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
-----Have you heard that he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature last year?
---- ________. He has made a positive contribution to that field.
A．Congratulations! B．You must be joking.
C．By no means! D．He deserves it.
Some lawyers have long called for changes to these laws which they think are ___ in the 21 st Century.
A．in place B．on the way C．by the way D．out of place
--Still remember the first time we met in the railway station?
--Of course. You ________ for the train to Shanghai.
A．had waited B．have waited C．were waiting D．waited
China’s Beidou global satellite navigation system will have been completed by 2020, ________ of more than 30 satellites.
A．consisting B．consisted C．to consist D．consists
It was in the small house ________ was destroyed by the flood ________ he spent his childhood.
A．which; that B．that; where C．which; where D．that; which
