2017职称英语理工类C级补全短文复习资料(4)

　　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.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_ ” 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.
　　His _4_ pf privacy led to doubts as to whether Coetzee will attend the prize.giving in Stockholm，Sweden，on December 10.But despite being described as _5_ to track down，some critics agree that his writing is easy to get to know.
　　Born in Cape Town，South Africa，to all English-speaking family, Coetzee _6_ his breakthrough in 1980 with the novel “Waiting for the Barbarians”.He _7_ his place among the world’s leading writers with two Booker prize victories，Britain’s highest honor for novels.He first _8_ in 1983 for the “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 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 _10_ within.
　　“I have always been more interested in the past than the future。”he said in a rare interview.“The past _11_ its shadow over the present.I hope I have made one or two people think _12_ about whether they want to forget the past completely.”In fact this purity in his writing seems to be _13_ in his personal life.Coetzee is a vegetarian，a cyclist rather than a motorist and doesn’t drink alcohol.
　　But what he has _14_ to 1iterature，culture and the people of South Africa is far greater than the things he has given up.“In looking at weakness and failure in 1ife，”the Nobel prize judging panel said，“Coetzee’s work _15_ the divine spark in man.”
　　词汇：
　　privacy/n.独居;不受干扰的自由
　　barbarian/n.&adj.野蛮人(的)，残暴的人(的)
　　apartheid/n.种族隔离;种族隔离制
　　divine/adj.神圣的
　　panel/n.评审小组
　　1.A)unhappy B)well known C)busy D)worried
　　2.A)catch B)come across C)run into D)bump into
　　3.A)influenced B)affected C)moved D)shocked
　　4.A)1ike B)devote C)love D)attract
　　5.A)difficult B)easy C)ready D)eager
　　6.A)forced B)caused C)made D)did
　　7.A)kept B)listed C)took D)arranged
　　8.A)received B)obtained C)won D)had
　　9.A)Dealing B)Handling C)Solving D)Removing
　　10.A)in B)out C)of D)from
　　11.A)covers B)puts C)spreads D)casts
　　12.A)once B)twice C)thrice D)four times
　　13.A)written B)hidden C)mirrored D)stricken
　　14.A)contributed B)added C)attributed D)created
　　15.A)tells B)says C)informs D)expresses
　　答案 及解析：
　　1. B 寻找正确的答案，常常需要借助上下文提供的信息。紧接着的句子中有这样一个短语：“particularly difficult to catch” (特别难找到他)。这第二个句子是说明第一个句子的。从中可以推出“well known”是正确的答案。“well known for keeping himself to himself”是“以与世隔绝为大家熟知”的意思。
　　2. A “come across”，“run into”，“bump into”在语义上都有某种“偶然性”，这是主语所指的人所无法控制的，因而这种搭配在语义上是错误的。
　　3. D 在对第一题做解释时，提到了上下文常常可以帮助我们做出正确的判断。紧随其后的句子是“It came as a complete surprise.”(这个奖来得很突然)。“shock”跟“surprise"意思很接近，因而“shocked”是正确的答案。
　　4. C 在这个空白处需要填入一个名词。只有“love”除作动词外还能作名词。
　　5. A “despite”引导的是一种反向的对比，主旬中有一个“easy”。那么它的反义词就是“difficult”。 ，
　　6. C “to make a break through”等于“to break through”，是固定的搭配。
　　7. C “to take one’S place”是“处于什么位置”的意思，这是固定的说法。
　　8. C 这个句子里没有宾语，因此需要一个不及物动词，在这四个动词中，只有“won"既可作及物动词，又可作不及物动词。
　　9.A 除了“deal”外， “handle”，“solve”和“remove”都不跟“with'，。
　　10.D 整个句子说的是：在处理这个国家依然存在的暴力、犯罪和种族隔离问题，他的书能使一般人从内部理解种族隔离制。“从……角度”常用“from…”。
　　11.D “casts its shadow”(投阴影)是“给……带来影响”的意思，是固定的说法。
　　12.B “tllinktwice…”相当于汉语中的“三思而后行”。正如汉语中不说“二思而后行，一样，英语中也不说“think thrice'’，这种搭配是固定的。 . -
　　13.C 从紧随其后的句子来看，应填入“mirrored”。这两个句子说的是：事实上，Coetzee 作品中的这种纯洁性似乎也反映在他的个人生活之中。他是一个吃素食的人，他骑车而不开车，并且也不喝酒。
　　14.A 从下文“far greater than the thing she has given up”(比起他放弃的东西要多得多)来看，选择“contributed”(贡献)是对的。全旬说的是：但是，他对文学、文化、南非人民所做出的贡献比起他放弃的东西要多得多。
　　15.D 其他的三个选项插入后生成的都是不合格的句子。职称英语考试