图书这个话题是一个老生常谈的话题了，也属于文化的重要部分。今天讲的是关于“图书奖”（book prizes）。

老夏考研“每日一题”选自《卫报》文章标题为The Guardian view on book prizes: the more the merrier”（《卫报》对图书奖的看法是:多多益善）。

今天给的这种题型，如果能够作对，一定给自己狠狠点赞哟。 ……

【题目】In the following part immediately after this text, the author will most probably focus on _____.

[A] the influence of a literary prize of the Booker.

[B]the reasons for the prestige of the Booker.

[C] the distinctiveness of other book prizes.

[D] the emergence of nerw book prizes.

【试题】

①Once upon a time there was only one truly heavy-hitting literary prize in Britain – the Booker. ②Founded in 1969, it most forcefully made the cultural atmosphere in the 1980s and 1990s, when a succession of celebrated authors, such as Salman Rushdie, Kazuo Ishiguro and AS Byatt, reached vast new audiences through the award. ③Times have changed. ④Questionable decisions have seen the Booker lose some of its prestige. ⑤The organisers’ decision to make American books eligible, while logical in many ways, has robbed the prize of its old, albeit somewhat bizarre, distinctiveness. ⑥But its slipping down the cultural pecking order is not necessarily to be mourned, since it also reflects another phenomenon: a growing diversity of book prizes.

【参考译文】

①Once upon a time there was only one truly heavy-hitting literary prize in Britain – the Booker. 从前，英国只有一个真正重量级的文学奖 —— 布克奖（Booker）。②Founded in 1969, it most forcefully made the cultural atmosphere in the 1980s and 1990s, when a succession of celebrated authors, such as Salman Rushdie, Kazuo Ishiguro and AS Byatt, reached vast new audiences through the award. 该奖项成立于1969年，在20世纪80年代和90年代最有力地营造了文化氛围，当时Salman Rushdie、 Kazuo Ishiguro和AS Byatt等著名作家纷纷通过该奖项获得了大量新读者。

③Times have changed. 时过境迁。

④Questionable decisions have seen the Booker lose some of its prestige. 有问题的决定使布克奖失去了一些声望。

⑤The organisers’ decision to make American books eligible, while logical in many ways, has robbed the prize of its old, albeit somewhat bizarre, distinctiveness. 组织者决定让美国书籍有资格参赛，这尽管在很多方面是合乎逻辑的，但这一决定让该奖项失去了悠久独特之处（虽然有些古怪）。

⑥But its slipping down the cultural pecking order is not necessarily to be mourned, since it also reflects another phenomenon: a growing diversity of book prizes. 它在文化等级上的下滑也不一定值得哀悼，因为它也反映了另一种现象：图书奖的日益多样化。

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考研英语除了考查知识点之外，还注重考查考生的思辨能力,即概念理解能力，逻辑推测能力以及概括能力。鉴于此，“每日一题”以段落的形式出现（这样为理解提供充分的语境），题目设计的目的主要帮助你既巩固所学知识（knowledge）又提高思辨能力（critical skills）。相信能成为你达到“事半功倍”复习效果的助手。

我们选择的外刊是考研命题的高频题源外刊，而且都是近期的最新文章。老夏按照考试的要求对文章进行了改写，以让朋友们“轻装上阵”。

你在学习时无需投入太多的时间和精力，更无需照抄文本。只要做题，搞懂“大意”就可以了（当然，欲夺高分者多花一些精力也无妨）。注意带“*”是超纲单词。

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