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The instinct, common among people of all ages, for keeping apparently usele
The instinct, common among people of all ages, for keeping apparently usele
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2023-11-07
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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] 【C2】
选项
A、careful
B、spontaneous
C、serious
D、conscientious
答案
C
解析
本文中提到的收藏其意义不大,但对收留的人来说便于使用。因此集邮和收集瓷器等是“严肃、正经”的收藏,C。
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