2015年《综合类》职称英语完形填空精选练习题(2)

　　Mall ofFew Words

　　Everyone chases success，but not all of us want to be famous South African writer John Maxwell Coetzee is__for keeping himself to himself When 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___.

　　Coetzee lives in Australia but spends part of the year teaching at the University of Chicago He seemed___by the news that he won the US$1 3 million prize It came as a complete surprise.1 wasnt even aware they were due to make the announcement，he said.

　　His___of privacy led to doubts as to whether Coetzee will attend Pnize-giving in Stockholm，Sweden，on December 10. But despite being described as____to track down，the critics agree that his Writing is easy to get to know

　　Born in Cape Town，South Africa，to all English-speaking family，Coetzee___his breakthrough in 1980 with the novelWaiting for the BarbariansHe____ his place among the worlds leading writers with two Booker prize victories，Britains highest honour for novels He first_____in l983fortheLife and Times of Michael kand his second title came in 1999 forDisgrace

　　A major theme in his work is South Africas former apartheidsystem，which divided whites from blacks____with the problems of violence，crime and racial division that still exist in the country his books have enabled ordinary people to understand apartheid____within.

　　I have always been more interested in the past than the future，he said in a rare interview. The past___its shadow over the present.I hope I have made one or two people think ____about whether they want to forget the past completely.

　　In fact this purity in his writing seems to be__in his personal life.Coetzee is a vegetarian，a cyclist rather than a motorist and doesnt drink alcohol.

　　But what he has___to literature，culture and the people of South Africa is far greater than the things he has given up.In looking at weakness and failure in life，the Nobel prize judging panel said，Coetzees work____the divinespark 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 reported B influenced C distorted D shocked

　　54 A like 　B devotion C love D attraction

　　55A difficult B easy 　 C ready D complex

　　56 A forced B made C caused D 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 times D four times

　　63 A written B hidden C mirrored D stricken

　　64 A contributed B distributed C attributed D showed

　　65 A tell 　 B says C informs D expresses

　　参考答案：

　　51.B 52.A 53.D 54.C 55.A

　　56.B 57.C 58.C 59.A 60.D

　　61.D 62.B 63.C 64.A 65.D