职称英语在线答题

每日一练：职称英语A级每日一练(2015-2-1)
【单选题】

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