Question

Chinese writer Mo Yan won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2012.Mo,who was born in 1955 into a farmer’s family in Gaomi County in Shandong Province, is the first Chinese national to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. In his early years, life was not easy and he experienced hunger. These things have influenced Mo Yan’s later writings.

60?year?old Park Geun?hye(樸槿惠)was elected the new President of South Korean in December, 2012. She becomes the country’s first female head of state and her term will last five years from 2013. “I will become a president who puts people’s living before anything else.” She told the cheering people in central Seoul as the accepted her win. “I will keep my promises.”

Barack Obama (bom in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1961), who was elected the 44th President of the United States in 2008, has been elected again to a second term, fighting against Republican Challenger Mitt Romney. Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard I aw school. His father was from Kenya. And his mother was born in Wichita, Kansas.

1.What prize did Mo Yan win in 2012?

A. The first prize or Oscar

B. The Nobel Prize in Literature

C. The record in Guinness

D. The gold medal in Olympics

2.Park Geun-hye is years old in 2015?

A.60. B.61. C.62. D.63.

3.When was Barack Obama elected the 44thPresident of the United States?

A. In 1961. B. In 2015. C. In 2008. D. In 2012.

4.Which of the following is NOT true about the passage?

A. Mo Yan is the first Chinese national to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

B. Park Geun-hyc will lead South Korea till the year 2016.

C. Obama fought against his challenger Mitt Romney in the election.

D. Among the three persons, Park Geun-hye is the oldest.

5. The three passages may be from .

A. news B. a letter C. an e-mail C. an ad

Answer 1