Question

Pearl S. Buck was the first American woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. She wrote more than one hundred books. But most people remember Pearl S. Buck for her novels about China. She knew the country and its people very well. For nearly forty years, China was her home.

Pearl's parents were Caroline and Absalom Sydenstricker. They were religious workers in China. In 1892, they were visiting the United States when Pearl was born in Hillsboro, West Virginia. Three months after her birth, the family left the United States and moved back to China.

Pearl and her family lived among Chinese people. Pearl's education began at home. Her mother taught her many of the things she would have learned in an American school. A Chinese tutor taught Pearl other subjects including the writings of the famous thinker Confucius, Chinese reading, writing and history. When she was seven, she began reading the works of British writer Charles Dickens. Many years later, after she had become a famous author, she said that Dickens' writing style had the greatest influence on her own style.

Her first novel was East Wind, West Wind. It tells the story of a Chinese girl who learns about the western world. But it was Pearl S. Buck's next book—The Good Earth that made her famous and brought her the money she needed. And it became the best-selling book in the United States in 1931 and 1932. Pearl S. Buck won the Pulitzer Prize. The next year, Pearl S. Buck was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

After almost forty years in China, the writer moved back to the United States. Pearl S. Buck gave many speeches in America. She talked to young people about the importance of a good education. She told them they needed to know more about other people around the world.

1.What do most people remember Pearl's Buck for?

A.Her famous speeches. B.Her special experience.

C.Her novels about China. D.Her winning the Nobel Prize.

2.Who affected Pearl S. Buck's writing style most greatly?

A.Her tutor.， B.Confucius. C.Her mother. D.Charles Dickens.

3.What can we infer about Pearl S. Buck?

A.The first prize she won was the Nobel Prize.

B.She paid much attention to the education of young people.

C.She was born in China and lived there for 40 years.

D.Her first novel made her famous and wealthy.

4.What helped Pearl become well-known and earn money?

A.East Wind, West Wind. B.The Pulitzer Prize.

C.The Noble Prize. D.The Good Earth.

5.What is the best title of the passage?

A.Introduction of Pearl S. Buck B.Forty Years in China

C.The First Nobel Prize Winner D.Chinese and American Education

Answer 1