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. These things have influenced Mo Yan’s later writing.

60-year-old Park Geun-hye (樸槿惠)was elected（選舉）the new President of South Korea in December, 2012. She becomes the country’s first woman head of state and her term (任期) 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 she accepted her win.

Barack Obama (born 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 finished his study from Columbia University and Harvard Law School. His father was from Kenya, Africa while his mother was born in Kansas, America.
【小題1】When Mo Yan was young, his family might be   .
A．big B．small C．rich D．poor
【小題2】Which of the following is NOT true about the passages?
A．The writer Mo Yan might live in a small place before he got the prize.
B．Park Geun-hye will lead South Korea till the year 2018.
C．Obama’s parents came from the same country before they married.
D．Among the three persons, Park Geun-hye is the oldest.
【小題3】The three passages may be from   .
A．a(chǎn)n email B．a(chǎn) letter C．news D．a(chǎn)n advertisement


【小題1】D
【小題2】C
【小題3】C

解析試題分析：短文大意：這篇短文主要介紹了中國作家莫言，韓國總統(tǒng)樸槿惠和美國總統(tǒng)奧巴馬的生平事跡。
【小題1】推理判斷題。根據(jù)In his early years, life was not easy. 描述，可知他早期的生活不太容易，可以推斷他家很窮。故選D。
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)His father was from Kenya, Africa while his mother was born in Kansas, America.描述，可知奧巴馬的父母來自不同的國家。故選C。
【小題3】推理判斷題。本題主要介紹了中國作家莫言，韓國總統(tǒng)樸槿惠和美國總統(tǒng)奧巴馬的生平，這可能是出自一片報紙的簡訊。故選C。
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