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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(野蛮人)”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(种族隔离)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.” A.looked after
B.well known
C.locked
D.protected
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