单选题 By the time, Eliot had already risen to _______ in the literary circle in his country.

【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[译文]那时,艾略特已经跃身成为本土文学界的一位知名人士。
[解析]名词辨义。significance意为“意义,重要性”,如:of little significance(无关紧要的);prominence意为“著名,杰出,显著”,如:a person of some prominence(颇有知名度的人);elevation意为“提升,上升”,如:elevation to the manager(提升为经理);phenomenon意为“现象”,如:the phenomenon of nature(自然现象)。根据原句句意可知,B)项为正确答案。