8. Not only was this writer content to leave the reading public in the dark, she seems to have ___ the role of trickster, seeding her works with apparent clues that led nowhere.

A. rejected

B. disdained

C. relished

D. participated in

E. delighted in

F. developed

选 CE

翻译：作者不仅乐于把读者蒙在鼓里，她似乎很享受自己的诡计，在作品中植入了一些似是而非又毫无用处的线索。

(be)in the dark(about something)(对某事)无知、不察觉

由此类推，leave somebody in the dark 就是 令某人不察觉(某事)。

public (作集合名词)有共同兴趣的人群，the reading public 广大读者

reject 拒绝接受，剔除，摈弃

disdain 鄙视，轻蔑，不屑于(做某事)

relish 欣赏，品尝，给 … 加佐料，享受，从(某事物)中获得乐趣

delight 感到高兴，愉快

trickster 耍花招的人，骗子

apparent 似是而非的，【MWC】manifest to the senses or mind as real or true on the basis of evidence that may or may not be factually valid 看起来像那么回事，实际上未必有根据