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 at the theatre. With opening night only a week away, I was learning my lines. I was having trouble my part-time job at the bank and my acting at night at the same time. As I walked, I thought seriously giving up both acting and San Francisco. had bee too much for me.
As I walked down streets under tall buildings, I felt very and cold. I began running, both to keep warm and to keep away from any possible robbers. 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 , half expecting to see someone with a knife or a gun. The street was empty. I saw was a shining streetlight. , the noise had made me nervous, so I started to run fast. 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.
I wasn’t cold or tired anymore. I ran out of the door and back to I’d heard the noise. I searched the sidewalk anxiously for fifteen minutes, my wallet was nowhere to be found.
Just as I was about the search, I heard the garbage truck pull up to the sidewalk next to me. When a voice 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 look in his eyes. “Is this what you’re looking for?” he asked, a small square shape.
It was nearly 3 a. m. by the time I got into bed. I get much sleep that night, but I had gotten my wallet back. I had gotten back some enjoyment of city life. I realized that the city couldn’t be a bad place people were willing to help each other.
【小题1】A．exerciseB．workC．practiceD．training【小题2】A．stillB．alreadyC．yetD．only【小题3】A．to deal withB．to handle withC．handling withD．dealing with【小题4】A．ofB．aboutC．overD．out【小题5】A．City lifeB．Country lifeC．School lifeD．Modern life【小题6】A．busyB．crowdedC．noisyD．empty【小题7】A．proudB．confidentC．smallD．excited【小题8】A．fastB．immediatelyC．rapidlyD．quickly【小题9】A．All whichB．AllC．ThatD．Which【小题10】A．ThereforeB．StillC．ConsequentlyD．Subsequently【小题11】A．SuddenlyB．GraduallyC．AbsolutelyD．Exactly【小题12】A．whichB．thatC．whereD．what【小题13】A．Even ifB．AlthoughC．As ifD．As though【小题14】A．to give inB．giving inC．to give upD．giving up【小题15】A．calledB．callingC．was calledD．to call【小题16】A．amusingB．amazingC．amazedD．amused【小题17】A．to hold upB．holding upC．to hold onD．holding on【小题18】A．couldn’tB．wouldn’tC．didn’tD．shouldn’t【小题19】A．stillB．alreadyC．alsoD．certainly【小题20】A．as far asB．as well asC．as soon asD．as long asC
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(答案→)C
解析：在一个失意的夜晚作者独自回家，工作及生活的不顺使作者心情沮丧，甚至于考虑要放弃在旧金山这个大都市的生活。然而随后发生的钱包失而复得的事情却让作者感受到了人们之间的温暖，也感受到了世界的美好，内心又充满了对城市生活的希望。
【小题1】C名词辨析。A. 练习，锻炼；B. 工作；C. 实习，训练D. 培训。从下文With opening night only a week away,可知作者在剧院排练，practice强调提高技巧的训练，而exercise强调习题，所以答案选C。
【小题2】A副词辨析。A.仍然；B已经；C. 然而；D仅仅。从前句内容可知离首映只有几周时间了，作者台词还没记住，所以用still“仍然”表示作者无奈和沮丧的心情。
【小题3】D动词短语辨析。固定短语have trouble doing sth “做某事有困难”，故排除A、D选项。 deal with“处理；对付”，而handle是及物动词，不和介词连用，所以答案选D。
【小题4】B介词辨析。Think of “想起，认为”；think about “考虑”； think over“仔细考虑”；think out“想出”。从语境可知作者在想放弃，所以用think about，故答案选B。
【小题5】A名词辨析。A. 城市生活；B. 乡村生活；C学校生活；D现代生活。由文章末段….had gotten back some enjoyment of city life可以判断作者打算放弃都市生活，所以A选项正确。
【小题6】D形容词辨析。A.忙碌的，繁忙的；B. 拥挤的；C吵闹的；D. 空寂的，空的。根据下文The street was empty，可以判断D选项正确。
【小题7】C形容词辨析。A.骄傲的；B. 自信的；C.小的；D. 激动的。从文章叙述可知此时作者心情沮丧，在空荡荡的大街上，自然会感到自己的渺小，无助。所以C选项正确。
【小题8】D副词辨析。A. 快；B.立即；C. 迅速地；D. 迅速地。fast强调运动着的物体速度快，而quickly指动作的迅速发生；rapidly强调短期内发生，由语境可知作者听到声音后是迅速转身去看，所以应该用quickly，故D选项正确。
【小题9】B代词辨析。从结构可以判断此句缺少主语，I saw是省略关系代词的定语从句， all 后面不能用which引导的定语从句；而that 和which 前没有先行词，由此判断B选项正确，
【小题10】B副词辨析。A. 因此； B.仍然；C因此；D随后，后来。根据上下文可知尽管作者回头没看到想象的坏人，可是声音还是让他紧张害怕，所以B选项正确。
【小题11】A副词辨析。A. 突然；B. 逐渐地；C. 绝对地；D.确切地。从上文可知作者身心疲倦，而看到钱包丢了的时候，立即跑回大街上去找，所以用suddenly表示状况的迅速转变，故答案选A。
【小题12】C连词辨析。根据语法可知此处是to后面跟宾语从句，从句意思完整，不缺少成分，所以用where做地点状语。故C为正确选项。
【小题13】B连词辨析。A.即使；B. 虽然；C. 仿佛；D. 仿佛，好像。从上下文可知此处是转折关系，尽管我找了15分钟，我的钱包还是没有找到，而even if 含有假设的意味，所以B选项正确。
【小题14】C动词短语辨析。give in 让步；give up放弃。固定短语be about to do “正要做某事”，根据语境可知作者找不到钱包，正打算放弃，所以答案选C。
【小题15】A考查非谓语。从结构可知此处是when引导的状语从句，从句缺少谓语动词，而且和句子主语是主动关系，所以A为正确选项。
【小题16】D形容词辨析。A. 滑稽可笑的；B. 令人惊讶的；C感到惊讶的；D.逗乐的，觉得好笑的。从语境可知开车的人看着作者的惊讶，觉得很好笑，所以D选项正确。
【小题17】B动词短语辨析。hold up 举起； hold on 坚持。从语境可知此时开车人一边问，一边举着钱包，而由语法结构判断只有现在分词短语可以表示伴随状况，再根据词意可知B选项正确。
【小题18】B动词辨析。从上文可知作者找到钱包时已经是凌晨三点了，此处指作者没有多长的休息时间了，故用过去将来时态，所以B选项正确。
【小题19】C副词辨析。A. 仍然；B. 已经；C也；D. 当然。根据上文可知陌生人把捡到的钱包还给了作者，由此推断作者内心应该是感激的、开心的，所以作者不但找回了钱包，而且也找回了城市生活的快乐，所以答案选C。
【小题20】D短语辨析。A. 远至，据；B.和。。。一样好C.一。。。就；D. 只要。根据语境可知作者认为如果人们彼此帮助，城市也不是冷漠无情的，而是一个很好的居住地，所以判断D为正确选项。