The Old Man and the Sea and many other novels ______ Ernest Hemi

The Old Man and the Sea and many other novels ______ Ernest Hemingway the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954.
A、earned
B、gained
C、awarded
D、claimed
【正确答案】:A
【题目解析】:earn 挣得;gain 获得;award 授予;claim 宣称句意:《老人与海》和其他许多小说使欧内斯特·海明威赢1954年的诺贝尔文学奖。earn不仅仅有赚钱的意思,还有"通过努力为某人夺得/赢得某物"的意思