綜合類A級：完形填空Mall ofFew 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

　　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