Chinese writer Mo Yan won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature，the Swedish Academy

(瑞典文學院) announced on October 11．Mo Yan，the first Chinese to win the prize，said that he was“surprised”and“delighted’’at his winning．

Mo Yan．whose real name is Guan Moye(管謨業)，was born in 1955，in Gaomi County in Shandong province to a family of farmers，in Dalan Township．As a twelve-year-old boy, he left school to work during the Cultural Revolution，first in agriculture，later in a factory．In 1976，he joined the People’s Liberation Army，and began writing while he was still a soldier．In 1984，he was given a chance to learn at the Department of Literature in the PLA Academy of Art and Literature，where he published(出版)his first novel，A Transparent Radish(1984)．In 1991，he got a Master’s degree in Literature from Beijing Normal University．

Many of his novels are set in his hometown，including his best known work，Red Sorghum. The novel was made into an Oscar-nominated film by director ZhangYimou in 1987．Some of his works have been translated into English，French，Japanese and many other languages．

After learning that he had won the prize，Mo thanked his hometown for inspiring him．During a television interview he said that he was very thankful to the land where he grew up and that he goes back there every year．

39. From the passage we can know that MoYan’s parents were　　　　　　 .

A. workers　　　 　　 B. teachers　　　　　　　　　 C. farmers 　　　　　 　D. soldiers

40．What does the underlined word“delighted”refer to?

A. interested　 　　　　 B. pleased　　　　　　　　　　 C. moved 　　　　　　 　D. boring

41．Mo Yan didn’t finish school because 　　　　　　　 .

A. the war broke out　　　　　　　　　 B. the Cultural Revolution took place

C. he was asked to join the army　　　　 D. he had to work in the countryside

42．From the passage we can know that 　　　　　.

A. the novel, Red Sorghum，was made into an Oscar-nominated film

B. Mo Yan became a soldier of the People’s Liberation Army in 1984

C. Mo Yan’s first novel，A Transparent Radish，came out in 1991

D. Mo Yan was very thankful to the Swedish Academy

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