tells B)says C)informs D)expresses
答案及解析:Man of Few Words
Everyone chases success,but not all of us want to be famous.
South African writer John Maxwell Coetzee is _l_ for keeping himself to himself.
1.A)unhappy B)well known C)busy D)worried
1. B。分析:借助空格后的搭配结构介词for 或介词for所在的介词短语的含义“自己不交际”判断B(出名的)是答案。
keep oneself to oneself v.不交际
be happy about [at] sth.因..而感到高兴
be busy with [about, in]忙于..
be worried about sth.担心..
be well known/famous for..因为..而出名
结合文章标题“说话很少的人”判断文章可能主要介绍 South African writer John Maxwell Coetzee。该文章是记叙文。
2.A)catch B)come across C)run into D)bump into
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 _2_ ”
2.A/B/C/D.分析:B,C和D都是含义接近的短语,都表示“偶然碰见”。所以相互排除掉,因此答案是A。
如: I often bump into/ come across/ run into him at the supermarket.
我经常在超级市场同他不期而遇
但其实A也是“出乎意料地或偶然地发现或碰见”的含义,如:
He was caught in the act of stealing.他在行窃时被当场抓到
I don't catch your meaning.我不明白你的意思
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3.A)influenced B)affected C)moved D)shocked
Coetzee lives in Australia but spends part of the year teaching at the University of Chicago. He seemed _3_ by the news he won the US$1.3 million prize.“It came as a complete surprise.I wasn’t even aware they were due to make the announcement.”he said.
3. D。分析:A和B含义和用法非常接近,因此彼此排除掉;借助句意“他看起来被他赢得了1。3百万大奖的消息。。”判断D(震惊)合适。
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4.A)1ike B)devote C)love D)attract
His _4_ of privacy (文章主题词)led to doubts as to whether Coetzee will attend the prize-giving in Stockholm,Sweden,on December 10.
4. C。 分析:空格处需要名词,只有C能作名词也能作动词用。
5.A)difficult B)easy C)ready D)eager
But despite being described as _5_ to track down,the critics agree that his writing is easy to get to know.
5. A。分析:A和B是正反义项,重点注意。借助空格所在结构含义“尽管被描述成。。被追踪到”并参考上文内容判断A是答案。“being described as difficult to track down”与前句中的“ they would find him “particularly difficult to catch ”含义呼应。
track down v.追捕到
被选项设置特点:反义项
6.A)forced B)caused C)made D)did
Born in Cape Town,South Africa,to all English-speaking family, Coetzee _6_ his breakthrough in 1980 with the novel“Waiting for the Barbarians”.
1. C。分析:借助空格后的搭配“Coetzee。。他的突破(性成就)”判断C合适。
Make one’s breakthrough: 创造了。。的突破性的成绩
make one's living by n.靠...谋生
make oneself understood v.表达自己的意图
do one's best v.尽全力
7.A)kept B)listed C)took D)arranged
He _7_ his place among the world’s leading writers with two Booker prize victories,Britain’s highest honor for novels.
7. C。分析:take 在这里是“获得”,如:
The book takes its title from the Bible.该书书名得自于《圣经》
take a seat.占有(占据)一个座位
It takes money to live in that town. 要住那城市得花费不少
take a train乘坐火车
8.A)received B)obtained C)won D)had
He first _8_ in 1983 for the“Life and Times of Michael K”.and his second title came in 1999 for“Disgrace”.
8.C.分析:空格处需要不及物动词,因此只有合适。
9.A)Dealing B)Handling C)Solving D)Removing
10.A)in B)out C)of D)from
A major theme in his work is South Africa’s former apartheid system.which divided whites from blacks. _9_ with the problems of violence,crime and racial division that still exist in the country, his books have enabled ordinary people to understand apartheid(种族隔离) _10_ within.
9.A.分析:借助空格后的搭配with直接判断A是答案。其他的选项都是及物动词。
10.D.分析:借助空格所在结构含义“他的书促使普通人。。里面理解种族隔离”判断D(从)合适。
Within n.内部, 里头 adv.在内部, 在内心里 prep.在...之内, 不越出
11.A)c
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