One cold winter night in Shanghai, I was walking home at one in the morning after long tiring work. I was having trouble with my job in the bank. As I walked, I thought seriously about giving up living there. City life had become too much for me.

As I walked down empty streets, I felt very small and cold. I began running, both to keep warm and to keep away any possible danger. Very few people were still out except a few sad-looking homeless people under blankets(毛毯).

Suddenly, I heard a sound behind me. I turned quickly, all I saw was a shining streetlight. Still, the noise had made me nervous, so I started to run faster. When I reached home, I realized what the noise had been. It had been my wallet falling to the sidewalk.

Now I wasn’t cold or tired anymore. I ran back to where I’d heard the noise. Although I searched carefully for fifteen minutes, my wallet was nowhere to be found.

Just as I was about to give up the search, I heard the garbage truck(垃圾车)come to me. When a voice called from the inside, “Alisa Chen?” I thought I was dreaming. How could this man know my name? The door opened, and out jumped a small red-haired man “Is this what you’re looking for?” he asked, holding up a small square shape.

It was nearly 3 a. m. by the time I got into bed. But I had got my wallet back. I also had got back some enjoyment of city life. I realized that the city couldn’t be a bad place as long as people were willing to help each other.

1.One cold winter night, the writer felt when she was back home after work.

A. cold and sick

B. lucky and helpful

C. excited and cheerful

D. disappointed and helpless

2. What happened when the writer was running down the empty streets?

A. She lost her wallet unknowingly.

B. Someone had stolen her wallet.

C. She was stopped by a garbage truck driver.

D. She found some homeless people following her

3. In the fifth paragraph, why did the writer say she was dreaming?

A. Someone offered to take her back home.

B. A. red-haired man came to see her.

C. She heard someone call her name.

D. Her wallet was found in a garbage truck.

4.From the reading, we can infer(推断) that the writer_____.

A. would stop working at night

B. would stay on in Shanghai

C. would make friends with cleaners

D. would give up her job at the bank。

Tom and his cousin took a boat trip. When they got on the boat, every passenger(乘客)should answer the keeper a question. If the passenger answered “yes”, he or she got one gift; if the passenger answered “no”, he or she got two gifts. Tom and his cousin saw all about this. Now it was their turn. The keeper came up to them and asked, “Are you a good sailor?” Tom wanted to get two gifts, so he answered “no” loudly, at the same time he said, “I have never been a sailor, how could I be a good sailor?” The keeper gave him two gifts. His cousin gave the same answer, so he got two gifts, too.

The boat started off. The passengers began to open their gifts. Tom and his cousin did the same. They found that one of the two gifts was a small bottle of drinking water, the other was a seasick tablet(晕船药). Tom had a look at a “yes”-passenger’s gift. His was a nice chocolate. Tom shouted at the keeper, “We are never seasick. Why do you give us seasick tablets?”

1. Tom and his cousin ________.

A. went to eat chocolates

B. went on a trip by boat

C. worked for the keeper

D. needed a bottle of drinking water

2.When did the keeper ask the passengers questions?

A. Before the trip. B. After the trip.

C. During the trip. D. Never.

3.Why did Tom and his cousin answer “no”?

A. Because they felt sick on the boat.

B. Because they were good sailors.

C. Because they both wanted to get two gifts.

D. Because they wanted to have chocolates.

4.The underlined(下划线)part “a good sailor” means ________.

A. 晕船 B. 不晕船

C. 好销售员 D. 好水手

5.Which of the following statements is true?

A. The keeper cheated(欺骗)Tom and his cousin.

B. Tom and his cousin didn’t want the seasick tablets.

C. All the other passengers answered “yes”.

D. The keeper didn’t want to give Tom and his cousin chocolates.

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