单选题 Woman: What do you think of the new novel by William Golding?
Man: Well, that one takes a really close reading.
Question: What does the man mean?

A. He doesn't like reading the book.
B. He'd love to have time to read it.
C. The novel is difficult to understand.
D. The novel is well worth reading.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[考点] 对形容词close的理解 [解析] 此题考查考生是否理解对话中出现的形容词close。close属于一词多义，需结合上下文才能确定其确切的意思。从本句中它所修饰的名词reading可以推断，close作“仔细的”解释比较合理，因此可以推断，当一本小说需要仔细阅读时，它应该是不太容易理解的，因此正确答案为C。