We may look at the world around us, but somehow we manage not to see it until whatever we’ve become used to suddenly disappears. 1 , for example, the neatly-dressed woman I 2 to see—or look at—on my way to work each morning.
For three years, no matter 3 the weather was like, she was always waiting at the bus stop around 8:00 am. On 4 days, she wore heavy clothes and a pair of woolen gloves. Summertime 5 out neat, belted cotton dresses and a hat pulled low over her sunglasses. 6 , she was an ordinary working woman. Of course, I 7 all this only after she was seen no more. It was then that I realized how 8 I expected to see her each morning. You might say I 9 her.
“Did she have an accident? Something 10 ?” I thought to myself about her 11 . Now that she was gone, I felt I had 12 her. I began to realize that part of our 13 life probably includes such chance meetings with familiar 14 : the milkman you see at dawn, the woman who 15 walks her dog along the street every morning, the twin brothers you see at the library. Such people are 16 markers in our byes. They add weight to our 17 of place and belonging.
Think about it. 18 , while walking to work, we mark where we are by 19 a certain building, why should we not mark where we are when we pass a familiar, though 20 person?
1. A. Make B. Take C. Give D. Have
2. A. happened B. wanted C. used D. tried
3. A. what B. how C. which D. when
4. A. sunny B. rainy C. cloudy D. snowy
5. A. took B. brought C. carried D. turned
6. A. Clearly B. Particularly C. Luckily D. Especially
7. A. believed B. expressed C. remembered D. wondered
8. A. long B. often C. soon D. much
9. A. respected B. missed C. praised D. admired
10. A. better B. worse C. more D. less
11. A. disappearance B. appearance C. misfortune D. fortune
12. A. forgotten B. lost C. known D. hurt
13. A. happy B. enjoyable C. frequent D. daily
14. A. friends B. strangers C. tourists D. guests
15. A. regularly B. actually C. hardly D. probably
16. A. common B. pleasant C. important D. faithful
17. A. choice B. knowledge C. decision D. sense
18. A. Because B. If C. Although D. However
19. A. keeping B. changing C. passing D. mentioning
20. A. unnamed B. unforgettable C. unbelievable D. unreal
(八)答案：
1—5 BCADB 6—10 ACDBB 11—15 ACDBA 16—20 CDBCA