1．The Nobel Prizes in physiology or medicine，physics and chemistry are the most respected prizes in science．But talk to scientists in private，and many will complain why （besides jealousy，perhaps） are some scientists unhappy with the Nobels？
One reason is that the committees can often be slow to recognize achievement．Alfred Nobel specified in his will that the prizes should reward work done in the previous year．But experience soon showed that this was risky，as medals were given out for discoveries that later proved questionable．So a degree of caution is probably advisable．Sometimes，though，it can lead to strange results．Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar，for instance，had to wait until 1983to win a prize for work he had done in the 1930s on the structure of stars．However，Albert Einstein never won a prize for his theory of relativity．Even though some pretty suggestive evidence had been produced by Arthur Eddington in 1919，relativity，which has later passed every experimental test ever thrown at it，was still considered somewhat risky and obscure．
Another criticism concerns the tradition that no more than three people can share a prize．Science is rarely this clear-cut．Take this year's physics prize，which recognised Peter Higgs for predicting the existence of the mass-bestowing particle that now bears his name．Dr Higgs was only one of several people with a claim．Two other teams----Rober Brout and Francois Englert，as well as Gerald Guralnik，Carl Hageh and Tom Kibble-----submitted papers on the same idea to the same journal that published Dr Higgs's work，all within a few months of each other．Science often works like this，with different people coming up with similar ideas at similar times．In the event，the committee decided to honour Dr Engler （Brout is dead，therefore unqualified），whose paper was earlier than Dr Higgs's but did not explicitly predict a particle，over Dr Guralnik and his collaborators，who were more comprehensive but published a few weeks later．
32．According to the passage why some of the scientists are unhappy with the Nobels？D
A．because usually the Nobels award work done in the previous year．
B．just because they envy those who have won the Nobles．
C．because different people often come up with similar ideas at similar times．
D．because the Nobles are quite possibly slow to recognize achievement
33．Who was it that received the Nobel Prize for physics this year？C
A．Carl Hageh and Tom Kibble
B．Gerald Guralnik，Carl Hageh
C．Peter Higgs and Francois Englert
D．Rober Brout and Francois Englert
34．Which of the following words has the closest meaning to"submitted"？C
A．surrendered
B．suggested
C．presented
D．provided
35．The passage is most probably coming fromA？
A．a(chǎn) magazine
B．a(chǎn) book review
C．a(chǎn) literature work
D．a(chǎn) science fiction．
分析 這篇文章講述了諾貝爾獎在科學(xué)領(lǐng)域是最受尊重的獎項，但是科學(xué)家對諾貝爾獎并不滿意，原因之一是委員會確認成就的速度很慢，另一項批評是關(guān)于諾貝爾獎的一項傳統(tǒng)規(guī)定，即三人或三人以上不得同時獲得一枚獎項．
解答 32．D 事實細節(jié)題 根據(jù)第二段One reason is that the committees can often be slow to recognize achievement．可知原因之一是委員會確認成就的速度很慢，故答案為D
33．C 事實細節(jié)題 根據(jù)第三段 Take this year's physics prize，which recognised Peter Higgs for predicting the existence of the mass-bestowing particle that now bears his name…Science often works like this，with different people coming up with similar ideas at similar times．In the event，the committee decided to honour Dr Engler 可知是Peter Higgs and Francois Englert今年過多了諾貝爾物理獎，故答案為C
34．C 詞義猜測題 根據(jù)Gerald Guralnik，Carl Hageh and Tom Kibble-----submitted papers on the same idea to the same journal that published Dr Higgs's work，all within a few months of each other．可知，submit是遞交的意思，故答案為C
35．A 推理判斷題 根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容可知講述了諾貝爾獎在科學(xué)領(lǐng)域是最受尊重的獎項，那么這篇文章很可能來自科學(xué)雜志，故答案為A
點評 閱讀理解題測試考生在閱讀基礎(chǔ)上的邏輯推理能力，要求考生根據(jù)文章所述事件的邏輯關(guān)系，對未說明的趨勢或結(jié)局作出合理的推斷；或根據(jù)作者所闡述的觀點理論，對文章未涉及的現(xiàn)象、事例給以解釋．考生首先要仔細閱讀短文，完整了解信息，準確把握作者觀點．
