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答案：(D) denied
be denied sth 意為「被剝奪、始終未能獲得」：這本書終於為他贏得長久以來一直未能到手的普立茲獎；planned（計畫）、achieved（達成）、examined（檢視）都與 finally winning 的語意不合。
deny 你只記得「否認」（He denied stealing the money.），幾乎沒見過被動的 be denied sth——「被剝奪、始終得不到」。例：I was denied the opportunity of learning French at school.（我在學校被剝奪了學法文的機會。）
這一題句法就能定案，不必只靠語意猜。空格所在的 he had long been ___ 是省略了關係代名詞的關係子句，修飾前面的 the Pulitzer Prize。把它還原成完整句子唸一遍：he had long been ___ the Pulitzer Prize——注意還原之後，空格後面跟著一個受詞 the Pulitzer Prize，而主詞是 he。能形成「人被動 + 還留著一個受詞」的動詞，必須本來就能接兩個受詞。deny sb sth（不給某人某物）正是這一類，被動就成了 sb be denied sth。另外三個都不能：achieve、plan、examine 接的受詞是獎項本身，被動要寫成 the prize had been achieved／planned／examined，主詞不會是 he。語意也對得上：finally winning him the Pulitzer Prize（終於為他贏得普立茲獎）裡的 finally 表示先前一直沒拿到，過去完成式 had long been 也標示這是得獎之前持續已久的狀態。這種「雙受詞動詞的被動」你國中就用過：I was given a book.（我被給了一本書。）give sb sth 變成被動之後，sth 還留在動詞後面；deny sb sth 是同一個形狀，只是意思從「給」變成「不給」。
planned 的問題在受詞對象——plan 的受詞是事情或行程，被動是 the trip was planned，主詞不會是人；而且「他長久以來一直被計畫普立茲獎」語意不通。achieved 的方向與 finally 相衝，若他早已 achieved 這個獎，後面就不必說「終於」贏得；語態上也不成立，要寫成 the prize he had long achieved（主動）才對。examined 是「檢視、審查」，獎項不是被審查的對象，且同樣不能形成 he was examined the prize 這種結構。
be denied sth（被剝奪某物）、deny doing sth（否認做過某事）、there is no denying that…（不可否認…）、be given／offered／awarded sth（雙受詞動詞的被動）、win sb a prize（為某人贏得獎項）。
Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) was an American author and journalist. His writing style, characterized by simplicity and understatement, influenced modern fiction, as 11 his life of adventure.
Hemingway started his career as a journalist at 17. In the 1920s, he was sent to Europe as a newspaper correspondent to 12 such events as the Greek Revolution. During this period, he produced his early important works, including The Sun Also Rises. Among his later works, the most outstanding is The Old Man and the Sea (1952), which became perhaps his most famous book, finally winning him the Pulitzer Prize he had long been 13 .
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