课时提能练(三十一) 选修8 Unit 23 Conflict(A)
(对应学生用书第320页)
Ⅰ.阅读理解
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(2017·山东部分重点中学第一次调研)Music icon Bob Dylan will not attend the Nobel ceremony in December because he has other commitments，the Swedish Academy said on Wednesday.
“The Swedish Academy received a personal letter from Bob Dylan yesterday where he explained that he could not make himself available in December....” it said in a statement.
“He wishes that he could accept the award personally，but other commitments make it unfortunately impossible.He underlined that he felt incredibly honored by the Nobel Prize，”it added.The Swedish Academy said it respected Dylan's decision，but that it was “unusual”for a Nobel laureate not to come to Stockholm to accept the award in person.Nobel laureates are honored
