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Short stories are due a revival. In recent years, there have been critically
Short stories are due a revival. In recent years, there have been critically
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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. [br] (20)
选项
A、fail
B、decline
C、strive
D、manage
答案
A
解析
空格前的yet表转折。表明空格内容与前面的continually search for“不断寻找”语义相反.故表正面意义的C、D两项可先排除;decline指“拒绝”接受,与前文的“不断寻找”相矛盾,填入fail指“不能找到”,与上文呼应。
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