学位英语

Mall ofFew Words

Everyone chases success，but not all of us want to be famous

South African writer John Maxwell Coetzee is__(51)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 him“particularly difficult to___(52)”.

Coetzee lives in Australia but spends part of the year teaching at the University of Chicago

He seemed___(53)by the news that he won the US$1 3 million prize

“It came as a complete surprise.1 wasn’t even aware they were due to make the announcement，he said.

His___(54)of privacy led to doubts as to whether Coetzee will attend

Pnize-giving in Stockholm，Sweden，on December 10.

But despite being described as____(55)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___(56)his

breakthrough in 1980 with the novel“Waiting for the Barbarians(野蛮人)”He____(57)

his place among the world’s leading writers with two Booker prize victories，Britain’s highest

honour for novels He first_____(58)in l983forthe“Life and Times of Michael k”and his second title came in 1999 for“Disgrace”

A major theme in his work is South Africa’s former apartheid(种族隔离)system，which

divided whites from blacks____(59)with the problems of violence，crime and racial

division 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

vegetarian，a cyclist rather than a motorist and doesn’t drink alcohol.

But what he has___(64)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，“Coetzee’s 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 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 该段中有这样一个短语“particularly difficult to catch”(很难找到他)，“well known for keeping himself to himself”是“以与世隔绝为大家熟知”。可以看出，根 据下文，用“well known”最为合适。

52 A hold：抱住;拿住。run into和bump into都有“撞上”的意思，这是不由一个人的主观意志所能控制的。

53 D 对第一段做解释时，提到了上下文可以帮助我们做出正确的判断。紧随其后 的是“It came as a complete surprise.”(这个奖来得很突然)。“shock”和“surprise” 意思很接近，因此选择“shocked”是对的。

54 c like作“喜欢”解时是动词，而此处需要的是一个名词。devotion后面跟“to”， attraction是“吸引”的意思。填入后意思不太合适。因此只有“love”是正确的选 项。

55 A despite引导的是一个反比，主旬中有一个“easy”，那么它的反义词就是“difficult”。

56 B “幻make a breakthrough”等于“t0 break through”。是周定的搭配。

57 c “t0 take one's place”是“处于某种位子”， 是固定的说法。

58 C 这里需要填入的是一个不及物动词，“received”，“obtained”，“had”都是及 物动词，只有“won”既可作及物动词，又可作不及物动词。

59 A 在这四个动词中，只有“deal”可跟“with”搭配。

60 D 整个句子说的是：在处理这个国家依然存在的暴力，犯罪和种族隔离问题， 他的书能使一般人从内部理解种族隔离。“从……角度”常用“from…”。

61 D “casts its shadow”是“给……带来影响”，是固定的搭配。

62 B “think twice”相当于汉语中的“三思而后行”。正如汉语中不说“二思而后行”一样，英文中也不说“think three times”，这是固定的说法。

63 c 该句子的意思是，他作品中的纯洁性反映到了他的个人生活中，“mirrored” 是“反映”的意思。

64 A 从下文“far greater than the things he has given up”(比起他放弃的东西要多得 多)来看，选择“contributed”是对的。全句说的是：但是，他对文学、文化、南 非人民所做出的贡献比起他放弃的东西要多得多。

65 D 其他三个动词填入后生成的都是不合格的句子。

                           

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