This strategy also has ancient antecedents. Ever since civilization began， certain ( 16 ) have tried to run away from it in hopes of finding a simpler，more ( 17 ) ，and more peaceful life. Unlike the dropouts， they are not ( 18 ) . They are willing to support themselves and to ( 19 ) something to the general community， but they simply don’t like the environment of civilization; that is， the city， with all its ( 20 ) and tension.I had the lonely child’s habit of ( 21 ) stories and holding conversations with ( 22 ) persons， and I think from the very start my literary ambitions were mixed up with the feeling of being isolated and ( 23 ) . I knew that I had a facility with words and a power of facing ( 24 ) facts， and I felt that this created a sort of private world in which I could get my own back for my ( 25 ) in everyday life.Only two people shared her “special” seat: a fine old man in a velvet coat， his hands ( 26 ) over a huge carved walking-stick， and a big old woman， sitting ( 27 ) ， with a roll of knitting on her embroidered apron. They did not speak. This was ( 28 ) ， for Miss Brill always looked forward ( 29 ) the conversation. She had become really quite ( 30 ) ， 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 ( 31 ) value that it alone can deliver to a chosen market. We have identified three distinct value ( 32 ) ， so called because each discipline produces a different kind of ( 33 ) value. Choosing one discipline to master does not mean that a company ( 34) the other two， only that it picks a dimension of value on which to ( 35 ) its market reputation over the long term.The value of snobbery in general， its humanistic “point”， consists in its power to ( 36 ) activity. A society with plenty of snobberies is like a dog with plenty of ( 37 ) : it is not likely to become comatose. Every snobbery demands of its devotees ( 38 ) efforts， a succession of sacrifices. The society-snob must be perpetually lion-hunting; the modernity-snob can never rest ( 39 ) 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 ( 40 ) 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

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