SECTION C
Directions: Complete the following passage by using ONE word that best fits the context.
US President Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize on October 9 for   48   calls to reduce the world’s nuclear weapons and work   49   world peace.
Since taking office in January as the   50   African American president, Obama has called for the cutting of nuclear weapons and worked to restart the Middle East peace process.
The prize,   51   $ 1.4 million, will be handed over to Obama in Norway on December 10. Obama will also get a gold medal and a diploma.
The Nobel Committee said it attached special importance to Obama’s work for a world   52   nuclear weapons.
“Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama attracted the world’s   53   and given its people hope for   54   better future,” the Nobel Committee said.
55   people had guessed Obama might be the winner before the award, many Nobel watchers believed it was too early to award the president.