Task 1: Cloze News
British playwright Harold Pinter, a master of sparse dialogue and menacing silences who has been an outspoken critic of the U.S.-led war in Iraq, was the surprise __winner__ of the Nobel literature prize on Thursday. The 75-year-old Londoner, __son__ of a Jewish dressmaker, is one of Britain’s best-known dramatists for plays __like__ The Birthday Party and The Caretaker, whose mundane dialogue with sinister undercurrents gave rise to the adjective “Pinteresque”.
An intimidating presence with bushy eyebrows and a rich voice, he was __described__ by Swedish Academy head Horace Engdahl, who __presented__ the prize, as “the towering figure” in English drama in the second half of the 20th century.
Pinter told Reuters Television he was overwhelmed by the __news__: “I haven’t had time to think about it __but__ I am very, very moved. It was something I did not __expect__ at all at any time.\
British playwright Harold Pinter, a master of sparse dialogue and menacing silences who has been an outspoken critic of the U.S.-led war in Iraq, was the surprise __winner__ of the Nobel literature prize on Thursday. The 75-year-old Londoner, __son__ of a Jewish dressmaker, is one of Britain’s best-known dramatists for plays __like__ The Birthday Party and The Caretaker, whose mundane dialogue with sinister undercurrents gave rise to the adjective “Pinteresque”.
An intimidating presence with bushy eyebrows and a rich voice, he was __described__ by Swedish Academy head Horace Engdahl, who __presented__ the prize, as “the towering figure” in English drama in the second half of the 20th century.
Pinter told Reuters Television he was overwhelmed by the __news__: “I haven’t had time to think about it __but__ I am very, very moved. It was something I did not __expect__ at all at any time.\
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