Man of Few Words
Everyone chases success,but not all of US want to befamous.
South African writer John Maxwell Coetzee is _l_ for keepinghimself to himself.
When the 63-yearold was named the 2003 Nobel Prizewinner for literature earlier this month, reporters were warned that they wouldfind him particularly difficult to _2_
Coetzee lives in Australia butspends part of the year teaching at the University of Chicago. He seemed _3_ bythe news he won the US$1.3 million prize.It came as a complete surprise.Iwasnt even aware they were due to make the announcement.he said.
His _4_pf privacy led to doubts as to whether Coetzee will attend the prize.giving inStockholm,Sweden,on December 10.
But despite being described as _5_ totrack down,the critics agree that his writing is easy to get to know.
Bornin Cape Town,South Africa,to all English-speaking family, Coetzee _6_ hisbreakthrough in 1980 with the novel Waiting for the Barbarians.He _7_ hisplace among the worlds leading writers with two Booker prizevictories,BritainS highest honour for novels.He first _8_ in 1983 for theLifeand Times of Michael K.and his second title came in 1999 forDisgrace.
Amajor theme in his work iS South Africas former apartheid system.which dividedwhites from blacks. _9_ with the problems of violence,crime and racial divisionthat still exist in the country, his books have enabled ordinary people tounderstand apartheid _10_ within.
I have always been more interested inthe past than the future。he said in a rare interview.The past _11_ its shadowover the present.I hope I have made one or two people think _12_ about whetherthey want to forget the past completely.
In fact this purity in hiswriting seems to be _13_ in his personal life.Coetzee is a vegetarian,a cyclistrather than a motorist and doesnt drink alcohol.
But what he has _14_ to1iterature,culture and the people of South Africa is far greater than the thingshe has given up.In looking at weakness and failure in 1ife,the Nobel prizejudging panel said,Coetzees work _15_ the divine spark in man.
词汇:
privacy/n.独居;不受干扰的自由
barbarian/n.adj.野蛮人,残暴的人
apartheid/n.种族隔离;种族隔离制
divine/adj.神圣的
panel/n.评审小组
1.A)unhappy B)well known C)busy D)worried
2.A)catch B)come acrossC)run into D)bump into
3.A)influenced B)affected C)moved D)shocked
4.A)1ike B)devote C)love D)attract
5.A)difficult B)easy C)readyD)eager
6.A)forced B)caused C)made D)did
7.A)kept B)listed C)tookD)arranged
8.A)received B)obtained C)won D)had
9.A)DealingB)Handling C)Solving D)Removing
10.A)in B)out C)of D)from
11.A)covers B)puts C)spreads D)casts
12.A)once B)twice C)thriceD)four times
13.A)written B)hidden C)mirrored D)stricken
14.A)contributed B)added C)attributed D)created
15.A)tells B)saysC)informs D)expresses
高考最新英语作文素材:让我们的城市绿色 Make Our Cities Green作文素材
高考英语作文素材总复习 HowToTreatDisabledPeople
高考英语作文素材总复习 Independence
高考最新英语作文素材:提纲图表式作文-假冒伪劣产品2作文素材
高考最新英语作文素材:绿化我们的城市Make Our Cities Greener作文素材
高考最新英语作文素材:希望工程Hope Project作文素材
高考最新英语作文素材:如何看待分数What Your Idea Is on Grades作文素材
高考英语作文素材总复习 Just for today 就为了今天
高考最新英语作文素材:时间的价值 The Value Of Time作文素材
高考最新英语作文素材:如何交朋友How to Make Friends作文素材
高考最新英语作文素材:生命在于奋斗作文素材
高考最新英语作文素材:沙漠正在蔓延Deserts Are Expanding作文素材
高考最新英语作文素材:宿舍dormitory作文素材
高考英语作文素材总复习 LivingWithinYourMeans-量力而为
高考英语作文素材总复习 My Family
高考最新英语作文素材:论早起 TO RISE EARLY作文素材
高考最新英语作文素材:没有完成老师布置的作业,编造借口,谈谈你现在对这件事的认识作文素材
高考英语作文素材总复习 How to study English
高考最新英语作文素材:未来的水资源问题Water Problems in the Future作文素材
高考最新英语作文素材:沙尘暴Duststorm作文素材
高考最新英语作文素材:外国学生写的中国高考作文素材
高考英语作文素材总复习 I Misunderstood You
高考英语作文素材总复习 IstheInternetDangeroustoChildr
高考英语作文素材总复习 Home——AJoyForever-家——永恆的喜悦
高考英语作文素材总复习 Mother’sDay
高考英语作文素材总复习 GoodHealth-健康
高考最新英语作文素材:我的新同桌My New Deskmate作文素材
高考最新英语作文素材:暑假打工作文素材
高考英语作文素材总复习 Friends Or Teachers
高考英语作文素材总复习 Forgiveness