完形填空。      I saw the old man, with his untidy clothes and messy hair, as he dashed between the rows of the
department store. He was trying to be ordinary but he was hard not to     1  .
     He    2  the saleswoman and with a slight    3_, possibly German, asked where the women"s shoes
were sold. "Fourth floor." She responded in a voice I could hear 10 miles away. "Pardon? Where did
you say they were?" he asked again, apparently     4_. Clearly the old man was somewhat     5  "Fourth
floor, sir," the friendly saleswoman replied patiently, this time so _6_ that customers turned to see what
was causing the _7   .
     I continued watching as the man thanked the saleswoman and    8    for what I assumed was the
fourth floor. But rather than walk to the    9  or the lift, he dashed behind a shelf, took out a notebook
and started writing hurriedly, with an almost mad    10   on his face. Then he went straight up to another
saleswoman and asked where the women"s shoes were sold. Again he asked her to    11   the answer
and once more he walked away and took down some notes.
     He did this three more times before a department store    12 , thinking him mad, removed him from
the store. But rather than be    13 , the old man departed with a huge smile on his face. Although the
incident was    1 4  , it was not until a year later, during my first year of university, that I gave it any
further    15_. I walked into my language classroom and met my professor. It was that very same man.

(     )1. A. see             (     )2. A. followed         (     )3. A. doubt           (     )4. A. confused         (     )5. A. silly           (     )6. A. angrily         (     )7. A. disturbance     (     )8. A. put away         (     )9. A. shoes           (     )10. A. confusion       (     )11. A. reply           (     )12. A.security-guard   (     )13. A. arrested       (     )14. A. unusua         (     )15. A. wonder

B. notice       B. interviewed B. voice       B. amused       B. shy         B. loudly       B. accident     B. passed away B. stairs       B. appearance   B. recite       B. customer     B. embarrassed B. serious     B. sense

C. neglect       C. chose         C. accent       C. annoyed       C. deaf         C. suddenly     C. pleasure     C. pulled away   C. exit         C. pain         C. repeat       C. saleswoman   C. relaxed       C. dangerous     C. thought

D. find           D. approached     D. smile         D. tired         D. weak           D. quickly       D. quarrel       D. headed off     D. sign           D. expression     D. retell         D. policeman     D. refused       D. unforgettable D. idea