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Mall of Few 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。