This strategy also has ancient antecedents. Ever since civilization began， certain___1___have tried to run away from it in hopes of finding a simpler， more___2___，and more peaceful life. Unlike the dropouts， they are not___3___ . They are willing to support themselves and to___4___something to the general community， but they simply don’t like the environment of civilization; that is， the city， with all its___5___and tension.
　　I had the lonely child’s habit of___6___stories and holding conversations with___7___persons， and I think from the very start my literary ambitions were mixed up with the feeling of being isolated and___8___. I knew that I had a facility with words and a power of facing___9___facts， and I felt that this created a sort of private world in which I could get my own back for my___10___in everyday life.
　　Only two people shared her “special” seat: a fine old man in a velvet coat， his hands___11___over a huge carved walking-stick， and a big old woman， sitting___12___， with a roll of knitting on her embroidered apron. They did not speak. This was___13___， for Miss Brill always looked forward___14___the conversation. She had become really quite___15___， she thought， at listening as though she didn’t listen， at sitting in other people’s lives just for a minute while they talked round her.
　　Our research shows that no company can succeed today by trying to be all things to all people. It must instead find the___16___value that it alone can deliver to a chosen market. We have identified three distinct value___17___，so called because each discipline produces a different kind of___18___value. Choosing one discipline to master does not mean that a company___19___the other two， only that it picks a dimension of value on which to___20___its market reputation over the long term.
　　The value of snobbery in general， its humanistic “point”， consists in its power to___21___activity. A society with plenty of snobberies is like a dog with plenty of___22___: it is not likely to become comatose. Every snobbery demands of its devotees___23___efforts， a succession of sacrifices. The society-snob must be perpetually lion-hunting; the modernity-snob can never rest___24___trying to be up-to-date. Swiss doctors and the Best that has been thought or said must be the daily and nightly preoccupation of all the snobs respectively of___25___and culture.

A.making up；B.unique；C.upright；D.customer；E.ugliness；

F.disciplines；G. imaginary；H.parasites；I.to；J.stake

K.fleas；L.clasped；M.disease；N.disappointing；O.failure；

P.individuals；Q.expert；R.undervalued；S.contribute；T.abandons

U.unceasing；V.pastoral；W.from；X.stimulate；Y.unpleasant

A. moved

B. removed

C. proved

D. disproved

A. transaction

B. transition

C. transmission

D. transportation

A. tranquility

B. altitude

C. complexity

D. attitude

A. loaded

B. burdened

C. pressed

D. weighed