首页
登录
职称英语
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
游客
2024-10-06
37
管理
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. [br] (17)
选项
A、that
B、in case that
C、so that
D、so as
答案
C
解析
空格后的“他们停下来……”是前面“幸福远离这些故事人物”的结果。故应填上引导结果状语从句的so that。so much so that表示“达到这种程度以致……”。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3789408.html
相关试题推荐
Recently,CongressionalDemocratsintroducedlegislationtomakeiteasierf
Recently,CongressionalDemocratsintroducedlegislationtomakeiteasierf
Thecountryhasalreadysentupthreeunmannedspacecraft,themostrecent______
Recentlyanumberofcaseshavebeenreportedofyoungchildren______aviolent
Arecentsurveyshowsthathalfoftheyoungstudentshaveexperiencedthecy
Howwasthemanrecently?[br][originaltext]M:Howwasyourday?W:Let’sstar
OneofthemostintriguingstoriesoftheRussianRevolutionconcernstheid
OneofthemostintriguingstoriesoftheRussianRevolutionconcernstheid
OneofthemostintriguingstoriesoftheRussianRevolutionconcernstheid
OneofthemostintriguingstoriesoftheRussianRevolutionconcernstheid
随机试题
Shynessisthecauseofmuchunhappinessforagreatmanypeople.Shypeople
[originaltext]M:Thismorningwe’vegotkickingoffanewseries,NewYear,
Incollegesalmosthalfamillionstudentshavetotakethecourseofintrod
不能用做电力装置接地线的是( )。A.建筑设备的金属架构 B.供水金属管道
标志着当代护理思想和观念重大变革的是()A.家庭病床护理 B.心理护
右侧视束损伤可出现()。A.双侧视野颞侧视野偏盲 B.双侧鼻侧颞侧视野偏盲
甘油在空胶囊制备时的作用A.增稠剂 B.着色剂 C.避光剂 D.芳香矫味剂
A.生石膏B.马钱子C.灯心草D.麝香E.生千金子临床常用量为1~3g的是
5-FUA.AMP类似物 B.嘧啶类似物 C.叶酸类似物 D.次黄嘌呤类
简要病史:男性,34岁,腹泻3天伴脓血。
最新回复
(
0
)