题目内容
One cold night,I was growing sick of my life in San Francisco. There I was walking home around one o'clock in the morning after a 1 practice at the the?atre. With the opening night only a week away,I was still learning my lines by heart. I was having 2 han?dling my parttime job at the bank in the daytime and my acting at night at the same time. As I walked,I thought seriously about 3 both acting and San Francisco. I had 4 too much of the city life.
As I walked down the 5 streets under the tall buildings,I felt very small and cold,so I began 6 both to keep warm and to keep away from any possible robbers. Very few people were still out 7 a few homeless people under blankets.
About a block from my 8 ,I heard a sound be?hind me. I 9 quickly,half expecting to see some?one with a knife or a gun. The street was empty. All I saw was a shining street light. Still,the noise had made me 10 so I started to run faster. Not until I reached my apartment building and unlocked the door did I 11 what the noise had been. It had been my wallet 12 to the sidewalk.
Suddenly I wasn't cold or tired any more. I ran out of the door and back to where I'd heard the noise. Al?though I searched the sidewalk 13 for 15 minutes,my wallet was 14 to be found.
Just as I was about to quit the 15 ,I heard the garbage truck stop to the sidewalk next to 16 When a voice came from the inside, "Alisa Camcho?" I thought I was dreaming. How could this man know my name? The door opened and out jumped a small blonde man with an 17 look in his eyes. "Is this 18 you're looking for?" He asked,holding up something like a wallet.
Finally,I got my wallet back. I also got back some 19 of city life. I realized the city couldn't be a bad place as soon as people were willing to 20 each other.
1. A. comfortable B. serious C. tiresome D. fortunate
2. A. comfort B. desire C. pain D. trouble
3. A. setting up B. giving up C. holding up D. picking up
4. A. expected B. changed C. controlled D. possessed
5. A. deserted B. crowded C. blank D. narrow
6. A. running B. jumping C. moving D. marching
7. A. towards B. except C. including D. between
8. A. bank B. theatre C. apartment D. office
9. A. stood B. walked C. turned D. left
10. A. satisfied B. confused C. frightened D. annoyed
11. A. turn out B. figure out C. give out D. pull out
12. A. belonging B. adding C. sticking D. falling
13. A. gratefully B. anxiously C. skilfully D. delightedly
14. A. nowhere B. anywhere C. everywhere D. somewhere
15. A. instruction B. training C. search D. acting
16. A. it B. him C. someone D. me
17. A. amused B. unpleasant C. uneasy D. embarrassed
18. A. what B. who
C. whichever D. whomever
19. A. production B. judgment
C. friendship D. appreciation
20. A. expect B. help C. share D. love
1. C根据around one o'clock和practice可知"我"在剧院一直练到凌晨一点左右。由常识可知，练这么长时间一定是很令人疲劳的(tiresome) 。
2. D have trouble (in) doing sth意为"做某事很困难"。
3. B忙到凌晨一点左右才回家，这种日子太辛苫。"我"边走边认真考虑要放弃"我"的表演，离开旧金山。
set up 成立，建立；give up放弃;hold up举起，阻止;pick up接人(上车) ，偶然学会，捡起。
4. A"我"本来对旧金山的城市生活抱有很大的期望，但期望越大，现在失望越大。
5. A根据常识，凌晨一点左右，大街上很空旷(deserted) , 很少有行人和车辆。
6. A由文中walked down和felt... cold及keep warm可知此处应是"跑"。"我"开始跑丫起来，一方面是为了取暖，另一方面是远离可能遇到的抢劫者。
7. B凌晨一点左右，大街上除了 (except) 裹着毯子的无家可归者，很少有人了。
8. C此处的apartment指作者住的公寓套房。后文的"Not until I reached my apartment building…"也给出提示。
9. C听到身后有响声，这令作者怀疑有人抢劫，所以转身想看看是否有人持刀或持枪抢劫。
10. C"我"看到的只是明亮的街灯。尽管如此，刚才身后的响声还是让"我"害怕(frightened) 。因为害怕，"我"才跑得更快丫 (run faster) „
11. B直到"我"到家并打开门锁之后才意识到之前的响声是什么。
figure out领会到，弄清楚；turn out结果是，证明是；give out发出，分发，耗尽；pull om拔出。
12. D原来是自己的钱包掉到(fall to) 路上所发出的声音。
13. B作者丢了钱包后，决定重返路上去寻找，所以作者的心情当然是很焦急的。
14. A根据下文，钱包后来被他人拾去了，所以作者尽管在路上焦急地找了 15分钟，还是没有找到。
15. C
16. D下文提到，车上的人下来和"我"说话，说明此时的垃圾车是停在"我"旁边的人行道上。
17. A车停了下来，一个个子不高的金发男子下了车，眼中露出愉悦的神情。
amused意为"愉快的"，此处amused look指男子微笑着对"我"说话。
18. A "这就是你在找的东西吗？"他问道。
19. D作者本来对城市生活很失望，但现在钱包失而复得，所以对城市的印象立即改变了，心中充满了感激(appre?ciation) 之情。
20. B最后作者意识到，在城市中，只要人与人之间愿意彼此帮助，城市生活还是很美好的。
