学位英语

第6部分：完形填空(第51-65题，每题1分，共15分)下面的短文有15处空白，请根据短文内容为每处空白确定1个最佳选项。

Man of FewWords

Everyone chases success, but not all of us want tobe famous.

South African writer John Maxwell Coetzee is ( 51 ) for keeping himself tohimself.

When the 63-year-old was named the 2003 NobelPrizewinner for literature earlier this month, reporters were warned that theywould find him "particularly difficult to ( 52 ) ".

Coetzeelives in Australia butspends part of the year teaching at the University of Chicago.He seemed (53) by the news he won the US $1.3 million prize."It came as a complete surprise. I wasn't even aware they were due to makethe announcement. " he said.

His (54) of privacy led to doubts as to whether Coetzeewill attend the prize-giving in Stockholm, Sweden, onDecember 10.

Butdespite being described as (55) to track down, the critics agree that hiswriting is easy to get to know.

Born in Cape Town, South Africa,to all English-speaking family, Coetzee (56) his breakthrough in 1980 with thenovel "Waiting for the Barbarians" He (57) his place among the world's leading writerswith two Booker prize victories, Britain's highest honour fornovels. He first (58) in 1983 for the 　　　"Life and Times of MichaelK" and his second title came in 1999 for "Disgrace".

A majortheme in his work is SouthAfrica's former apartheid system, whichdivided whites from blacks. (59) with the problems of violence, crime andracial division that still exist in the country, his books have enabledordinary people to understand apartheid (60) within.

"Ihave always been more interested in the past than the future," he said ina rare interview. "The past (61) its shadow over the present. I hope I havemade one or two people think (62) about whether they want to forget the pastcompletely. "

In factthis 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 whathe has (64) to literature, culture and the people of South Africa isfar greater than the thing she has given up. "In looking at weakness andfailure in life," the Nobel prize judging panel said, "Coetzee'swork (65) the divine spark in man. "

请在第____处填上正确答案。

A. unhappy

B. well known

C. busy

D. worried

参考答案:B 系统解析:【题 干】南非作家John Maxwell Coetzee以不交际而__________。

A.不高兴 B.出名的

C.忙碌的 D.担忧的

【解 析】本题考查句意。借助空格后的搭配结构介词for或介词for所在的介词短语的含义“自己不交际”判断B(出名的)是答案。keep oneself to oneself的意思是“不交际”。结合文章标题“说话很少的人”判断文章可能主要介绍该作家。

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请在第____处填上正确答案。

A. catch

B. come across

C. run into

D. bump into

参考答案:A 系统解析:【题 干】……很多记者都被警告说，这是个难以__________的人。

A.抓住 B.偶然碰到

C.偶然碰到D.偶然碰到

【解 析】本题考查语义和词汇。B、C和D都是含义接近的短语，所以相互排除掉，因此答案是A。

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请在第____处填上正确答案。

A. influenced

B. affected

C. moved

D. shocked

参考答案:D 系统解析:【题 干】他看起来被他赢得了130万大奖的消息__________。

A.影响 B.影响 C.感动D.惊讶

【解 析】本题考查句意。A和B含义和用法非常接近，因此彼此排除掉;借助句意，判断D(震惊)合适。

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请在第____处填上正确答案。

A. like

B. devote

C. love

D. attract

参考答案:C 系统解析:【题 干】他对隐私的__________让人怀疑他是否会出席颁奖礼。

A. 喜欢 B.奉献 C.爱D.吸引

【解 析】本题考查词性。空格处需要名词，只有C既能作名词也能作动词用。

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请在第____处填上正确答案。

A. difficult

B. easy

C. ready

D. eager

参考答案:A 系统解析:【题 干】但是尽管被描述为__________找到踪迹，但评论家一致认为他的写作很容易理解。

A.困难的 B.容易的 C.准备的 C.急切的

【解 析】本题考查句意。A和B是正反义项，重点注意。前句中的“they would find him 'particularly difficult to catch'"提示，本题A为正确选项。

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请在第____处填上正确答案。

A. forced

B. caused

C. made

D. did

参考答案:C 系统解析:【题 干】库切在1980年用《等待野蛮人》__________突破性的成就。

A.强迫 B.造成 C.创造，做 D.做

【解 析】本题考查动词的固定搭配。make one's breakthrough意为“创造了突破性的成绩”，是固定搭配。

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请在第____处填上正确答案。

A. kept

B. listed

C. took

D. arranged

参考答案:C 系统解析:【题 干】他用两个图书奖项__________他在世界领先作家中的位置。

A.保持 B.列名单 C.得到 D.安排

【解 析】本题考查动词。take one’s place意思是“获得……位置”，故本题答案为C。

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请在第____处填上正确答案。

A. received

B. obtained

C. won

D. had

参考答案:C 系统解析:【题 干】他1983年因为“Life and Times of Michael K”一书而__________。

A.收到 B.获得 C.赢得 D.有

【解 析】本题考查动词。此处需要填入不及物动词，只有C符合要求，且语义通顺。

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请在第____处填上正确答案。

A. Dealing

B. Handling

C. Solving

D. Removing

参考答案:A 系统解析:【题 干】他的作品主题之一，就是关于南非的种族隔离体系，这使得白人和黑人分而居之。他的作品还__________暴力问题、犯罪以及仍然存在的种族分歧。

A.处理 B.处理 C.解决 D.移除

【解 析】本题考查动词。借助空格后的搭配with直接判断A是答案。其他的选项都是及物动词。

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请在第____处填上正确答案。

A. in

B. out

C. of

D. from

参考答案:D 系统解析:【题 干】他的作品能使普通人__________里面理解种族隔离。

A.在里面 B.出去 C.关于 D.从

【解 析】本题考查介词。“从……里面”用介词from是正确的。

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请在第____处填上正确答案。

A. covers

B. puts

C. spreads

D. casts

参考答案:D 系统解析:【题 干】过去将其影子__________现实中。

A.覆盖 B.放 C.延展 D.投射

【解 析】本题考查动词。借助搭配结构含义“……它的阴影”判断D“投射”合适。

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请在第____处填上正确答案。

A. once

B. twice

C. thrice

D. four times

参考答案:B 系统解析:【题 干】我喜欢让一两个人能去__________思考他们是否想彻底忘记过去。

A.一次 B.两次 C.三次 D.四次

【解 析】本题考查固定词组。think twice是固定搭配结构，意思是“重新考虑”。故本题选B。

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请在第____处填上正确答案。

A. written

B. hidden

C. mirrored

D. stricken

参考答案:C 系统解析:【题 干】事实上，这种纯洁性看上去是他个人生活的__________。

A.书写 B.隐藏 C.映照 D.打击

【解 析】本题考查句意。根据上下文，此处填写mirror是最合适的。A选项最有混淆性，但是“书写”可以是纯洁性被书写或者个人生活书写纯洁性，但不能是纯洁性被个人生活书写，这种搭配不符合逻辑。

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请在第____处填上正确答案。

A. contributed

B. added

C. attributed

D. created

参考答案:A 系统解析:【题 干】但是他对南非文学、文化和人民__________比他放弃的事情要多得多。

A.贡献 B.增加 C.归因 D.创作

【解 析】本题考查句意和搭配。根据上下文含义以及与to的搭配，contribute最合适。

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请在第____处填上正确答案。

A. tells

B. says

C. informs

D. expresses

参考答案:D 系统解析:【题 干】诺贝尔评选委员会说：“库切的作品__________人们身上美好的东西。”

A.告诉 B.说 C.通知 D.表达

【解 析】本题考查句意和搭配。借助被选项的搭配特点：tell sb.sth.;say sth…./that…;inform sb.of sth./express sth.判断在搭配结构上B和D合适。根据上下文。“表达”最符合句意。

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