That cold January night, I was growing sick of my life in San Francisco, when I was walking home 1 in the morning after a tiring practice at the theater. 2 the performance night would be given in a week, I was busy learning my lines. Walking alone, I thought seriously about an idea to 3 the acting, especially to want to leave San Francisco. City life became so much for me.
Walking in the empty and 4 streets with dim road lights along tall buildings, I felt myself very 5 in such a modernized city and cold on such a winter night. I began quickening my steps to run, both to warm myself and to keep away from any possible robbers. Very few people were out 6 a few sad – looking homeless people under blankets. On a block not far away from my apartment, I heard a sound 7 me. I turned my head by instinct (本能地), with a 8 eyesight to see someone with a knife or a gun. All I saw was the faint streetlights and the terrible night with some stars in the dark sky. I tired to run as fast as I could. Not until I reached my 9 building and unlocked the door did I realize what the noise had been. It was my 10 that had dropped to the sidewalk:
Suddenly I did not feel cold or tired 11 . I ran out of the door and back to 12 I’d heard the noise. Although I searched the sidewalk time and again anxiously for fifteen minutes, my wallet was nowhere. Just as I tried to 13 the search, I heard the garbage truck 14 to the sidewalk next to me. When a low voice called from the 15 , “Alisa Camacho?” I thought I was dreaming. How could this man know 16 ? The door opened, and out jumped a small red – haired man with an aroused look in his eyes. “Is this 17 you’re looking for?” he asked, holding up a small 18 .
It was nearly 3 a.m. by the time I got into bed. I didn’t get much sleep that night, but I got back my lost wallet. I also got back happiness and enjoyment of 19 . 20 , San Francisco couldn’t be a bad place as long as we threw our feelings into it and loved it.
1．A．at three B．at four C．at six D．at one
2．A．When B．As C．After D．If
3．A．give up B．put on C．begin with D．carry out
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4．A．bright B．crowded C．still D．noisy
5．A．satisfied B．great C．small D．warm
6．A．besides B．except C．except for D．in addition to
7．A．over B．before C．under D．behind
8．A．confused B．bright C．sharp D．clear
9．A．office B．theater C．apartment D．square
10．A．wallet B．shoe C．blanket D．watch
11．A．either B．no more C．any more D．no longer
12．A．what B．where C．that D．which
13．A．continue B．stop C．make D．do
14．A．pull off B．pull up C．carry on D．start out
15．A．inside B．outside C．ground D．far away
16．A．the wallet B．the truck C．this place D．my name
17．A．which B．it C．what D．that
18．A．flower B．book C．light D．square shape
19．A．performance B．work C．city life D．my family
20．A．As a result B．What’s more C．In a word D．In fact