Passage 2   (湖南省衡阳八中2008届高三最后一次模拟考试)  完形填空

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?

36.A.Make B. Take C. Give  D. Have

ed  B. wanted C. used D. tried

B. how  C. which D. when

B. rainy C. cloudy D. snowy

B. brought C. carried D. turned

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

ed  B. expressed C. remembered D. wondered

 B. often C. soon D. much

ted  B. missed C. praised D. admired

B. worse C. more D. less

earance B. appearance C. misfortune D. fortune

ten B. lost C. known D. hurt

B. enjoyable      C. frequent  D. daily

s      B. strangers C. tourists D. guests

rly B. actually C. hardly D. probably

 B. pleasant C. important D. faithful

B. knowledge C. decision D. sense

53.A.Because B. If C. Although D. However 

g  B. changing C. passing D. mentioning

d  B. unforgettable C. unbelievable D. unreal

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