答案及解析：Man of Few Words来源：考试大

　　Everyone chases success，but not all of us want to be famous．
　　South African writer John Maxwell Coetzee is  _l_  for keeping himself to himself．
1．A)unhappy            B)well known      C)busy            D)worried
1. B。分析：借助空格后的搭配结构介词for 或介词for所在的介词短语的含义“自己不交际”判断B（出名的）是答案。
keep oneself to oneself v.不交际来源：考试大
be happy about [at] sth.因..而感到高兴
be busy with [about, in]忙于..
be worried about sth.担心..来源：考试大
be well known/famous for..因为..而出名
结合文章标题“说话很少的人”判断文章可能主要介绍  South African writer John Maxwell Coetzee。该文章是记叙文。
 
2．A)catch            B)come across      C)run into          D)bump into
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  _2_  ”
2．A/B/C/D．分析：B，C和D都是含义接近的短语，都表示“偶然碰见”。所以相互排除掉，因此答案是A。
如： I often bump into/ come across/ run into him at the supermarket.
我经常在超级市场同他不期而遇来源：考试大
但其实A也是“出乎意料地或偶然地发现或碰见”的含义，如：
He was caught in the act of stealing.他在行窃时被当场抓到
I don't catch your meaning.我不明白你的意思
被选项设置特点：近义项来源：考试大
 
3．A)influenced          B)affected        C)moved            D)shocked
Coetzee lives in Australia but spends part of the year teaching at the University of Chicago. He seemed _3_   by the news he won the US$1.3 million prize．“It came as a complete surprise．I wasn’t even aware they were due to make the announcement．”he said． 
3． D。分析：A和B含义和用法非常接近，因此彼此排除掉；借助句意“他看起来被他赢得了1。3百万大奖的消息。。”判断D（震惊）合适。
被选项设置特点：近义项来源：考试大
 
4．A)1ike        B)devote            C)love            D)attract
His  _4_  of privacy (文章主题词)led to doubts as to whether Coetzee will attend the prize-giving in Stockholm，Sweden，on December 10．
4． C。 分析：空格处需要名词，只有C能作名词也能作动词用。来源：考试大
 
5．A)difficult            B)easy            C)ready         D)eager
But despite being described as _5_ to track down，the critics agree that his writing is easy to get to know．
5. A。分析：A和B是正反义项，重点注意。借助空格所在结构含义“尽管被描述成。。被追踪到”并参考上文内容判断A是答案。“being described as difficult to track down”与前句中的“ they would find him “particularly difficult to  catch ”含义呼应。
track down v.追捕到
被选项设置特点：反义项来源：考试大
 
6．A)forced            B)caused            C)made            D)did
Born in Cape Town，South Africa，to all English-speaking family, Coetzee _6_ his breakthrough in 1980 with the novel“Waiting for the Barbarians”．
1．  C。分析：借助空格后的搭配“Coetzee。。他的突破（性成就）”判断C合适。
Make one’s breakthrough: 创造了。。的突破性的成绩
make one's living by n.靠...谋生来源：考试大
make oneself understood v.表达自己的意图
do one's best v.尽全力