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The instinct, common among people of all ages, for keeping apparently usele

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问题      The instinct, common among people of all ages, for keeping apparently useless【C1】______  has never ceased to appeal to me. I do not mean【C2】______  collecting, such as stamps or old china,【C3】______ the habit so many of us have of keeping things in case they【C4】______ in "handy". This is especially true of【C5】______ such as shoes, sweaters and ancient raincoats which, though out of【C6】______ and worn-out, remain hanging in our wardrobes【C7】______  looked at or put on, but just comfortingly there.
     An old man who lived next door to us at one time used to【C8】______ newspapers. He simply could not bear to【C9】______ a newspaper away, though once he had read it, he never glanced at it【C10】______ . When he died at close【C11】______ ninety, two rooms of his house were filled with yellow newspapers which had become 【C12】______ for several families of mice.
     Then an aunt of mine had a passion【C13】______ collecting string. To throw away a piece of string was to commit a deadly【C14】______  in her eyes. No piece of string was【C15】______ short to escape her attention. She saved the string off parcels and packages of all sorts, even luggage labels. Christmas was a torture for her,【C16】______ she could not bear to see us taking scissors to【C17】______  the string round  our  brightly【C18】______  Christmas  presents, and would sit anxiously watching, repeatedly diving to the floor to【C19】______ an end that had been carelessly thrown away. It was a terrible blow to her when sticky tape【C20】______ general use--in fact she did not survive it long. [br] 【C15】
选项 A、very
B、obviously
C、extremely
D、too
答案 D
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