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.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.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文敘述了作者說自己厭煩了在舊金山的生活，對生活與工作（其中包括排練）表示失望，無奈，最終考慮離開。在回家的路上，聽到聲音一響，她沒意識到是她的錢包掉地上了，找了半天，沒找到，突然聽到有人叫她的名字，結果知道是怎么回事 。她感到了人間真情，她最終放棄了離開這個城市的想法。

1.細節理解題。根據I was growing sick of my life in San Francisco.可知作者厭倦了這里的生活，故選D。

2.細節理解題。根據I was still learning my lines 故選D。

3.細節理解題。根據I realize what the noise had been. It had been my wallet falling to the sidewalk. 她沒意識到是她的錢包掉地上了，故選A。

4.推理判斷題。根據I realized that the city couldn’t be a bad place as long as people were willing to help each other.可知作者有點不愿意再離開這個城市了，故選B。

考點：日常生活類短文閱讀。

點評：推理判斷題屬于主觀題，是層次較高的題目。它包括判斷和推理題。這兩類題常常相互依存，推理是為了做出正確的判斷，正確的判斷又依賴于合乎邏輯的推理。該題要求在理解表面文字的基礎上做出判斷和推論，從而得到文章的隱含意思和深層意思，也就是通過文章中的文字信息，上下邏輯關系及事物的發展變化等已知信息，推斷出作者沒有直接表達的態度和觀點。