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?
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—Your sister nearly _________ all her spare time to her study during the three years.
—That’s right, or she _________ the first place in her school in the College Entrance Examination.
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—I paid him 200 yuan for the sneakers.
—Oh, he charged you too much. You _________ them with half the money.
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A．could have bought |
B．needn’t have bought |
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C．must have bought |
D．wouldn’t have bought |
You must trust him; he is a man who _________ his promise.
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A．speaks out |
B．lives up to |
C．depends on |
D．keeps on |
There is such a problem _________ we all should _________.
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A．as; pay attention to it |
B．that; attract our attention |
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D．that; attract our attention to it |
You will have to wait for one more week, _________ the manager will be back from his trip.
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B．before |
C．as |
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