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  3. [originaltext] (l)The first of the 2015 Nobel Prizes has been announced. Sw

[originaltext] (l)The first of the 2015 Nobel Prizes has been announced. Sw

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(l)The first of the 2015 Nobel Prizes has been announced. Sweden’s Nobel Prize committee says the Nobel Prize for medicine will go to scientists from Ireland, Japan and China.
    William Campbell from Ireland and Satoshi Omura from Japan share the prize for their discovery of the drug avermectin. The Nobel committee praised their work on what it calls a "novel therapy." The treatment fights infections caused by roundworm parasites. The prize for medicine is also going to Chinese researcher Tu Youyou. She discovered artemisinin. Artemisinin is a drug that has sharply lowered the number of people who die from malaria.
     (2)The committee said the discoveries have given the world powerful new ways to fight two powerful diseases. It said those diseases affect hundreds of millions of people every year. The committee added that, "The consequences in terms of improved human health and reduced suffering are immeasurable."
1. What is the news report mainly about?
2. What does the committee say about the three scientists’ discoveries?
选项 A、The Nobel Prize for Chemistry.
B、The Nobel Prize for Literature.
C、The Nobel Prize for Medicine.
D、The Nobel Prize for Peace.
答案 C
解析 新闻的主旨大意一般出现在新闻的开头。由新闻首句可知，本则新闻主要是关于公布2015年首个诺贝尔奖项。瑞典诺贝尔评审委员会表示，诺贝尔医学奖将授予给来自爱尔兰、日本和中国的三位科学家。
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