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When talking with young Swedish students, Mo Yan showed respect for Chinese authors that he learned writing from, particularly Shen Congwen, who was twice nominated for the Nobel Prize. "Lu Xun, Lao She, Mao Dun and Shen Congwen, they are more qualified for the Nobel Prize than me," he said,. Among the writers he learned from, he said he especially felt close to Shen Congwen, as they have similar life experiences. Both of them left school early and did not get formal education. Shen quit after high school and Mo only finished the fifth grade. They both joined the army after school. " We both learned from the book of life," said Mo. The themes of their writing are also similar. Both writers have their hometown as the theme and root of their writings. Shen'works are mostly about his hometown, Xiangxi, and most of Mo's stories are set in his hometown, Gaomi, in Shandong Province. Mo said he also learned from Shen how to deal with characters in a fiction. Unlike most Chinese writers, Shen has a humanistic touch towards all of his characters. Said Mo, "In his works, there are no particularly bad person or good person. Even gangsters and thieves have their humane side," he said. "I try to use the same approach in my writing. It shows the ability of a novelist when he treats all the characters as humans," he said. Mo said he also learned Lu Xun's depth and Lao She's humor. "They are all my teachers, and I am the student," he said. "I feel ashamed from my heart that teachers did not get the prize, but the student got it."
1. Who was nominated for the Nobel Prize?

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1. Shen Congwen

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Li Siyi, a student from Jinan Foreign Language School, takes up a new habit. She refuses to believe everything that she reads. "Not everything in books is true," she said. Many other students in her school think the same thing as Li. They learned this through finding a mistake in their Chinese textbook. They learned a Tang poem, Ci Beigu Shanxia, last year. There was a picture that showed a boat in full sail on a river. "But according to the famous line from the poem, feng zheng yifan xuan, the sail shouldn't be spread ," said Zhang Jiayi, Li's classmate. To get the right answer, the students turned to their Chinese teacher, Liu Yan. Liu and the students looked up books, searched on the Internet and made sure that the People's Education Press had really made a mistake about the picture. The students wrote a letter to them about the mistake. "I think my students did a right thing but I never expected a reply," said Liu. "I took it as a way of letting them know the importance of spirit of questioning." To their surprise, one month later, they got the reply from Gu Zhenbiao, the expert of Chinese textbooks in middle schools. Gu said sorry for the mistake and he also said he really thinks the students are very great. When Liu read the letter loudly to all the students, everyone was excited. "We are very happy we have our own ideas!" said Li.
1. what is Li Siyi ?
2. from ?
3. what did ithey take ?
4. did she find a mistake ?
5. who did they turn too ?
6. what did they learn ?
7. did they write a letter ?
8. who is Gu Zhenbiao ?
9. how long did they wait for a reply?
10. who reasd the letter loudly ?

Numbered answers:
1. a student
2. Jinan Foreign Language School,
3. a new habit
4. yes
5. Liu Yan. Liu
6. a Tang poem
7. yes
8. the expert of Chinese textbooks
9. one month
10. Liu

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Android is a mobile operating system developed by Google, based on the Linux kernel and designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. Android's user interface is mainly based on direct manipulation, using touch gestures that loosely correspond to real-world actions, such as swiping, tapping and pinching, to manipulate on-screen objects, along with a virtual keyboard for text input. In addition to touchscreen devices, Google has further developed Android TV for televisions, Android Auto for cars, and Android Wear for wrist watches, each with a specialized user interface. Variants of Android are also used on game consoles, digital cameras, PCs and other electronics.

Initially developed by Android Inc., which Google bought in 2005, Android was unveiled in 2007, along with the founding of the Open Handset Alliancea consortium of hardware, software, and telecommunication companies devoted to advancing open standards for mobile devices. Beginning with the first commercial Android device in September 2008, the operating system has gone through multiple major releases, with the current version being 8.0 "Oreo", released in August 2017. Android applications ("apps") can be downloaded from the Google Play store, which features over 2.7million apps as of February 2017. Android has been the best-selling OS on tablets since 2013, and runs on the vast majority of smartphones. , Android has two billion monthly active users, and it has the largest installed base of any operating system.
1. What bought google?
2. When?
3. What was unveiled in 2007
4. What is Android?
5. based on what?
6. Was it designed primarily for puppies?
7. What was it designed for
8. Does it use touch gestures?
9. What does it use for text input?
10. What are variants of Android used on
11. When was a consortium founded?
12. What was it called
13. What is it devoted to
14. What was released in September 2008
Numbered answers:
1. Android Inc.
2. 2005
3. Android
4. a mobile operating system developed by Google,
5. the Linux kernel
6. no
7. touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets
8. yes
9. a virtual keyboard
10. game consoles, digital cameras, PCs and other electronics
11. 2007
12. the Open Handset Alliancea consortium of hardware, software, and telecommunication companies
13. to advancing open standards for mobile device
14. the first commercial Android device

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CHAPTER XXIV

AGATHA RESUMES HER JOURNEY

There was silence for a minute or two after Agatha had spoken, and then Father Lucien said, "Now we know what Driscoll looked for. Few secrets can be kept."

Thirlwell gave him a warning glance that Agatha did not note. She was gazing across the river, her face towards the North, as if she had forgotten the others, but she presently roused herself.

"Can we start to-morrow?" she asked.

"No," said Thirlwell firmly, "you must rest for two or three days, and there are a number of things to be got."

"I don't think I can rest until I have seen the lode."

"You will have to try. It may be some time yet before we find the spot. For one thing, the directions aren't complete. You see they stop--"

Agatha took the paper. "Yes; I hadn't noticed that. It begins very clearly and then breaks off. I wonder why."

Thirlwell said nothing. It looked as if Strange had been interrupted; the shakiness of the last few lines hinted that they had been written in haste. There was a space between the last and the bottom of the paper. Perhaps Driscoll had joined him and he had distrusted the man, who might have come into the camp while he was writing. Then, when he afterwards sealed the box, he had forgotten that he had not finished what he meant to say; but, if the supposition were correct, this was not remarkable. Strange might have taken some liquor with him. But Agatha must not suspect.
1. Who was Agatha with?
2. What had they received?
3. From whom?
4. Where does Agatha want to go?
5. When?
6. What do they say about it?
7. Why?
8. What is her response?
9. What was funny about the note?
10. What do they want to keep from her?
11. What does she want to see?
12. Where was she looking?
13. Will they have a hard time?
14. Why?
Numbered answers:
1. Father Lucien and Thirwell.
2. A note.
3. Driscoll.
4. To see the lode.
5. Tomorrow.
6. No,
7. She needs to rest for two or three days.
8. I don't think I can rest until I have seen the lode.
9. The shakiness of the last few lines
10. Strange might have taken some liquor with him.
11. The lode.
12. Across the river,
13. Yes.
14. The directions aren't complete.