试题来源：2005年职称英语等级考试综合类A真题
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
网考网参考答案：B、A、D、C、A 、B、C、C、A、D、D、B、C 、A、D
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18%的考友选择了A选项
16%的考友选择了B选项
40%的考友选择了C选项
26%的考友选择了D选项
考友解析与评论：
· 这一题我认为是B、A、D、C、A 、B、C、C、A、D、D、B、C 、A、D
· 我全答错了
· 这个答案是有歧义
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