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? 小题1: A．Make B．Take C．Give D．Have 小题2: A．happened B．wanted C．used D．tried 小题3: A．what B．how C．which D．when 小题4: A．sunny B．rainy C．cloudy D．snowy 小题5: A．took B．brought C．carried D．turned 小题6: A．Clearly B．Particularly C．Luckily D．Especially 小题7: A．believed B．expressed C．remembered D．wondered 小题8: A．long B．often C．soon D．much 小题9: A．respected B．missed C．praised D．admired 小题10: A．better B．worse C．more D．less 小题11: A．disappearance B．appearance C．misfortune D．fortune 小题12: A．forgotten B．lost C．known D．hurt 小题13: A．happy B．enjoyable C．frequent D．daily 小题14: A．friends B．strangers C．tourists D．guests 小题15: A．regularly B．actually C．hardly D．probably 小题16: A．common B．pleasant C．important D．faithful 小题17: A．choice B．knowledge C．decision D．sense 小题18: A．Because B．If C．Although D．However 小题19: A．keeping B．changing C．passing D．mentioning 小题20:A unnamed        B. unforgettable    C. unbelievable     D. unreal