2019高考英语一轮选训习题 Unit 4 Pygmalion（含解析）新人教版选修8

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1、选修8　Unit4　Pygmalion一、阅读理解ATheSwedishAcademythatawardstheNobelPrizehasapparentlystillbeenunabletocontactBobDylanabouthisacceptanceofthehonour.OnThursday,DylangaveaconcertinLasVegasanddidn'tmentionthefactthathehadjustwontheworld'smosthonouredliteraryaward.Hedidn'tacknowle

2、dgeitonFridaywhenheperformedinCoachella,either.InarecentinterviewwithTheTelegraph,hesaidthathe'd“absolutely”attendtheceremony“ifit'satallpossible”，andhefinallycalledtheAcademytoaccepttheprizethoughlaterhewroteapersonallettertotheAcademy,whichsaidhewouldnotreceivetheawar

3、dinpersonattheDecemberceremonyinStockholm.ButwhatwouldhappenifDylanhadcontinuedtoscreentheAcademy'scalls?JeanPaulSartreistheonlyknownwinneroftheNobelPrizeinLiteraturetohavedeclinedtheawardvoluntarily;hehadwrittenalettertothemitteein1964askingnottobeconsideredatall,butth

4、esewerethedaysbeforeemail,andtheletterarrivedwhentheyhadalreadydecidedtogiveittohimthatyear.Sartrebelievedeveryindividualisresponsibleforcreatingapurposefortheirlife.Byacceptingtheprize,Sartrewouldhavetoassociatehimselfwiththeinstitutionthathonouredhim.“Itisnotthesameth

5、ingifIsignJeanPaulSartreorifIsignJeanPaulSartre,NobelPrizewinner，”heplained.“Awritermustrefusetoallowhimselftobetransformedintoaninstitution(名流),evenifittakesplaceinthemosthonourableform.”Otherwritershavedeclineditbecausetheyfearedpersecution(迫害).TheSovietwriterAleksand

6、rSolzhenitsyndidnottraveltoStockholmforhisceremonyin1970,becausehewasconcernedthattheSovietUnionwouldnotallowhimtoreturnafterwards.ThemitteerefusedSolzhenitsyn'srequestforapublicceremonyattheSwedishEmbassyinMoscow,soheinitiallyturneddowntheprize,butformallyaccepteditin1

7、974afterhewasexiled(放逐)．Butwhileitispossibletorefusetoaccepttheprizemoney,itisn'tpossibletorefusethetitle.AccordingtothestatutesoftheNobelFoundation,NobelPrizescannoteverbereturned.【文章大意】　本文讲述的是2016诺贝尔文学奖的获得者BobDylan最初忽视自己获得诺贝尔奖的事实，并列举了其他拒绝诺贝尔奖的作家。如果拒绝接受诺贝尔奖，会发生什么呢？【难句分

8、析】OnThursday,DylangaveaconcertinLasVegasanddidn'tmentionthefactthathehadjustwontheworld'smosthonouredliterarya