Lost & Found
That night, when I arrived at the door of my building, I noticed a man walking behind me. I thought he was a neighbor I hadn’t met. I did a ___21___ neighborly thing and held the door for him. But when I turned, he took away everything I had and ran away. I was ___22___. From then on, I looked over my ___23___, never fully at ease. It cost me my sense of trust in my ___24___.
A year passed, I got home one night and found an envelope under my door. Inside was a ___25___ weather-beaten driver’s license. I could ___26___ make it out because the address was nearly worn away. But the face on that ___27___ was mine. And the note in it said; Sarah Sweeney, if you still live here, call us at this ___28___.
Feeling ___29___, I walked up and down in my living room trying to think of ___30___ someone would contact (联系) me like thin. If there’s a Mugger Playbook (抢劫犯剧本) this was the final long game! Now he’s checking my ___31___ to get more money?
But I called the number.
Then a(n) ___32___ voice of a little girl got on, “Hello! Are you Sarah Sweeney? My sister and I found your purse in the woods! ”
I could 53___33___ she was jumping up and down as she spoke. She and her younger sister carefully ___34___ bits of paper, pieced together the clues to find me and ___35___ my wallet and everything inside. I was completely ___36___. They were giving me a sense of relief.
I asked her, “How can I ___37___ you?”
“Hang on!” She pulled the phone away and ___38___ with her sister; then I heard “ICE CREAM!"
Twenty minutes later, I was at their door. I ___39___ a box of ice cream. And these two little girls gave my wallet and a renewed sense of ___40___.
21. A. meaningful B. smart C. polite D. necessary
22. A. robbed B. cheated C. suspected D. caught
23. A. head B. shoulder C. door D. neck
24. A. colleagues B. friends C. neighbors D. family
25. A. rotted B. new C. useful D. cheap
26. A. easily B. merely C. probably D. Hardly
27. A. envelope B. license C. wallet D. note
28. A. point B. time C. number D. place
29. A. worried B. sad C. satisfied D. disappointed
30. A. why B. whether C. how D. when
31. A. room B. wallet C. address D. account
32. A. angry B. sweet C. rough D. cold
33. A. see B. notice C. understand D. tell
34. A. replaced B. unfolded C. counted D. selected
35. A. return B. check C. repair D. clean
36. A. confused B. lost C. discouraged D. moved
37. A. treat B. find C. reward D. inform
38. A. discussed B. agreed C. argued D. competed
39. A. contributed to B. handed over C. paid for D. packed up
40. A. loss B. duty C. trust D. direction