职称英语考试综合类AB级完形填空
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.A56.B 57.C 58.C 59.A 60.D61.D 62.B 63.C 64.A 65.D
