Thomas Hardy abandoned（ ）and returned to poetry for the criticisms against his last
two novels.
A、novel-writing
B、drama-creating
C、play-creating
D、prose-writing
【正确答案】：A
【题目解析】：句意：托马斯·哈代放弃了小说写作（novel-writing），转而从事诗歌创作，以应对对他最后两部小说的批评。drama-creating——戏剧创作；play-creating——游戏创作；prose-writing——散文写作
