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That cold January night, I was growing sick of my life in San Francisco. There I was, __
1__
home at one in the morning after a(n) __
2__ practice at the theatre. With __
3__ night only a week
away, I was still learning my __
4__. I was having __
5__ dealing with my parttime job at the bank
and my acting at theatre at the same time. As I walked, I thought seriously about __
6__ both acting
and San Francisco. __
7__ had become too much for me.
As I walked down empty streets under tall buildings, I felt very __
8__ and cold. I began running,
both to keep warm and to keep away from any possible robber(抢劫犯). Very few people were
still out except a few sadlooking homeless people under blankets.
About a block from my apartment, I heard a __
9__ behind me. I
10 quickly, half expecting
to see someone with a knife or a gun. The street was
11 . All I saw was a streetlight.
12 , 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
13 falling to the sidewalk.
14 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
15 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(垃圾车)
16 to the sidewalk
next to me. When a voice called from the inside, "Alisa Camacho?" I thought I was
17 . How could
this man know my name? The door opened, and out jumped a small redhaired man with a(n)
18
look in his eyes. "Is this what you're looking for?" he asked, holding up a small square shape.
It was nearly 3 am by the time I got into bed. I wouldn't get much sleep that night, but I had gotten
my wallet back. I also had gotten back some
19 of city life. I realized that the city couldn't be a bad
place
20 people were willing to help each other.
( )1. A. flying ( )2. A. exciting ( )3. A. opening ( )4. A. lines ( )5. A. ability ( )6. A. picking up ( )7. A. City life ( )8. A. sad ( )9. A. shout ( )10. A. ran ( )11. A. empty ( )12. A. Still ( )13. A. note ( )14. A. Surprisingly ( )15. A. anxiously ( )16. A. pull up ( )17. A. awake ( )18. A. surprising ( )19. A. comfort ( )20. A. as a result |
B. driving B. tiring B. closing B. positions B. trouble B. turning up B. Performances B. happy B. cry B. turned B. quietly B. But B. cap B. Suddenly B. nervously B. turn over B. dreaming B. surprised B. enjoyment B. as far as |
C. moving C. fascinating C. dancing C. orders C. possibility C. thinking of C. Accountant C. small C. song C. jumped C. noisy C. Also C. key C. Ridiculously C. whole?heartedly C. pass by C. beaten C. amused C. pressure C. as long as
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D. walking D. enjoyable D. important D. characters D. worry D. giving up D. Job searching D. great D. noise D. stepped D. deserted D. Furthermore D. wallet D. Absurdly D. sadly D. go away D. stolen D. amusing D. excitement D. as if |