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

admin2015-08-29 42

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.
【C5】

选项 A、cracks up
B、cracks down
C、cracks into
D、cracks on

答案D

解析本句意为“作家在——真正事物之前，把短篇小说看作试验”，D项crack on指“努力继续做”符合文意。

转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/fi74777K

考研英语一

相关试题推荐

随机试题

最新回复(0)

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

考研英语一

Inthelate1960’s,manypeopleinNorthAmericaturnedtheirattentiontoenvironmentalproblems,andnewsteel-and-glassskysc

Inthelate1960’s,manypeopleinNorthAmericaturnedtheirattentiontoenvironmentalproblems,andnewsteel-and-glassskysc

Studythefollowinggraphcarefullyandwriteanessay.Youshould1)describethegraphandinterpretitsmeaning,and2)pointo

Whenitcomestotheeconomy,pessimismisinandgoodoldAmericanoptimismisout.Fromtheheadlinesinthenewspaperstothe

Studythefollowingchartscarefullyandwriteanessayinwhichyoushould1)describethechartsbriefly,2)interpretthecause

ResearchersledbyNewYorkUniversityneuroscientistJosephLeDouxrecentlyclaimedtobethefirstscientiststoeraseasingl

Aschildhood-obesityratesskyrocket,doctorsareseeinganalarmingriseinacostlydiseaseonceunheardofinchildren;type

Themade-for-TVmovieaboutatornadocarryingman-eatingsharkswasasurprisehitinAmerica.Thepreposterousplotof"Sharkn

Theageatwhichyoungchildrenbegintomakemoraldiscriminationsaboutharmfulactionscommittedagainstthemselvesorothers

若自制仿形销，可用钢、铝和塑料(尼龙)等材料制作，但其质量有具体规定。()

在山区，由于热力的原因而产生风向的变化。白天风从山谷吹向山上，叫做______，

属于肝风内动，筋脉拘急的是

下列关于挖掘机的说法，正确的是()。

通常条件下，下列影响因素中，对梁变形影响最大的是()。

组成管理的环节的是()。

风险补偿专项资金由()负责管理。

公共关系形象的最佳状态是()。

不论以何种货币结算，每当黄金价格下降时，购买金融资产都不失为一种好方法。股票和债券的价格常常与黄金价格相逆而行。