7．A)kept        B)listed            C)took            D)arranged
He _7_ his place among the world’s leading writers with two Booker prize victories，Britain’s highest honor for novels．
7．  C。分析：take 在这里是“获得”，如：
The book takes its title from the Bible.该书书名得自于《圣经》
take a seat.占有（占据）一个座位
It takes money to live in that town. 要住那城市得花费不少
take a train乘坐火车来源：考试大

8．A)received            B)obtained       C)won            D)had
He first _8_ in 1983 for the“Life and Times of Michael K”．and his second title came in 1999 for“Disgrace”．
8．C．分析：空格处需要不及物动词，因此只有合适。
 
9．A)Dealing            B)Handling        C)Solving         D)Removing
10．A)in              B)out            C)of                D)from
A major theme in his work is South Africa’s former apartheid system．which divided whites from blacks．  _9_  with the problems of violence，crime and racial division that still exist in the country, his books have enabled ordinary people to understand apartheid（种族隔离） _10_  within．来源：考试大
9．A.分析：借助空格后的搭配with直接判断A是答案。其他的选项都是及物动词。
10．D．分析：借助空格所在结构含义“他的书促使普通人。。里面理解种族隔离”判断D（从）合适。
Within n.内部, 里头 adv.在内部, 在内心里 prep.在...之内, 不越出
 
11．A)covers            B)puts            C)spreads          D)casts
“I have always been more interested in the past than the future。”he said in a rare interview．“The past  _11_  its shadow over the present．
11．D． 分析：借助搭配结构含义“。。它的阴影”判断D“投下”合适。
Spread n.伸展, 展开, 传播； v.伸展, 展开, 铺, 涂, 敷, 摆
 
12．A)once            B)twice            C)thrice  （三次）        D)four times
I hope I have made one or two people think _12_ about whether they want to forget the past completely．”来源：考试大
12．B． 分析：think twice( v.重新考虑)是固定搭配结构。
 
13．A)written            B)hidden            C)mirrored      D)stricken
In fact this purity in his writing seems to be _13_ in his personal life．Coetzee is a vegetarian，a cyclist rather than a motorist and doesn’t drink alcohol．
13．C． 借助空格所在的结构的大意“实际上他写作中的这种纯洁性似乎在他的个人生活中被。。”判断C（反映）是答案。来源：考试大
Strike n.罢工, 打击, 殴打vt.打, 撞击,罢工, 划燃, 到达, 侵袭vi.打, 打击, 罢工
 
14．A)contributed     B)added            C)attributed         D)created
But what he has  _14_  to 1iterature，culture and the people of South Africa is far greater than the things he has given up．
14．A．分析：借助空格所在的结构含义“他。。文学，文化和南非人民”和空格后的搭配介词to判断A（对。。的贡献）合适。
选项设置特点：搭配结构近似项。来源：考试大
 
15．A)tells            B)says            C)informs          D)expresses
“In looking at weakness and failure in 1ife，”the Nobel prize judging panel said，“Coetzee’s work  _15_  the divine spark in man．”
15．D．分析：借助被选项的搭配特点：tell sb. sth.; say sth../that..; inform sb. of sth./ express sth.判断在搭配结构上B和D合适。在借助空格所在结构的含义“Coetzee的著作。。人们身上美好的东西”判断D（表达）合适。