12．Chinese writer Mo Yan won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2012．Mo，who was born in 1955from a farmer's family in Gaomi county in Shandong Province，is the first person in China to win the Nobel Prize in Literature．In his early years，life was not easy and he experienced hunger．These things have influence Mo Yan's later writings．
Park Geun-hue（樸槿惠） is 64years old this year．She was selected the new President of South Korea in December，2012．She is 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 she accepted her win．"I will keep my promises．"
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．Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School．His father was from Kenya．And his mother was born in Wichita，Kansas．
51．When Mo Yan was young，his family might beB．．
A．big
B．poor
C．rich
D．small
52．When was Park Geun-hue born？A
A．In 1952．
B．In 1955．
C．In 1961．
D．In 1987．
53．Where was Barack Obama born？D
A．In Kansas．
B．In Kenya．
C．In Golumbia．
D．In Hawaii．
54．Which of the following is NOT true about the passages？A
A．The writer Mo Yan lived in a big city before he got the prize．
B．Park Geun-hue will lead South Korea till the year 2018．
C．Obama studied in Columbia University and Harvard Law School．
D．Among the three persons，Park Geun-hue is the oldest．
55．The three passages may be fromC．．
A．a(chǎn)n e-mail
B．a(chǎn) letter
C．news
D．a(chǎn)n ad．
分析 這篇短文主要講述了三著名的偉大人物，第一個獲得若貝爾獎的中國作家莫言；64歲的樸槿惠當(dāng)選韓國新總統(tǒng)；巴拉克奧巴馬在2008當(dāng)選為美國第四十四任總統(tǒng)，被選為再次連任．
解答 51．B細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)In his early years，life was not easy and he experienced hunger（饑餓）描述，可知莫言早期的生活困難．故選B．
52．A細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)Park Geun-hue（樸槿惠） is 604years old this year．She was selected the new President of South Korea in December，2012可知60歲的樸槿惠于2012當(dāng)選韓國新總統(tǒng)，即她出生于1952年，故選A．
53．D細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)Barack Obama （ born in Hopolulu，Hawaii in 1961 描述可知奧巴馬出生在In Hawaii．夏威夷，故選D．
54．A細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)who was born in 1955 into a farmer's family in Gaomi County in Shandong Province描述可知莫言出生在一個農(nóng)村的農(nóng)民家庭可知選項A是錯誤的．故選A．
55．C細(xì)節(jié)理解題．通讀全文可知本篇文章來自新聞消息．故選C．
點評 做題時首先要仔細(xì)閱讀短文，掌握大意，然后結(jié)合具體的題目，找出相關(guān)信息，就可以確定正確答案．