Among his later works, the most outstanding is The Old Man and the Sea (1952), which became perhaps his most famous book, finally winning him the Pulitzer Prize he had long been 18 .
答案：(D) denied
過去分詞 denied，被動語意「他長期以來一直『無法獲得』的普立茲獎」（he had long been denied the Pulitzer Prize）；planned（被計畫）、achieved（被達成，語意方向不合，如果已經achieved就不需要「finally winning」這個轉折）、examined（被審查）都不合。
本題大考中心未公布逐題答對率，以下不談數據，只談觀念。
四個選項都是過去分詞，而「終於贏得他長久以來一直……的普立茲獎」這一句，如果沒讀出 finally（終於）背後的意思，很容易挑到 achieved（達成）。但如果早就達成了，就不會有「終於」兩個字。
四個選項都是過去分詞，可見這一格考的是語意。先把整句讀完：The Old Man and the Sea (1952) ... became perhaps his most famous book, finally winning him the Pulitzer Prize he had long been ___.（The Old Man and the Sea（老人與海）成了他最著名的作品，終於為他贏得那座他長久以來一直……的普立茲獎。）關鍵在 finally（終於）與 had long been（長久以來一直是）——兩個字合起來的意思是：他很久都沒得到，直到這一次才拿到。所以空格要填的是「一直被拒於門外」，填 denied。be denied something 就是「被拒絕給予某物、一直得不到」（He was denied the chance. 他被剝奪了那個機會。）。還原一次：the Pulitzer Prize (that) he had long been denied——關係代名詞省略了，先行詞 the Pulitzer Prize 是 denied 的第二個受詞。
achieved（達成）：如果早就達成了，就不會有 finally winning him the Prize 這一句，前後矛盾。planned（計畫）：獎項不是他能計畫的東西。examined（審查）：語意不通，普立茲獎不是被他審查的對象。
be denied sth（被拒絕給予某物）、win sb a prize（為某人贏得獎項）、the Pulitzer Prize（普立茲獎）、be awarded the Nobel Prize（獲頒諾貝爾獎）、his most famous book（他最著名的作品）、outstanding（傑出的）。
Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) was an American author and journalist. His writing style, characterized by simplicity and understatement, influenced modern fiction, as 16 his life of adventure.
Hemingway started his career as a journalist at 17. In the 1920s, he was sent to Europe as a newspaper correspondent to 17 such events as the Greek Revolution. During this period, he produced his early important works, including The Sun Also Rises. Among his later works, the most outstanding is The Old Man and the Sea (1952), which became perhaps his most famous book, finally winning him the Pulitzer Prize he had long been 18 .
Hemingway liked to portray soldiers, hunters, bullfighters—tough, at times primitive people whose courage and honesty are set against the brutal ways of modern society, and who in this 19 lose hope and faith. His straightforward prose is particularly effective in his short stories, some of 20 are collected in Men Without Women (1927). In 1954, Hemingway was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. He died in Idaho in 1961.