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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.
【C14】
选项 A、In particular
B、As a result
C、For example
D、But
答案D
解析 前一句指出幸福在其他人笔下可能会变得多愁善感或是个煽情的(sentimental)主题，同时后一句提到伯恩赛德从不允许这种情况出现，这两者之间存在转折关系，故答案选D项But。A项In particular表示递进；B项As a result表示结果；C项For example表示举例，均不符合语境，故排除。
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