2005职称英语A级真题综合类试题及答案：完形填空

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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