
24． A．practiced B．experienced C．determined D．used
25． A．guarantees B．means C．convinces D．warns
26． A．something B．Everything C．nothing D．anything
27． A．Moreover B．therefore C．furthermore D．nevertheless
28． A．miss B．ignore C．drop D．catch
29． A．reveal B．expose C．understand D．translate
30． A．Like B． Beside C．Unlike D．As
第三节完形填空(共20小题；每小题l．5分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Tears clouded my eyes as I stood in our washing room, holding Brett’s jeans and full of burn holes.
Tired and defeated, I 21 to the floor. The clothes were just one more thing Brett had22 .He often got almost everything in the house out of 23 .Many windows in our house needed repair due to his breaking 24 to steal money when he chose to live on the street. Yet none of this could compare to the emotional 25 Brett had done to our once quiet home.
Brett came to live with us when he was 12 years old. During the next few years I had dealt with Brett a 26 as possible, but inside I was shouting.“I don’t want him in my house another day, Lord! I just can’t 27 him!” Having wiped my tears, I continued 28 him as before.
When Brett was nearly 18, he landed again in Juvenile Hall(少管所).After that, my husband and I had to send Brett to a boarding school for helping 29 teens.
At the 30 ceremony, each graduate held a white rose to give to the person who had 31 the most to him or her.
Brett spoke 32 to his parents and then spoke to me, “You did so much. You were always there, no matter 33 .My mom and dad, I was their kid. But you, 34 troubled enough by me, always 35 me such love. And I want you to know I love you for it.”
36 , I stood as Brett placed the white rose in my hand and hugged me 37 .
At that moment, tears 38 in my eyes again, this time not for disappointment but for39 . Although I had struggled with silent 40 toward my stepson, Brett had seen only my actions. Love is action. We may not always have positive feelings about certain people in our lives, but we can love them.
21. A. satB. sankC. bentD. dropped
22. A. ruinedB. lostC. tornD. broken
23. A. dangerB. placeC. troubleD. order
24. A. offB. inC. upD. away
25. A. painB. injuryC. damageD. harm
26. A. patientlyB. willinglyC. strictlyD. rudely
27. A. forgiveB. educateC. standD. control
28. A. parenting B. pardoningC. comfortingD. feeding
29. A. lazyB. troublesomeC. disappointingD. careless
30. A. openingB. officialC. victoryD. graduation
31. A. affordedB. meantC. suppliedD. owed
32. A. lovinglyB. sadlyC. proudlyD. nervously
33. A. whereB. howC. whatD. who
34. A. unlessB. althoughC. becauseD. when
35. A. costB. lentC. taughtD. showed
36. A. Astonished B. PuzzledC. EncouragedD. Interested
37. A. surelyB. roughlyC. tightlyD. fiercely
38. A. fellB. flowedC. movedD. gathered
39. A. pityB. happinessC. luckD. success
40. A. loveB. anxietyC. angerD. Care
第二节完形填空 ( 满分30分)
In South Korea, a robot made its teaching debut. Children could __36__ take their eyes off a new teacher when the instructor __37__ their classroom. __38__ with intense curiosity by the pupils, __39__ said, “How are you, my students? Let’s get __40__. Have you opened your books?”
Although the voice __41__ like human, the teacher was not. It was a robot __42__ Tiro, __43__ was recently invited for one day __44__ a human instructor with __45__ 30-minute English class at Euon Primary School in the central South Korean city of Daejon, 250 kilometres __46__ of Seoul.
Tiro asked questions __47__ English such as, “How many giraffes (长颈鹿) __48__ on the board?” It also __49__ the name of the next student to participate in a __50__ task on the screen on its chest.There were a few glitches (失灵) in the experiment, __51__. Tiro, which was connected to a computer, sometimes fell into an __52__ moment of silence when something went wrong with the computer.
Still, the Tiro-run class was too short to __53__ the children. “I hope every class will have such a __54__ teacher,” ten-year-old Baek Ji Woong said.
The regular teacher was also happy with her new __55__. “I believe that robotic teachers like Tiro are going to be helpful for teachers and students alike,”Jeon Myong Jin said.
36. A. hardly B. happily C. only D. merely
37. A. comes B. came C. entered into D. entered
38. A. Greeting B. Greeted C. Having greeted D. To greet
39. A. the teacher B. teacherC. pupil D. the pupil
40. A. start B. starting C. started D. beginning
41. A. is sounded B. sounding C. sound D. sounded
42. A. name B. named C. was named D. was called
43. A. which B. who C. when D. where
44. A. help B. assist C. to ask D. to assist
45. A. a B. an C. the D. /
46. A. south B. the south C. in south D. out the south
47. A. with B. in C. for D. on
48. A. have B. there are C. having D. are there
49. A. displays B. displayed C. shows D. shown
50. A. role-playing B. roled-playing C. role-play D. role-played
51. A. though B. as though C. therefore D. too
52. A. embarrass B. embarrassing C. embarrassed D. embarrasses
53. A. satisfy B. satisfying C. be satisfied D. be satisfying
54. A. robot B. robotic C. robots D. robber
55. A. teacher B. student C. pupilD. assistant
第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36~55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
At a time when hiring qualified people is becoming more difficult, employers who can 36 biases (偏见) from the process will surely gain a big advantage 37 his opponents.
As a manager, Miss Tiffany is 38 for interviewing applicants for some of the 39 with her company. During one interview, she noticed that the 40 never made direct eye contact. She was puzzled and a little 41 because she liked the person on the whole.
He had a perfect resume and gave good 42 to her questions, 43 the fact that he never looked her in the eye said “untrustworthy”. Several days later, she decided to offer the job to her 44 choice. “It wasn’t until I 45 a diversity workshop that I realized the person we passed over was the perfect person,” Tiffany says. What she hadn’t known at that time was that that person behaved 46 was simply a cultural misunderstanding. He was an Asian-American 47 in a household where 48for those in authority was shown by averting (避开) your eyes.
“Attending the diversity workshop helped me 49 how much I could learn by simply asking questions and 50 dialogues with employees, 51 making assumptions and trying to be a know-it-all,” Miss Tiffany admits. “The biggest thing I 52 from the workshop is learning how to be more ‘inclusive(包容的)’ to 53 .”
“I was just thrown off by the lack of eye contact; not realizing it was cultural,” Tiffany says. “I missed out, but will not miss that opportunity again.”
Many of us have had similar problems with 54 we consider as different. As the world becomes smaller and our workplaces more diverse, it is becoming necessary to 55 our understanding of others and to reexamine some of our false assumptions.
36. A. replace B. remove C. refresh D. recover
37. A. of B. above C. over D. on
38. A. desperate B. responsible C. ready D. punctual
39. A. positions B. businesses C. conditions D. trades
40. A. girl B. opponent C. client D. candidate
41. A. disappointed B. excited C. worried D. annoyed
42. A. suggestions B. responses C. impressions D. comments
43. A. so B. and C. or D. but
44. A. first B. immediate C. second D. careless
45. A. closed B. started C. attended D. organized
46. A. politely B. carelessly C. skillfully D. differently
47. A. raised B. found C. treated D. adopted
48. A. concern B. envy C. respect D. sympathy
49. A. imagine B. realize C. predict D. expect
50. A. creating B. continuing C. practising D. directing
51. A. other than B. rather than C. more than D. less than
52. A. cut away B. put away C. gave away D. took away
53. A. misunderstandings B. shortcomings C. faults D. mistakes
54. A. behaviors B. words C. habits D. thoughts
55. A. ignore B. express C. limit D. expand
第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分, 满分30分）
Last week I was invited to a doctor’s
meeting at the Ruth Hospital for incurables. In one of the wards a patient, an old man, got up shakily from his bed and moved towards me. I could see that he hadn’t long to live, but he came up to me and placed his right foot close to mine on the floor.
“Frank!” I cried in astonishment. He couldn’t 36 , as I knew, but all the time pressing his foot against mine.
My 37 raced back more than thirty years ---to the 38 days of 1941, when I was a student in London. The place was air-raid shelter, in which I and about one hundred other people 39 every night. Two of the 40 were Mrs West and her son Frank.
41 wartime problems, we shelter-dwellers got to 42 each other very well. Frank West 43 me because he wasn’t 44 not even at birth. His mother told me he was 37 then, but he had less of a mind than a baby he has. His“ 45 ”considered of rough sounds---sounds of pleasure or anger---and 46 more. Mrs West, then about 75, was a strong, capable woman, 47 she had to be of course, because Frank 48 on her entirely. He needed all the 49 of a baby.
One night a policeman came and told Mrs West that her house had been flattened by a 500-pounder. She lost everything she owned.
50 that sort of thing happened, the rest of us helped the 51 ones. So before we 52 that morning, I stood 53 Frank and 54 my right foot against his. They were about the same size. That night, then, I took a pair of shoes to the shelter for Frank. But as soon as he saw me he came running and placed his right foot against mine. After that, his 55 to me was always the same.
36．A．answer B．speakC．smile D．laugh
37．A．mindsB．memories C．thoughts D．brains
38．A．better B．dark C．younger D．high
39．A．slept B．worked C．studied D．lived
40．A．customers B．regulars C．visitors D．mornbers
41．A．Discussion B．Solving C．Sharing D．Suffering
42．A．learn from B．talk to C．helpD．know
43．A．neededB．recognized C．interested D．encouraged
44．A．normal B．common C．unusual D．quick
45．A．word B．speech C．sentence D．language
46．A．notB．noC．something D．nothing
47．A．though B．yetC．asD．so
48．A．fedB．keptC．livedD．depended
49．A．attention B．control C．treatment D．management
50．A．WhileB．UntilC．UnlessD．When
51．A．lostB．unlucky C．angry D．unpopular
52．A．separated B．wentC．reunitedD．Returned
53．A．besideB．againstC．atD．on
54．A．pushB．triedC．showed D．measured
55．A．speaking B．greeting C．meeting D．Acting