That cold January night, I was growing sick of my life in San Francisco. There I was, walking home at one in the morning after a tiring practice at the theater. With opening night only a week away, I was still learning my lines. I was having trouble dealing with my part-time job at the bank and my acting at night at the same time. As I walked, I thought seriously about giving up both acting and San Francisco. City life had become too much for me.
As I walked down empty streets under tall buildings, I felt very small and cold. I began running, both to keep warm and to keep away any possible robbers(搶劫犯). Very few people were still out except a few sad-looking homeless people under blankets.
About a block from my apartment, I heard a sound behind me. I turned quickly, half expecting to see someone with a knife or a gun. The street was empty. All I saw was a shining streetlight. Still, the noise had made me nervous, so I started to run faster. Not until I reached my apartment building and unlocked the door did I realize what the noise had been. It had been my wallet falling to the sidewalk.
Suddenly I wasn’t cold or tired anymore. I ran out of the door and back to where I’d heard the noise. Although I searched the sidewalk anxiously 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(垃圾車) pull up to the sidewalk next to me. When a voice called from the inside, “Alisa Camacho?” I thought I was dreaming. How could this man know my name? The door opened, and out jumped a small red-haired man with an amused look in his eyes. “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. I wouldn’t get much sleep that night, 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.
小題1:How did the writer feel when she was walking home after work?
A．Cold and sickB．Lucky and hopeful
C．Satisfied and cheerfulD．Disappointed and helpless
小題2:From the first paragraph, we learn that the writer was busy_____.
A．solving her problem at the bank
B．taking part in various city activities
C．learning acting in an evening school
D．preparing for the first night show
小題3:On her way home the writer_____
A．lost her wallet unknowingly
B．was stopped by a garbage truck driver
C．was robbed of her wallet by a man with a knife
D．found some homeless people following her
小題4: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
小題5:From the text, we can infer that the writer_____
A．would stop working at night
B．would stay on in San Francisco
C．would make friends with cleaners.
D．would give up her job at the bank

小題1:D
小題2:D
小題3:A
小題4:C
小題5:B
本文主人公由于不能適應城市節(jié)奏而失望灰心正打算離開城市時，無意丟失錢包，恰被好心人拾得并歸還，從而讓她有了在城市生活下去的信心。本文情節(jié)起伏不大，但大轉(zhuǎn)折的結尾似乎出乎意料又在情理之中。?
小題1:推理判斷題。第二段有“I felt very small and cold.”，可知A選項sick 不合適，況且只表達了表層含義。第一段句末有“City life had ?become? too much for me.”，可知作者工作不順利，灰心喪氣。?
小題2:推理判斷題。用排除法可得。只有D項有根據(jù)：“after a tiring practice at the theatre”。
小題3:細節(jié)理解題。由原文“I heard a sound behind me” “Not until I reached my apartment building and unlocked the door did I ?realize? what the noise had been. It had been my wallet falling to the sidewalk.”可知。?
小題4:細節(jié)理解題。作者聽到有人喊她的名字，還以為是做夢，因為一個陌生人“How could this man know my name?”。?
小題5:推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章最后一句，這次經(jīng)歷讓她重拾對生活的信心。
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