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  3. Many professions are associated with a particular stereotype. The classic (1)_____ of a writer, for example, is (2)_____ a sligh

Many professions are associated with a particular stereotype. The classic (1)_____ of a writer, for example, is (2)_____ a sligh

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问题     Many professions are associated with a particular stereotype. The classic (1)_____ of a writer, for example, is (2)_____ a slightly crazy-looking person, (3)_____ in an attic, writing away furiously for days (4)_____ end. Naturally, he has his favorite pen and note-paper, or a beat-up typewriter, (5)_____ which he could not produce a readable word.
    Nowadays, we know that such images bear little (6)_____ to reality. But are they completely (7)_____? In the case of at least one writer, it would seem not. Dame Muriel Spark, who (8)_____ 80 in February, in many ways resembles this stereotypical "writer". She is certainly not (9)_____, and she doesn’t work in an attic. But she is rather particular (10)_____ the tools of her trade.
    She insists on writing with a (11)_____ type of pen in a certain type of notebook, which she buys from a certain stationer in Edinburgh called James Thin. In fact, so (12)_____ is she that, if someone uses one of her pens by (13)_____, she immediately throws it away. And she claims she (14)_____ enormous difficulty writing in any notebook other than (15)_____ sold by James Thin. This could soon be a (16)_____, as the shop no longer stocks them, (17)_____ Dame Muriel’s supply of 72-page spiral bound is nearly (18)_____.
    As well as her "obsession" about writing materials, Muriel Spark (19)_____ one other characteristic with the stereotypical "writer": her work is the most (20)_____ thing in her life. It has stopped her from marrying; cost her old friends and made her new ones, and driven her from London to New York to Rome. Today she lives in the Italian province of Tuscany with a friend.

选项 A、except
B、besides
C、with
D、without
答案D
解析 此处语境是定语从句，引导代词which前面缺一个介词。上文谈到he has his favorite pen。从句后面谈到he could not produce a readable word，不难推断出，这里应该是说没有这些工具他写不出东西来。故without正确。except和besides作介词时表示"除…之外"，这两个词后面所接的宾语应该与句子的一个成分相对应。比如everyone except her、He had few friends besides us中her与everyone对应，而us与he对应。在本题中，没有这种对应的成分，无法用这两个词。with容易排除。
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