第二节 完型填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)
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. 36 , for example, the neatly-dressed woman I
37 to see -or
look at - on my way to work each morning.
For three years, no matter 38 the weather was like, she was always
waiting at the bus stop around 8:O0 am. On 39 days, she wore heavy clothes and a pair
of woolen gloves. Summertime 40 out neat, belted cotton dresses and a hat
pulled low over her sunglasses. __41
, she was an ordinary
working woman. Of course, I 42 all this only after she was seen no more.
It was then that I realized how 43 I expected to see her each morning.
You might say I 44 her.
“Did she have an
accident? Something 45 ?” I thought to myself about her 46 .
Now that she was gone, I felt I had 47 her. I began to realize that part of our 48 life probably includes such chance
meetings with familiar 49 : the milkman you see at dawn, the woman
who 50 walks her dog along the street every
morning, the twin brothers you see at the library. Such people are 51 markers in our byes. They add weight to
our 52 of place and belonging.
Think about it. 53 , while walking to work, we mark
where we are by 54 a certain building, why should
we not mark where we are when we pass a familiar, though 55 , person?
36. A. Make
B.
Take
C.
Give
D.
Have
37. A. happened B. wanted C. used D. tried
38. A. what B. how C. which D. when
39. A. sunny
B. rainy C. cloudy
D. snowy
40. A. took B. brought C. carried
D. turned
41. A. Clearly B. Particularly C. Luckily
D. Especially
42. A. believed B. expressed C. remembered D.
wondered
43. A. long B. often C. soon D.
much
44. A. respected
B. missed C. praised D. admired
45. A. better B. worse C. more D. less
46. A. disappearance B. appearance C. misfortune D. fortune
47. A. forgotten B. lost
C. known D. hurt
48. A. happy B. enjoyable C. frequent D. daily
49. A. friends B. strangers C. tourists D. guests
50. A. regularly B. actually C. hardly D. probably
51. A. common B. pleasant C. important D. faithful
52. A. choice B. knowledge C. decision D. sense
53. A. Because B. If C. Although D. However
54. A. keeping B. changing C. passing D. mentioning
55. A. unnamed B. unforgettable C.
unbelievable D. unreal