第6部分:完形填空 (第51~65题,每题1分,共15分)
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Mall ofFew Words
Everyone chases success,but not all of us want to be famous outh African writer John Maxwell Coetzee is__ (51)for keeping himself to himself hen the 63-year-old was named the 2003 Nobel Prize winner for literature earlier this month,reporters were warned that they would find himparticularly difficult to___(52).
Coetzee lives in Australia but spends part of the year teaching at the University of Chicago e seemed___(53)by the news that he won the US$1 3 million prizeIt came as a complete surprise.1 wasnt even aware they were due to make the announcement,he said.
His___(54)of privacy led to doubts as to whether Coetzee will attend nize-giving in Stockholm,Sweden,on December 10.
But despite being described as____(55)to track down,the critics agree that his riting is easy to get to know
Born in Cape Town,South Africa,to all English-speaking family,Coetzee___(56)his reakthrough in 1980 with the novelWaiting for the Barbarians(野蛮人)He____(57)
his place among the worlds leading writers with two Booker prize victories,Britains highest ur for novels He first_____(58)in l983fortheLife and Times of Michael kand his second title came in 1999 forDisgrace major theme in his work is South Africas former apartheid(种族隔离)system,which ivided whites from blacks____(59)with the problems of violence,crime and racial ivision that still exist in the country his books have enabled ordinary people to understand
apartheid____(60)within.
I have always been more interested in the past than the future,he said in a rare interview.
The past___(61)its shadow over the present.I hope I have made one or two people think(62)about whether they want to forget the past completely.
In fact this purity in his writing seems to be__(63)in his personal life.Coetzee is a egetarian,a cyclist rather than a motorist and doesnt drink alcohol.
But what he has___(64)to literature,culture and the people of South Africa is far reater than the things he has given up.In looking at weakness and failure in life,the Nobelprize judging panel said,Coetzees work____(65)the divine(神圣的)spark in man.
51A looked after B well known C locked D protected
52 A catch B hold C run into D bump into
53 A reportedB influencedC distorted D shocked
54 A like B devotion C love D attraction
55A difficult B easy C readyD complex
56 A forced B made C causedD did
57 A gave B listed C tood D arranged
58 A received B obtained C won D had
59 A Dealing B Handling C Solving D Removing
60 A in B out C of D from
61 A covers B displays C spreads D casts
62 A once B twice C three timesD four times
63 A written B hidden C mirrored D stricken
64 A contributedB distributed C attributedD showed
65 A tell B says C informs D expresses