2014年職稱英語綜合類A級完形填空

　　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(野蠻人)”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(種族隔離)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

　　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

　　參考答案：

　　51 B 該段中有這樣一個短語“particularly difficult to catch”(很難找到他)，“well known for keeping himself to himself”是“以與世隔絕為大家熟知”?？梢钥闯?，根 據(jù)下文，用“well known”最為合適。

　　52 A hold：抱住;拿住。run into和bump into都有“撞上”的意思，這是不由一個人的主觀意志所能控制的。

　　53 D 對第一段做解釋時，提到了上下文可以幫助我們做出正確的判斷。緊隨其后 的是“It came as a complete surprise.”(這個獎來得很突然)?！皊hock”和“surprise” 意思很接近，因此選擇“shocked”是對的。

　　54 c like作“喜歡”解時是動詞，而此處需要的是一個名詞。devotion后面跟“to”， attraction是“吸引”的意思。填入后意思不太合適。因此只有“l(fā)ove”是正確的選 項。

　　55 A despite引導(dǎo)的是一個反比，主旬中有一個“easy”，那么它的反義詞就是“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“處于某種位子”， 是固定的說法。

　　58 C 這里需要填入的是一個不及物動詞，“received”，“obtained”，“had”都是及 物動詞，只有“won”既可作及物動詞，又可作不及物動詞。

　　59 A 在這四個動詞中，只有“deal”可跟“with”搭配。

　　60 D 整個句子說的是：在處理這個國家依然存在的暴力，犯罪和種族隔離問題， 他的書能使一般人從內(nèi)部理解種族隔離。“從……角度”常用“from…”。

　　55 A despite引導(dǎo)的是一個反比，主旬中有一個“easy”，那么它的反義詞就是“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“處于某種位子”， 是固定的說法。

　　58 C 這里需要填入的是一個不及物動詞，“received”，“obtained”，“had”都是及 物動詞，只有“won”既可作及物動詞，又可作不及物動詞。

　　59 A 在這四個動詞中，只有“deal”可跟“with”搭配。

　　60 D 整個句子說的是：在處理這個國家依然存在的暴力，犯罪和種族隔離問題， 他的書能使一般人從內(nèi)部理解種族隔離。“從……角度”常用“from…”。

　　52 A catch B hold C run into D bump into

　　61 D “casts its shadow”是“給……帶來影響”，是固定的搭配。

　　62 B “think twice”相當(dāng)于漢語中的“三思而后行”。正如漢語中不說“二思而后行”一樣，英文中也不說“think three times”，這是固定的說法。

　　63 c 該句子的意思是，他作品中的純潔性反映到了他的個人生活中，“mirrored” 是“反映”的意思。

　　64 A 從下文“far greater than the things he has given up”(比起他放棄的東西要多得 多)來看，選擇“contributed”是對的。全句說的是：但是，他對文學(xué)、文化、南 非人民所做出的貢獻(xiàn)比起他放棄的東西要多得多。

　　65 D 其他三個動詞填入后生成的都是不合格的句子。