首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Short stories are due a revival. In recent years, there have been critically(1)_____ collections by American writers such as Lyd
Short stories are due a revival. In recent years, there have been critically(1)_____ collections by American writers such as Lyd
admin
2013-11-10
41
问题
Short stories are due a revival. In recent years, there have been critically(1)_____ collections by American writers such as Lydia Davis and Junot Diaz. But few others manage to(2)_____ the bestseller lists, and they are all too often(3)_____ by novels.(4)_____ their heyday in the early 20th century, short stories are mostly viewed as trials or experiments before an author(5)_____ with the real thing.
John Burnside, a Scottish poet and novelist, (6)_____ this fixed idea in his latest collection, "Something Like Happy". Over 13 stories, Mr Burn-side shows the versatility of the condensed (7)_____. 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,(8)_____ men drink "sweet, milky coffee"(9)_____ waiting for the results of the races. His men carry knives or conduct extramarital(10)______; his women are often (11)_____ housewives who drink, take up bell-ringing in their local church or fantasise about younger men(12)_____ a way of filling in time.
Happiness is the subject that(13)_____ the collection together. In other hands, this could become sentimental.(14)_____ Mr Burnside, with only a few(15)_____, never allows that to happen. Instead, happiness(16)_____ stays away from these figures; so much(17)_____ they have almost ceased to(18)_____ it. Rooted in the bleaker aspects of Scotland’s landscapes, it is something that his (19)_____ continually search for, in these concise and poetic tales—yet(20)_____ to find.
(7)
选项
A、way
B、shape
C、sign
D、form
答案
D
解析
由于Mr Burnside写的是短篇小说。故填上form,实际上condensed form指代短篇小说。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/tgGK777K
0
专业英语四级
相关试题推荐
Educatorsareseriouslyconcernedaboutthehighrateofdropoutsamongthedoctorofphilosophycandidatesandtheconsequentl
WherewerethoseAmericanmissionariesarrested?
Sincewearesocialbeings,thequalityofourlivesdependsinlargemeasureonourinterpersonalrelationships.One【C1】______o
Sincewearesocialbeings,thequalityofourlivesdependsinlargemeasureonourinterpersonalrelationships.One【C1】______o
AmericanSocietyIsChangingInmanynations,everydayactivitiesaredoneinaplanned,orderlymanner.Forexample,forma
WhyarevisitorstoBritainalwayscomplainingaboutEnglishfood?
InAmericancityschools,howmanystudentsareabsentonadallybasis?
I,whocanwagewarsuccessfullywiththe13ugestbeasts,should______myselffromthisspider,themostinconsiderableofinse
WhatisLucybusywithrecently?
随机试题
LCU累计达到300分,次年的心身疾病发病机率是
患者,85岁,脑出血,病情危重。护理该患者时,不正确的措施方法是
通信建设工程企业专职安全生产管理人员安全生产管理能力考核要点不包括()。
某城市南郊雨水泵站工程临近大治河,大治河正常水位为+3.00m,雨水泵站和进水管道连接处的管内底标高为-4.00m。雨水泵房地下部分采用沉井法施工,进水管为3m×2m×10m(宽×高×长)现浇钢筋混凝土箱涵,基坑采用拉森钢板桩围护。设计单位对雨水泵房和进水
期货交易所应当按照()的比例提取风险准备金,风险准备金应当单独核算,专户存储。
远期交易是指买卖双方签订远期合同,规定在未来某。时间进行实物商品交收的一种交易方式。()
某矿山机械厂与某钢铁公司签订了一份合同。合同规定:由钢铁公司提供原料,机械厂为其加工烧成车50台,总价款为250万元,钢铁公司给付机械厂定金5万元。钢铁公司提供加工图纸,并要求机械厂承担保密责任,并由钢铁公司于5月底自提货物,验收合格后按价款转账结算。
系统中有2个并发进程,当一个进程在等待另一个进程向它发送消息时,它们之间的关系是()。
有如下类声明:classBase1{};classBase2{};classDerived:publicBase2,publicBase1{};在一个Derived对象消亡时,析构函数被调用的顺序是
期货结算机构与期货交易所根据关系不同,一般可分为()。
最新回复
(
0
)