单选题 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?

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[考点] 副词辨析
[解析] Clearly“明显地”，Particularly“特别地”，Luckily“幸运地”，Es-pecially“尤其地”。由上述对这位女士穿着的描述，明显判断她是一个普通的职业女性。故本题选A。

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[考点] 副词辨析
[解析] how long表示时间长度，how often表示频率，how soon表示“再过多久”，how much在此表示程度。句意为“此时我才意识到我是多么希望每天能见到她”。故选D。

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[考点] 副词辨析
[解析] regularly“有规律地”，由下文的every morning可推断出，那个妇女在街上遛狗是很有规律发生的动作。actually“事实上”，hardly“几乎不”，probably“可能”，均不符合文义。

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[考点] 形容词辨析
[解析] common“公共的，普通的”，pleasant“令人愉快的”，important“重要的”，faithful“忠诚的”。“熟悉的陌生人”是我们生活中重要的一部分，这也是本文所阐述的观点。