Everyone chasessuccess,but not all of us want to be famous.
South African writerJohn Maxwell Coetzee is _______(51)for keeping to himself. When the 63-
year-old man wasnamed the 2003 Nobel Prize winner for literature,reporters were warned thatthey would
findhim"particularly difficult to_________(52)".
Coetzee lives in
_________(53)by thenews that he won the US $3 million prize.
"It came as acomplete surprise.I wasn't even aware they were due to make theannouncement,"he
said.His_________(54)of privacy led to doubts as to whether Coetzee will attendprize-giving in
his writing is easyto get to know.
Born in
through in 1980 withthe novel"Waiting for the Barbarians".He__________(57)hisplace amongthe
world's leadingwriters with two Booker prize victories,
_______(58)in 1983for the Life and Times of Michael K and his second title came in 1999 forDisgrace.
A major theme in hiswork is
_______(59)with theproblems of violence,crime and racial division that still exist in thecountry,his
books have enabledordinary people to understand apartheid_________(60)within.
"I have alwaysbeen more interested in the past than the future,"he said in a rareinterview.
"Thepast________(61)its shadow over the present.I hope I have made one or twopeople think
_______(62)aboutwhether they want to forget the past completely."In fact this purity inhis writing
seems tobe_________(63)in his personal life.Coetzee is a vegetarian,a cyclist ratherthan a motorist and
he doesn't drinkalcohol.But what he has________(64)to literature,culture and the people of
and failure inlife,"the Nobel
prize judging panelsaid,"Coetzee's work_________(65)the divine spark in man."
A.like
B.devote
C.love
D.attract
[单选题]Man of Few WordsEveryone chasessuccess,but not all of us want to be famous.
[单选题]Man of Few WordsEveryone chasessuccess,but not all of us want to be famous.
[单选题]Man of Few WordsEveryone chasessuccess,but not all of us want to be famous.
[单选题]Man of Few WordsEveryone chasessuccess,but not all of us want to be famous.
[单选题]Man of Few WordsEveryone chasessuccess,but not all of us want to be famous.
[单选题]Man of Few WordsEveryone chasessuccess,but not all of us want to be famous.
[单选题]Man of Few WordsEveryone chasessuccess,but not all of us want to be famous.
[单选题]Man of Few WordsEveryone chasessuccess,but not all of us want to be famous.
[单选题]Man of Few WordsEveryone chasessuccess,but not all of us want to be famous.
[单选题]Man of Few WordsEveryone chasessuccess,but not all of us want to be famous.