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  3. Teaching and Learning Medicine Award Two scientists who have won praise for research into the growth of cancer cells could b

Teaching and Learning Medicine Award Two scientists who have won praise for research into the growth of cancer cells could b

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问题                 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 Blackburn and American Carol Greider have already won a series of medical【C1】______for their enzyme(酶)research and experts say they could be among the front-runners for a Nobel.
    Only seven women have【C2】______the medicine prize since the first Nobel Prizes were【C3】______ out in 1901. The last female winner was U. S. researcher Linda Buck in 2004, who【C4】______the prize with Richard Axel.
    Among the pair’ s possible 【C5】______are Frenchman Pierre Chambon and Americans Ronald Evans and Elwood Jensen, who 【C6】______up the field of studying proteins called nuclear hormone receptors(核激素受体).
    As usual, the award committee is giving no【C7】______about who is in the running before presenting its decision in a news conference at Stockholm’s Karolinska Institute.
    Alfred Nobel, the Swede who【C8】______dynamite(炸药), established the prizes in his will in the 【C9】______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 【C10】______winners, but medicine winners are typically 【C11】______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【C12】______research but he did not think winning it was the primary goal for scientists.
    "Individual researchers probably don’t【C13】______at themselves as potential Nobel Prize winners when they’re【C14】______work," Jornvall told the Associated Press. "They get their kicks from their research and their interest in how life【C15】______. "
【C5】
选项 A、rivals
B、matches
C、counterparts
D、partners
答案A
解析 此处表示诺贝尔奖项的两组竞争者，故用单词rival，意思是“竞争者”。match相配的人，对手；counterpart职位或作用相当的人或物；partner搭档。
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