Writing a good story is not an easy task. What’s the secret? Mo Yan, last year’s Nobel Prize winner in literature, believes his success comes from a large amount of reading.
Mo was born into a farming family in a village in Shandong province. He grew up listening to folk stories about gods, spirits and foxes. Those stories later became the inspiration(灵感) for Mo’s writing.
Mo left school at the age of 12 and started to work in the fields.
Although he was tired after his daily hard work, Mo was always hungry for books. However, there were very few in the village. He read his older brother’s textbooks and even dictionaries. He helped others with farm work in exchange for books.
“When I finished reading all the books around, I thought I was the most knowledgeable man in the world,” he told Xinhua.
After Mo left his hometown and joined the army in 1976, he began to read widely, including works by Lu Xun and many other famous writers. He studied from these writers but did not copy them. Instead, he developed his own style. As the first Chinese citizen to win a Nobel Prize in literature, Mo told a group of reporters in his hometown shortly after he won the award. “I grew up in an environment filled with folk culture. It enters my novels whenever I pick up a pen. This has affected, even decided, my style.”
小题1:Mo Yan is from .
A．Shandong
B．Shanxi
C．Jiangsu
D．Guangdong小题2:Mo Yan developed his own style .
A．while listening to folk stories about gods, spirits and foxes.
B．during his daily hard work in the fields.
C．after he studied from many famous writers
D．when he won the Nobel Prize in literature小题3:Which of the following is wrong?
A．Mo Yan left school when he was very young.
B．Mo Yan read many books when he was very young.
C．Mo Yan was the most knowledgeable man in the world.
D．Mo Yan is the first Chinese citizen to win a Nobel Prize in literature.小题4:What can we learn from Mo Yan’s success?
A．Easier said than done.
B．Rome was not built in a day.
C．Well begun, half done.
D．The older, the wiser.
