第三部分  阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
      Playbill Thu, 24 Nov 2005 9:30A. M.PST(By John Nathan)
      Harold Pinter will not collect his Nobel Prize for Literature on Dec. 10 as planned because of health reasons.
     The playwright was due to travel to Stockholm to receive the world’s most famous literary award, but his publisher Stephen Page will make the journey instead.
     The dramatist, who has been recovering from cancer of the esophagus(食道), will however still deliver his planned lecture to she Swedish Academy on Dec.7, which is due to be broadcast live to British television audiences.
     Pinter is the first British playwright to win the Nobel Prize, worth $ 1.3 million. In recognition of both the award and his 75th birthday, a starry cast(党员阵容)of leading British actors is to perform a reading Pinter’s Celebration.
The event will be presented by the Gate Theatre Dublin at London’s Albery Theatre for three nights only from Dec.1 to 3.
Directed by Alan Stanford, the cast includes Sinead Cusack , Janie Dee, Michael Gambon, Jeremy Irons, Stephen Rea, Charles Dance and Penelope Wilton.
      For the reading of Celebration Gambon and Graham will take on the roles of the hard men and brothers Lambert and Matt who are married to two sisters, Julie and Prue, played by Wilton and Cusack respectively.
Set in a London restaurant, the title of the play refers to Lambert’s and Julie’s anniversary. Though often hilarious(热闹的), the piece has moments of unease.
　　Celebration received its world premiere(首演)at the Almeida in 2000 when it was directed by the author and presented along with the dramatist’s first play The Room, written 43 years earlier.
56. Which of the following statements is NOT mentioned?
A. Harold Pinter will not travel to Stockholm to collect his Nobel Prize for Literature on Dec.10.
B. Publisher Stephen Page will travel to Stockholm to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature instead of Pinter.
C. Pinter is the first British to win the Nobel Rrize.
D. Pinter’s play Celebration is set in a London restaurant.

57. Harold Pinter wrote his first play The Room when he was__________.
A.43         B.32         C.75           D.35

58. The part Penelope Wilton will play in Celebration is ________.
A. Lambert   B. Matt      C. Julie       D. Prue

59. What would be the best title for the passage?
A. Pinter will not attend this year’s Nobel Prize Ceremony.
B. Celebration is to be performed by a of leading British actors.
C. Pinter will still deliver his planned lecture to the Swedish Academy.
D. Celebration received its world premiere at the Almeida in 2000.

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