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.
【小题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.
【小题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.
【小题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.
【小题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.

Get yourself up and make something of yourselfbuddy!”Though my mother has passed awayher words are as clear in my head today as when I was a boy

??? “Christ!”I said,“I have made something of myself. I want to sleep late as I like.”

??? “If theres one thing I cant standits a quitter.”Her voice in my head is more powerful than my will to refuseso I pull myself from bed

????? Before I was out of primary schoolmother could see I lacked the gifts for either making millions or winning the love of crowdsSo she began pushing me toward working with wordsWords ran in her familyThere seemed to be a word gene that passed down from her mothers grandfather·

The greatest proof was my mothers first cousin EdwinHe was the managing editor of the New York Times and had gained a name in his career

??? In 1947 1 graduated from Johns Hopkins and applied for a job with the Baltimore Sun as a police reporterIt paid30 a week When I complained the wage was shameful for a learned manmother refused to sympathize.“If you work hard at this job,”she said,“maybe you can make something of it.”

??? After a whileI was asked to cover diplomats(外交官)at various African embassies. Then

seven years later I was arranged by the Sun to cover the White Housea task that was as close to heaven as a journalist could getHoweverwhatever achievement of mine only seemed insignificant in her eyesUncle Edwins success was really annoying during my early years as a reporterWhat a thrillI thought

??? Thenout of my wildest childhood fantasythe Times came knockingIt was sad that Uncle Edwin had passed away by this timeIn 1979 I won the Pulitzer PrizeUnfortunatelymy mothers brain and health broke down the year beforeleaving her in a nursing homeout of touch with life forevermore She never knew of my Pulitzer

????? I can probably guess how shed have responded.“ Thats nicebuddyIt shows if you work handyou11 be able to make something of yourself one day,”

1.The first three paragraphs are intended to______

Adraw readersattention to the authors success

Bremind readers that the road to success is rough

Cserve as an introduction to the authors mother

Dexplain why the authors mother kept blaming him

2.The underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 probably means that tier families____

A. were gifted at language? Bnever broke their promise

C. were fond of reading ? D. stuck to their family belief

3.What can we learn about the author

AHe got a good salary working as a police reporter

BHe lived a rich life with his mother in his childhood

CIt was proud of her mother to see his winning the Pulitzer Prize

DIt was beyond his wildest dream that he could work for the Times

4.The author regards Uncle Edwins success as a thrill because______.

Ahe himself was less smart than Uncle Edwin

Bhis mothers family thought Uncle Edwin to be a good reporter

Cfew reporters can become the managing editor of the New York Times

DUncle Edwin spared no effort to get the Pulitzer Prize at the cost of his life

 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

 

完成句子(共10小题,满分10分)

根据句意,在空格处填入适当的单词使句意完整,每空只能填一个词,请将该部分答案写在答题纸上。

86. 杂技演员走钢丝时, 观众都屏住了呼吸。

The audience ___________ its/their ____________as the acrobat walked along the tightrope.

87. 我期待暑假见到你。

I’m __________ ___________ to seeing you this summer vacation.   

88. 你会知道她是个信守诺言的女孩。

You’ ll find that she is a girl who always ___________ her ___________.

89. 他们很年轻的时候,就开始谋生了。

They began to___________ their ____________ when they were very young.

90.她说她八点在这等我,但现在九点了,她还没出现。

She told me she would meet me here at 8:00. But it is 9 o’clock now and she still hasn’t _____     ___    __ yet.

91. 考试作弊必予追究。

If you cheat in the exam, you'll never                       with it.

92. 这本词典不久就要出版。

The dictionary will be published _________ _________.

93. 经过长时间的讨价还价,我妻子终于把那件裙子的价钱砍了下来。

After bargaining for a long time, my wife succeeded in       ___________the price of the dress.

94.所有认识他的人都羡慕他取得诺贝尔化学奖。

All those who knew him          him            his winning the Nobel Prize for chemistry.

95.他们都是由那位老人养育成人的。

They were all                     by that old man.

 

完型填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)

阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上涂黑。

Back in the 15th century, in a tiny village in Germany, lived a family with eighteen children.Eighteen! In order  36   to keep food on the table, the father, a goldsmith by  37  , worked almost eighteen hours a day at his trade.Despite their seemingly   38   condition, two of the eldest children had a dream.They both wanted to pursue their talent for art,  39   they knew well that their father would never be able to  40   either of them to study at the Academy.

After many long discussions at night in their  41   bed, the two boys finally worked out a pact.They would toss (掷) a coin.The   42   would go down into the nearby mines and, with his earnings,   43   his winning brother for the academy.Then, in four years, he would support the Other one.Then Albrecht Durer won the toss and  44  to Nuremberg.Albert went down into the dangerous mines and, for the next four years,   45  his brother, whose work at the academy was almost an immediate sensation.By the time he graduated, he was beginning to   46  considerable fees for himself.

When the young artist   47   home and said to his brother, "And now, Albert, blessed brother of mine, now it is your   48   . Now you can go to the Academy to pursue your dream, and I will  49   you."

Albert rose and wiped the  50   from his cheeks."No, brother.I cannot go to Nuremberg.It is too  51   for me.Look…look what four years in the mines have done to my 52   ! I cannot even hold a glass, much less make delicate lines on canvas   53   a pen or a brush."

More than 450 years have  54 .By now, among Albrecht Durer's hundreds of masterful portraits, "The Praying Hands" is one  55   creation that can catch the world's hearts.

1.A.merely     B.fully                    C.completely    D.entirely

2..A.heart    B.method                   C.profession    D.words

3..A.demanding  B.promising       C.hopeless      D.careless

4..A.so       B.and                       C.however      D.but

5..A.study      B.send                   C.give         D.offer

6..A.separated    B.crowded               C.new          D.unusual

7..A.winner       B.loser                 C.old          D.younger       

8..A.support      B.advertise      C.expect       D.require              

9..A.flew away        B.went off   C.set aside    D.left behind

10..A.deserved     B.desired        C.financed     D.envied

11..A.spend    B.save                     C.draw          D.earn

12..A.arrived      B.regained             C.returned       D.got

13..A.turn      B.time                   C.top            D.fate

14..A.take charge of  B.make up for C.make use of          D.take care of

15..A.smiles     B.sweats         C.tears                    D.hints

16..A.late       B.nervous                C.tiring          D.tense

17..A.eyes       B.hands                  C.pictures        D.mines

18..A.in         B.of                     C.upon            D.with

19..A.passed    B.kept                    C.remembered       D.changed

20.A.strange     B.touching               C.wonderful      D.mysterious

                       

 

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