Not long ago my wife sent me to the nearest market to buy something, I went there dire

ctly, and (54)a pound of sugar. Then I returned home and(55) my wife the paper bag in which there was one pound of sugar. I said to her, “Here is the(56) you want.” My wife looked into the bag, and then looked at me in a(57)way, saying very slowly, “I told you to get me a bottle of milk”. I was so(58 )my absent-mindedness that I paid(59) to my family doctor, who was both learned and kind.“Your problem,” He said, “is a(60)one and it should not(61) you at all. If you know you’re absent-minded, you’re quite all right. It’s nothing to worry about. But if you don’t know you’re absent-minded, you’re surely in(62 )“Many(63)people are absent-minded,” the doctor told me. “(64),Thomas Edison was standing(65)one day to pay taxes when he arrived(66)window, that is to say, it was his(67)to pay his money, he found that he(68)his own(69). He(70)the man next in the line and asked,” Can you tell me who I am？ The man told him.I felt(71)and got up to leave. “Thank you, doctor,” I said, “How much should I pay you？” “Ten dollars for the(72).” “But, doctor, I didn’t have a check-up.” The doctor looked much puzzled. “Oh, yes,” he said, “it was that(73)before you. How absent-minded I am too!”

54. A.sold

B.ordered

C.bought

D.borrowed

55. A.handed

B.put

C.paid

D.borrowed

56. A.milk

B.sugar

C.vegetable

D.book

57. A.friendly

B.kind

C.open

D.strange

58. A.worried about

B.fond of

C.interested in

D.proud of

59. A.some money

B.taxes

C.a visit

D.great attention

60. A.difficult

B.good

C.bad

D.simple

61. A.excite

B.worry

C.interest

D.pay

62. A.need

B.future

C.trouble

D.fact

63. A.famous

B.ordinary

C.sick

D.honest

64. A.In fact

B.For example

C.At once

D.Long, long ago

65. A.among people

B.in passengers

C.in a queue

D.between two

66. A.to

B.in

C.on

D.at

67. A.moment

B.duty

C.turn

D.time

68. A.had remembered

B.had forgotten

C.thought of

D.lost

69. A.telephone number

B.name

C.address

D.age

70. A.turned to

B.looked at

C.listened to

D.passed on

71. A.even worse

B.more worried

C.much better

D.more excited

72. A.check-up

B.talk

C.medicine

D.time

73. A.me

B.your wife

C.patient

D.scientist