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2005年职称英语综合类a级考试试题及答案

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 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 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

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