Mo Yan, the winner of this year’s Nobel Prize for Literature, said he is not sure about whether he is happy after winning the prize.
In an interview with China Central Television broadcast on Sunday night, Mo said “I don't know,” when a reporter asked if he was happy.“Happiness means a healthy body and a total absence of mental burdens, but now I’m under high pressure and bothered by worries. Can I say that I'm happy?” he said. “But if I say I'm not happy, people will consider that I'm striking a pose. How could you be unhappy after winning the Nobel Prize?”
Mo, born into a farmer’s family in East China’s Shandong province, As a 12-year-old during the Cultural Revolution he left school to work, first in agriculture, later in a factory. In 1976 he joined the People’s Liberation Army and during this time began to study literature and write. His first short story was published in a literary journal in 1981.
“In his writing, Mo Yan draws on his youthful experiences and on settings in the province of his birth. This is apparent in his novel Hong gaoliang jiazu (1987, in English Red Sorghum 1993),” said the academy in a statement of Mo’s biography. Red Sorghum was successfully filmed in 1987, directed by famous Chinese director Zhang Yimou.
Mo won the Nobel Prize for Literature, which is worth $1.2 million, on Oct 11 for his “hallucinatory realism” which merges “folk tales, history and the contemporary”. Dozens of his works have been translated into English, French and Japanese and many other languages.
He is the first Chinese citizen to win the prize.The award sparked strong interest about contemporary Chinese literature among the public, and his books have been flying off the shelves in many bookstores across the country.
【小題1】The followings are TRUE except_____________.

A.He has won about 8 million yuan.
B.His works are all about farmers.
C.He has a big influence on Chinese contemporary literature.
D.Reporters have interviewed him about his winning.
【小題2】From the passage we can know__________.
A.He won the prize because of his story Red Sorghum.
B.He wanted to become a writer when he was very young.
C.Mo Yan’s works have been translated into Russian.
D.Mo Yan was born in a farmer family.
【小題3】What is Paragraph Three mainly about ?
A.His different work.B.His early life.
C.He switched over to literature.D.His family and hometown.
【小題4】What can we infer from the passage?
A.Mo Yan is very happy to win the Nobel Prize.
B.More and more readers are buying Mo’s books to read in China.
C.Winning the Nobel Prize is not easy.
D.Mo Yan won the prize with the help of Zhang Yimou.


【小題1】B
【小題2】D
【小題3】B
【小題4】B

解析試題分析:這篇文章主要介紹了中國(guó)獲諾貝爾文學(xué)獎(jiǎng)第一人莫言的成長(zhǎng)經(jīng)歷及他的獲獎(jiǎng)作品。
【小題1】根據(jù)Mo won the Nobel Prize for Literature, which is worth $1.2 million, on Oct 11 for his “hallucinatory realism” which merges “folk tales, history and the contemporary”,故選B。
【小題2】根據(jù)Mo, born into a farmer’s family in East China’s Shandong province。 故選D。
【小題3】第三自然段主要講了莫言的成長(zhǎng)經(jīng)歷,B項(xiàng)為正確答案。
【小題4】根據(jù)He is the first Chinese citizen to win the prize.The award sparked strong interest about contemporary Chinese literature among the public, and his books have been flying off the shelves in many bookstores across the country.
故選B。
考點(diǎn):人物傳記閱讀理解。
點(diǎn)評(píng):要想答好題目,重在理解全文意思。這篇文章非常簡(jiǎn)單,先看問(wèn)題,再帶著問(wèn)題讀短文,找出各段落的主旨句,理解全文內(nèi)容,總結(jié)全文中心,然后再回到問(wèn)題上來(lái),很容易選出正確答案。

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