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  3. Short stories are due a revival. In recent years, there have been critically【C1】________collections by American writers such as

Short stories are due a revival. In recent years, there have been critically【C1】________collections by American writers such as

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问题     Short stories are due a revival. In recent years, there have been critically【C1】________collections by American writers such as Lydia Davis and Junot Diaz. But few others manage to【C2】________the bestseller lists, and they are all too often【C3】________by novels.【C4】________their heyday in the early 20th century, short stories are mostly viewed as trials or experiments before an author【C5】________with the real thing.
    John Burnside, a Scottish poet and novelist,【C6】________, this fixed idea in his latest collection, "Something Like Happy". Over 13 stories, Mr Burnside shows the versatility of the condensed【C7】________His stories take place mostly in Scotland, in flats "high up on the third floor of an apartment block in the middle of Dundee" or in the back room of a hardware shop,【C8】________men drink "sweet, milky coffee"【C9】________waiting for the results of the races. His men carry knives or conduct extramarital【C10】________; his women are often【C11】________housewives who drink, take up bell-ringing in their local church or fantasise about younger men【C12】________a way of filling in time.
    Happiness is the subject that【C13】________the collection together. In other hands, this could become sentimental.【C14】________Mr Burnside, with only a few【C15】________, never allows that to happen. Instead, happiness【C16】________stays away from these figures; so much【C17】________they have almost ceased to【C18】________it. Rooted in the bleaker aspects of Scotland’s landscapes, it is something that his【C19】________continually search for, in these concise and poetic tales—yet【C20】________to find.
【C11】
选项 A、obedient
B、aggressive
C、lonely
D、enthusiastic
答案C
解析 文章前面提到伯恩赛德笔下的男人随身带着小刀或有婚外情，同时空格后的定语从句中说到这些妇女靠喝酒、在当地教堂敲钟或幻想年轻男子消耗时间，故推断她们的生活较单调、孤独，故答案选C项lonely“孤独的”。A项obedient“听话的”；B项aggressive“有野心的”和D项enthusiastic“热情的”均不能总结概括who引导的定语从句的内容，且代入原文语义不通，故排除。
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