Neatly putting an emphasis on his storytelling skill is how writer Mo Yan began his Nobel Lecture in Literature speech, “Storyteller”, on Friday （Saturday, Beijing time） in Stockholm.

For 40 minutes he talked about his mother’s   36  on him as a person and a writer, his literary inspirations, and how he   37  with the controversy（争论）that followed the announcement of his Nobel victory.

He told his audience that as a boy he told stories to cheer up his mother, and   38  that poverty and loneliness fueled his imagination as a writer after he grew up.   39 , authors such as William Faulkner and Gabriel Garcia Marquez   40  him, he said, especially their bold and unlimited writing style.

“A person should be   41  in daily life, but follow one’s instinct（本能）and take control when it   42  to literary creation.”

He said the soul of   43  all of his works is the boy in Transparent Carrot who has an almost superhuman ability to bear   44 . He added that he also tried to make his hometown of Gaomi in Shandong Province a microcosm（缩影）of China and even the   45 .

His greatest challenge, he said, was writing novels that deal with   46  realities.

“In writing about the dark aspects of society there is a（n）  47  that emotions and anger allow politics to limit literature.”

He said literature must be   48  on real life but go beyond it.

He also mentioned the   49  surrounding his selection as Nobel winner, saying he was showered with many flowers.   50  he was a target for “stone throwers”.

“At first I thought I was the   51  of the controversies, but over time I’ve come to realize that the real target was a person who had   52  to do with me.”

Mo   53  his lecture by saying he was made to feel like an actor in a play with all the attention he was   54 , but he had decided that the best way to communicate his thoughts was to   __55  writing.

1.                A．affection        B．influence       C．occasion  D．position

 

2.                A．agreed         B．fought          C．dealt D．did

 

3.                A．added          B．warned         C．reminded D．imagined

 

4.                A．However       B．Otherwise       C．Therefore D．Besides

 

5.                A．preserved      B．inspired        C．entertained   D．taught

 

6.                A．confident       B．certain         C．comfortable   D．modest

 

7.                A．goes           B．comes          C．turns D．gets

 

8.                A．nearly          B．hardly          C．scarcely  D．always

 

9.                A．danger         B．suffering        C．relieving  D．happiness

 

10.               A．city            B．village          C．world D．province

 

11.               A．social          B．economical      C．agricultural D．cultural

 

12.               A．encouragement  B．danger         C．advantage D．event

 

13.               A．insisted        B．spent          C．based D．passed

 

14.               A．contradiction    B．contest         C．contrary   D．controversy

 

15.               A．Meanwhile      B．Otherwise      C．However  D．Instead

 

16.               A．goal           B．intention       C．target D．purpose

 

17.               A．somebody      B．anything        C．nothing   D．anybody

 

18.               A．adopted        B．concluded      C．admitted  D．concerned

 

19.               A．throwing       B．accepting       C．offering   D．receiving

 

20.               A．carry on        B．take on         C．bring out  D．put out

 

 

I break off a piece of candy and take pleasure in its sweet outside and the bitter, dark chocolate inside, thinking of my own life. Being raised by a single parent was a bitter-sweet 36 , which gave me motivation and ambition.

There were several years that have left a(n)  37   bitter taste in my mouth —those when my mother married a man and moved my sister, Emily, and me several states away from our hometown. The first few months were  38  : baseball games, family trips to the mall, dinners and movies together. Then things changed. Baseball became too expensive, and trips to the mall were  39  by days Emily and I spent isolated (孤立的) in our rooms under our stepfather’s    40   . Moreover, screaming matches between him and our mother always  41  dinner. We spent five years living in a family that had  42  a war zone. Emily and I almost grew used to this situation . Then one evening, after another argument had erupted , we left home. I was 14, my sister 11, and we were  43  .A friend of my mother let us stay with her.

Instead of focusing on our economic instability, my mother selflessly pushed me to struggle for success. She wanted me to lead a more  44  life than hers. She worked long hours every night to pay her bills.  45   , she would find time to read and play with Emily and me. Mom taught me the  46  of perseverance (坚持不懈) and education. We finally settled in Texas. And now, writing this essay with my favorite candy close at hand, I realize my family and I are at the best points of our lives. I haven’t let the trying times stop me from making  47   , both academically and personally. I know that a bitter environment can provide good learning experiences, and that success, even more than candy, is the sweetest treat of all.

1.A. behavior                B. habit                    C. activity                  D. experience

2.A. hardly                        B. extremely      C. potentially           D. Gently

3.A. sweet                    B. bitter                     C. boring                  D. terrible

4.A. concerned           B. associated    C. accompanied       D. replaced

5.A. sympathy              B. reminder    C. orders                  D. requests

6.A. separated             B. interrupted           C. harmed                 D. Adjusted

7.A. turned into           B. turned up     C. turned down        D. turned on

8.A. homeless             B. lucky                      C. educated              D. wealthy

9.A. interesting      B. comfortable    C. simple                  D. typical

10.A. Instead              B. Otherwise      C. Meanwhile          D. Therefore

11.A. value                 B. cost                C. price                               D. theme

12.A. emotions                    B. expectations           C. fortunes                        D. achievements

 

I break off a piece of candy and take pleasure in its sweet outside and the bitter, dark chocolate inside, thinking of my own life. Being raised by a single parent was a bitter-sweet 36 , which gave me motivation and ambition.

There were several years that have left a(n)  37   bitter taste in my mouth —those when my mother married a man and moved my sister, Emily, and me several states away from our hometown. The first few months were  38  : baseball games, family trips to the mall, dinners and movies together. Then things changed. Baseball became too expensive, and trips to the mall were  39  by days Emily and I spent isolated (孤立的) in our rooms under our stepfather’s    40   . Moreover, screaming matches between him and our mother always  41  dinner. We spent five years living in a family that had  42  a war zone. Emily and I almost grew used to this situation . Then one evening, after another argument had erupted , we left home. I was 14, my sister 11, and we were  43  .A friend of my mother let us stay with her.

Instead of focusing on our economic instability, my mother selflessly pushed me to struggle for success. She wanted me to lead a more  44  life than hers. She worked long hours every night to pay her bills.  45   , she would find time to read and play with Emily and me. Mom taught me the  46  of perseverance (坚持不懈) and education. We finally settled in Texas. And now, writing this essay with my favorite candy close at hand, I realize my family and I are at the best points of our lives. I haven’t let the trying times stop me from making  47   , both academically and personally. I know that a bitter environment can provide good learning experiences, and that success, even more than candy, is the sweetest treat of all.

36. A. behavior                 B. habit              C. activity            D. experience

37. A. hardly                B. extremely          C. potentially        D. Gently

38. A. sweet            B. bitter                C. boring             D. terrible

39. A. concerned     B. associated         C. accompanied           D. replaced

40 A. sympathy               B. reminder          C. orders             D. requests

41. A. separated              B. interrupted        C. harmed            D. Adjusted

42. A. turned into     B. turned up          C. turned down     D. turned on

43. A. homeless              B. lucky               C. educated                 D. wealthy

44. A. interesting         B. comfortable       C. simple             D. typical

45. A. Instead                B. Otherwise    C. Meanwhile       D. Therefore

46. A. value            B. cost            C. price                       D. theme

47. A. emotions             B. expectations        C. fortunes                 D. achievements