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  3. Tuesday sees the announcement of the Turner prize shortlist. One critic has described the prize as "bipolar", veering between go

Tuesday sees the announcement of the Turner prize shortlist. One critic has described the prize as "bipolar", veering between go

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问题     Tuesday sees the announcement of the Turner prize shortlist. One critic has described the prize as "bipolar", veering between good and bad years. Last year’s shortlist — which I was involved in selecting and judging — was well-received, after a widely criticized installment the year before. Will this year’s list live up to 2009’s, or will it outdo it? In other words, can the Turner have two good years in a row?
    It’s always fun to speculate about who will be shortlisted. I hope this year’s judges come up with some unexpected and exciting names — controversy, too, never goes amiss. But it’s not been a spectacular year for British art: there has been no equivalent to Roger Hiorns’s Seizure, which simply demanded to be considered. On the other hand, the usual suspects who might so easily have been on last year’s list are still around: don’t be surprised if the names Ryan Gander, Charles Avery or Susan Philipsz appear in the papers next week. Last year’s Turner exhibition featured no film or video for the first time in donkey’s years, so perhaps they will go the other way and select a video artist such as Hilary Lloyd or a filmmaker such as Rosalind Nashashibi.
    But actually, one British artist has genuinely made an impact this year. 12 months ago I wrote here that I had decided not to nominate Banksy for the Turner shortlist: some people seemed to think I had stopped him being on it and that he was being considered seriously by the rest of the jury. In fact, as far as I know, I was the only juror considering him. In the end, he didn’t seem to be doing much that was new — but this year it’s a different story. In the last 12 months his museum show in Bristol drew delighted crowds and his film Exit Through the Gift Shop revealed a humor about his own enterprise that contrasts wonderfully with the dull arrogance of a Hirst. So for my money Banksy should be on the Turner shortlist this year. It’s a no-brainer. I wonder if the jury will agree. We’ll know on Tuesday.
It can be inferred from the passage that the author was one of the______for Turner Prize last year.
选项 A、nominees
B、nominators
C、fans
D、winners
答案B
解析 推断题。从文中第一段作者提到“which I was involved in selecting and judging”，以及后文对历届候选人的评价，和对本届候选人的猜测，可以判断出作者是提名人之一，所以才能全程参与。
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