41.A.Clearly 　　　　 B. Particularly　　　　 C. Luckily　　　　　　 D. Especially

40.A.took　　　　　　　 B. brought　　　　　　 C. carried　　　　　　　 D. turned

39.A.sunny　　　　　　 B. rainy　　　　　　　　 C. cloudy　　　　　　　 D. snowy

38.A.what　　　　　　　 B. how 　　　　　　　　 C. which　　　　　　　　 D. when

37.A.happened 　　 B. wanted　　　　　　　 C. used　　　　　　　　　 D. tried

36.A.Make　　　　　　 B. Take　　　　　　　　　 C. Give 　　　　　　　　 D. Have

55. A. professor　　　　　　 B. expert　　　　　　　　　　 C. doctor　　　　　　　　　 D. boss　

答案　 36.C　 37.A　 38.B　 39.B　 40.D　 41.A　 42.D　 43.B　 44.A　 45.C　 46.B　 47.C　 48.B　 49.D　 50.C　 51.D　 52.A　 53.B　 54.D　 55.C

Passage 18

(湖南省衡阳八中2008届高三最后一次模拟考试)

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 8:00 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 lives. 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?

54. A. even　　　　　　　　　　 B. forever　　　　　　　　　 C. before　　　　　　　　　 D. again

53. A. suited　　　　　　　　　 B. required　　　　　　　　 C. made　　　　　　　　　　 D. matched　　　　　　　

52. A. realized　　　　　　　 B. imagined　　　　　　　　 C. believed　　　　　　　　 D. noticed