One cold night, I was growing sick of my life in San Francisco．There I was walking home around one o’clock in the morning after a 1 practice at the theatre. With the opening night only a week away, I was still learning my lines by heart. I was having 2 handling my part-time job at the bank in the daytime and my acting at night at the same time. As I walked, I thought seriously about 3 both acting and San Francisco. I had 4 too much of city life.
As I walked down the 5 streets under the tall buildings, I felt very small and cold, so I began 6 both to keep warm and to keep away from any possible robbers. Very few people were still out except a few homeless people under blankets.
About a block from my 7 , I heard a sound behind me. I 8 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 9 ，so I started to run faster. Not until I reached my apartment building and unlocked the door did I 10 what the noise had been. It had been my wallet 11 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 12 for 15 minutes, my wallet was nowhere to be found.
Just as I was about to quit the 13 , I heard the garbage truck stop to the sidewalk next to me. When a voice came 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 blonde man with an 14 look in his eyes. “Is this what you’re looking for?” He asked, holding up a wallet.
It was already 3 a.m. by the time I got into bed. I couldn’t get much sleep, but I had got my wallet back. I also had got back some 15 of city life. I realized the city couldn’t be a bad place as long as people were willing to help each other.
1．A．comfortable B．serious C．tiresome D．fortunate
2．A．comfort B．desire C．pain D．trouble
3．A．setting up B．giving up C．holding up D．picking up
4．A．expected B．changed C．controlled D．possessed
5．A．deserted B．crowded C．busy D．wild
6．A．running B．jumping C．moving D．marching
7．A．bank B．theatre C．apartment D．office
8．A．stood B．walked C．turned D．left
9．A．satisfied B．confused C．frightened D．annoyed
10. A．turn out B．figure out C．give out D．pull out
11. A．belonging B．adding C．sticking D．falling
12. A．aimlessly B．anxiously C．skillfully D．delightedly
13. A．discovery B．research C．hunt D．finding
14. A．amused B．unpleasant C．uneasy D．embarrassed
15. A．production B．judgment C．friendship D．appreciation
