25.完形填空(2004江苏卷)
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. Summer time ___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. 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
Key: 1--5 BCADB 6--10 ACDBB 11--15 ACDBA 16--20 CDBCA