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The Nobel Prize is a mysterious incarnation of power and authority, an anointed ritual whose claims are accepted as part of the
The Nobel Prize is a mysterious incarnation of power and authority, an anointed ritual whose claims are accepted as part of the
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The Nobel Prize is a mysterious incarnation of power and authority, an anointed ritual whose claims are accepted as part of the order of things. The Nobel Prize is at once a relic of the past and a self-admiring mirror of our democratized, scientized, secularized modern culture. After a century of existence, the Nobel has become a problematic part of modern history: it helps shape our perception of ourselves for better or worse.
Like monarchy, the Nobel Prize surrounds itself with mystery and extraordinary secretiveness. Indeed, the media have more easily breached the privacy of the British royal family than that of the Nobel institution. The prizes present themselves as if handed down from eternity. But as even a cursory inspection will reveal, the juries that pick the laureates have often shown bias, lapses of judgment and bitter infighting. In the sciences, a number of quarrels, scandals, and even lawsuits have erupted over claims to priority or credit for collaborations honored by Nobles. And while widely admired, the science prizes have also been charged with swaying research goals and funding, however inadvertently, and more insidiously with corrupting scientific ambitions by the lure of Nobel fames. Such controversies, together with public dissent from several prizes, have been part of the Nobel history since its beginning. All prizes stir arguments; the Nobel’s fame simply magnifies this hugely.
The very glory and stature of the Nobel Prizes prompt some sharp questions. Should such high endeavors of the human spirit as science, literature, and peace be treated as competitions, however exalted? Should these priceless efforts be paid the enormous, though "honorary," price lavished on the winners? Would it matter if there never had been a Nobel Price? Or if it vanished tomorrow? The problem is that the prices are not merely awards and medals but are aspects of power woven into our lives: it was once and future Nobelists who built the nuclear bombs that still hang fatefully over us; Nobelists now play an important part in public and military policy.
It is also true that the Nobel Prizes show modern fame: the Nobel Prize pays honor to some of the highest human adventures in nature and matter, creativity and justice. Where else, moreover, can both the unfamed and the general public find a replacement for the authority and coherence, to whatever degree, the Nobel has come to possess? In a world and age as inwardly
fractured
as ours this is a question not lightly dismissed.
The probable title of this text is
选项
A、A mirror of Modern Culture.
B、Nobel and the Modern World.
C、The Authority of Nobel.
D、On the Glory of Nobel.
答案
D
解析
本文可能的标题是[A]现代文明的一面镜子。[B]诺贝尔奖和现代社会。[C]诺贝尔奖的权威性。[D]小议诺贝尔的光环。[D]“小议诺贝尔的光环”可以从文章的主要内容看出。[A]“现代文明的一面镜子”似乎太过笼统;[B]过于宽泛;[C]是文章的局部信息。故选[D]。
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考研英语一
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