馬新德

We may look at the world around us， but somehow we manage not to see it until whatever weve 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 a. m. 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 lives. 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. fortune? ?????? B. misfortune????????? C. appearance ?????? D. disappearance

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