MoYan'sNobelPrizeinLiteraturesoonarousedpubliccuriosityofthe57-year-oldChinesewriter:WhywasithethatwasfavoredbytheSwedishAcademy?Chinesemediaseemedtobe1assomejournalistswerereportedtobeontheirwayovernight

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Mo Yan's Nobel Prize in Literature soon aroused public curiosity of the 57-year-old Chinese writer: Why was it he that was favored by the Swedish Academy? Chinese media seemed to be 1 as some journalists were reported to be on their way overnight to Gaomi City, Shandong, Mo's 2  where he stayed with his family.
Born in 1955 into a rural family, Mo 3   out of school and became a farmer when he was a(n) 4 . He joined the military and devoted himself to 5 after Chinese literary circles started rethinking deeply the Cultural Revolution. 
Mo's novel "Big Breasts & Wide Hips" tells a story of a mother who struggled and suffered 6   and tangled (缠结的) fates with Chinese people in the 20th century. His more recent work "Frog" more directly 7 China's one-child family policy, which helped 8 the country's population explosion 9 brought tragedies to farmers in the past 60 years.
"I think the reason why I could win  the  10   is that my works present lives with unique Chinese 11 , and they also tell stories from a viewpoint of  12  human beings, which goes beyond differences of nations and races," Mo said to Chinese journalists. Mo also said many 13 arts originated from his hometown, such as clay sculpture, paper cuts, traditional new-year paintings, have 14 and influenced his novels.
Mo's prize may give powerful encouragement to the country's writers as the more 15 of Chinese lives their works are, the more possible they 16 as a world literature.
As the world's fast-developing country with a long history, China will 17 meet conflicts with western civilizations.18, the country faces internally a wide gap between the rich and the poor, 19 environment pollution and an aging population. Paying more attention to such 20 , Chinese writers may create more works that record the nation's journey to rejuvenation(复兴).With more Chinese writers like Mo, the world could learn a more real China. Perhaps, this is another reason for the Swedish Academy's choice. (words:338)
A.astonished
B.ashamed
C.embarrassed
D.disappointed
A.business
B.birthplace
C.bookstore
D.workplace
A.escaped
B.ran
C.dropped
D.moved
A.adult
B.citizen
C.parent
D.teenager
A.training
B.writing
C.farming
D.speaking
A.hardship
B.unemployment
C.disease
D.accident
A.adapted
B.supported
C.criticized
D.praised
A.destroy
B.cause
C.increase
D.control
A.and
B.but
C.or
D.so
A.prize
B.game
C.respect
D.profit
A.customs
B.institutions
C.characteristics
D.feelings
A.particular
B.usual
C.strange
D.common
A.advanced
B.elegant
C.folk
D.royal
A.inspired
B.interrupted
C.prevented
D.processed
A.imaginative
B.reflective
C.appreciative
D.productive
A.admire
B.arise
C.fail
D.lack
A.uncertainly
B.unbearably
C.unavoidably
D.unacceptably
A.Otherwise
B.Therefore
C.However
D.Meanwhile
A.worsening
B.softening
C.deepening
D.widening
A.suggestions
B.plans
C.arguments
D.problems

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