Pertanyaan

Fill in the blanks in the following news with appropriate words in the box. British playwright Harold Pinter, a master of sparse dialogue and menacing silences who has been an outspoken critic of the U.S.-led war in Iraq, was the surprise ____ (1) of the Nobel literature prize on Thursday. The 75-year-old Londoner, ____ (2) of a Jewish dressmaker, is one of Britain’s best-known dramatists for plays ____ (3) The Birthday Party and The Caretaker, whose mundane dialogue with sinister undercurrents gave rise to the adjective “Pinteresque”. An intimidating presence with bushy eyebrows and a rich voice, he was ____ (4) by Swedish Academy head Horace Engdahl, who ____ (5) the prize, as “the towering figure” in English drama in the second half of the 20th century. Pinter ____ (6) Reuters Television he was overwhelmed by the ____ (7): “I haven’t had time to think about it ____ (8) I am very, very moved. It was something I did not ____ (9) at all at any time." (Taken from: The Jakarta Post , October 14, 2005)