四六级考试

【单选题】 Although he was employed by Foreign Office, Richard Burton was ______.
A．interested in becoming a monk or an emplorer
B．very interested in his work and a number of other things
C．bored by his work and his duties
D．bored by his work and his many other interests and activities

网考网参考答案：C
网考网解析：
推理题。从文章的最后一段分析，“Richard was going through a particularly trying phase. The explorer was dying hard, strangled in office tape. He would cut loose and disappear for weeks at a time, returning as bitter and restless as when he left.”由此可以得出结论：“He was bored by his work and duties.”因此应该选C。 查看试题解析出处>>