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

37. A. happened B. wanted C. used D. tried

38. A. what B. how C. which D. when

39. A. sunny B. rainy

snowy

40. A. took B. brought C. carried D. turned

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

42. A. believed B. expressed C. remembered D. wondered

43. A. long B. often C. soon D. much

44. A. respected B. missed C. praised D. admired

45. A. better B. worse C. more D. less

46. A. disappearance B. appearance C. misfortune D. fortune

47. A. forgotten B. lost

hurt

C. cloudy D. C. known D.