Question

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.

1.How did the writer feel when she was walking home after work?

A．Cold and sick	B．Lucky and hopeful
C．Satisfied and cheerful	D．Disappointed and helpless

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

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

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

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

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

2.D

3.A

4.C

5.B

【解析】本文主人公由于不能適應城市節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。本文情節起伏不大，但大轉折的結尾似乎出乎意料又在情理之中。?

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。?

2.推理判斷題。用排除法可得。只有D項有根據：“after a tiring practice at the theatre”。

3.細節理解題。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。?

4.細節理解題。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?”。?

5.推理判斷題。根據文章最后一句，這次經歷讓她重拾對生活的信心。