[单项选择] Steve Courtney wrote historical novels. Not, he was quick to explain, over-colorful love stories of the kind that made so much money for so many women writers, but novels set, and correctly set, in historical periods. Whatever difference he saw in his own books, his readers did not seem to notice it, and his readers were nearly all women. He had studied in university, and he had been a particularly good student, and he had never afterwards let any academic knowledge he had achieved interfere with his writing. Helen, his wife, who did not have a very high opinion of her husband’’s ability as a novelist, had been careful to say when she married him she was not historically minded. Above all, Helen was doubtful whether her relationship with Steve would work at all in the village of Stretton, to which they had just moved. It was Steve who had wanted to move to the country, and she had been glad of the change, in principle, whatever doubts she was now having about Stretton as
A. He would have liked to earn as much money as they did.
B. He was afraid of being compared unfavourably with them.
C. He did not think he could write about the same subjects.
D. He had a low opinion of the kind of books they wrote.

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[单项选择] Steve Courtney wrote historical novels. Not, he was quick to explain, over-colorful love stories of the kind that made so much money for so many women writers, but novels set, and correctly set, in historical periods. Whatever difference he saw in his own books, his readers did not seem to notice it, and his readers were nearly all women. He had studied in university, and he had been a particularly good student, and he had never afterwards let any academic knowledge he had achieved interfere with his writing. Helen, his wife, who did not have a very high opinion of her husband’’s ability as a novelist, had been careful to say when she married him she was not historically minded. Above all, Helen was doubtful whether her relationship with Steve would work at all in the village of Stretton, to which they had just moved. It was Steve who had wanted to move to the country, and she had been glad of the change, in principle, whatever doubts she was now having about Stretton as
A. Her lack of interest in history.
B. Her low opinion of her husband’’s writing.
C. Her dislike of her husband’’s admirers.
D. Her inability to understand his books.

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Steve Courtney wrote historical novels. Not, he was quick to explain, over-colourful love stories of the kind that made so much money for so many women writers, but novels set, and correctly set, in historical periods. Whatever difference he saw in his own books, his readers did not seem to notice it, and his readers were nearly all women. He had studied in university, but he had been a particularly good student, and he had never afterwards let any academic knowledge he had achieved interfere with his writing.
Helen, his wife, who did not have a very high opinion of her husband’ s ability as a novelist, had been careful to say when she married him she was not historically minded.
Above all, Helen was doubtful whether her relationship with Steve would work at all in the village of Stretton, to which they had just moved.
A. Her lack of interest in history.
B. Her low opinion of her husband’ s writing.
C. Her dislike of her husband’ s admirers.
D. Her inability to understand his books.

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