第六部分：完形填空

　　阅读下面的短文，文中有15处空白，每处空白给出了4个选项，请根据短文的内容从4个选项中选择1个最佳答案。

　　Teaching and Learning Medicine Award

　　Two scientists who have won praise for research into the growth of cancer cells could be candidates for the Nobel prize in medicine when the 2008 winners are presented on Monday , kicking off six days of Nobel announcements.

　　Australian-born U.S. citizen Elizabeth Blackbum and American Carol Greider have already won a series of medical________(51)for their enzyme(酶)research and experts say they could be among the front-runners for a Nobel.

　　Only seven women have_______(52)the medicine prize since the first Nobel prizes were________(53) out in 1901. The last female winner was U.S. researcher Linda Buck in 2004, who_______(54)the prize with Richard Axel.

　　Among the pair’s possible_______(55)are Frenchman Piene Chambon and Americans Ronald Evans and Elwood Jensen, who_________(56) up the field of studying proteins called nuclear hormone receptors(核激素受体).

　　As usual,the award committee is giving no_________(57) about who is in the running before presenting its decision in a news conference at Stockholm’s Karolinska institute.

　　Alfred Nobel, the Swede who__________(58) dynamite(炸药) established the prizes in his will in the__________(59) of medicine, physics, chemistry, literature and peace.The economics prize is technically not a Nobel but a 1968 creation of Sweden’s central bank.

　　Nobel left few instructions on how to_________(60) winners, but medicine winners are typically__________(61) for a specific breakthrough rather than a body of research.

　　Hans Jornvall, secretary of the medicine prize committee, said the 10 million kronor(瑞典克朗) prize encourages_________(62) research but he did not think winning it was the primary goal for scientists.

　　“Individual researchers probably don’t__________(63) at themselves as potential Nobel Prize winners when they’re__________(64) work,” Jornvall told the Associated Press. They get their kicks from their research and their interest in how life___________(65).

　　51. A. signs B. Claims C. deals D. honors

　　52. A. lost B. taken C.won D. snatched

　　53. A. Handed B. Shouted C. read D. delivered

　　54. A. had B .received C. shared D. collected

　　55. A. rivals B. matches C. counterparts D. partners

　　56. A. backed B. opened C. picked D. worked

　　57. A. proposals B. suggestions C. ideas D. hints

　　58. A. saw B. discovered C. invented D. heard

　　59. A. groups B. divisions C. samples D. categories

　　60. A. find B. select C. locate D. search

　　61. A. awarded B. sent C. invited D .demanded

　　62. A. ordinary B. historical C. ongoing D. groundbreaking

　　63. A. regard B. laugh C. look D. smile

　　64. A. on B. for C. with D. at

　　65. A. means B. passes C. functions D. rises

　　答案：

　　51-55 DCACA

　　56-60 BDCDB

　　61-65 ADCDC