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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(核激素受體).

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(炸藥) 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

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