One cold winter night in Shanghai, I was walking home at one in the morning after long tiring work. I was having trouble with my job in the bank. As I walked, I thought seriously about giving up living there. City life had become too much for me.

As I walked down empty streets, I felt very small and cold. I began running, both to keep warm and to keep away any possible danger. Very few people were still out except a few sad-looking homeless people under blankets（毛毯）.

Suddenly, I heard a sound behind me. I turned quickly, all I saw was a shining streetlight. Still, the noise had made me nervous, so I started to run faster. When I reached home, I realized what the noise had been. It had been my wallet falling to the sidewalk.

Now I wasn’t cold or tired anymore. I ran back to where I’d heard the noise. Although I searched carefully 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）come to me. When a voice called from the inside, “Alisa Chen?” I thought I was dreaming. How could this man know my name? The door opened, and out jumped a small red-haired man “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. 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.One cold winter night, the writer felt when she was back home after work.

A. cold and sick

B. lucky and helpful

C. excited and cheerful

D. disappointed and helpless

2. What happened when the writer was running down the empty streets?

A. She lost her wallet unknowingly.

B. Someone had stolen her wallet.

C. She was stopped by a garbage truck driver.

D. She found some homeless people following her

3. 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.

4.From the reading, we can infer(推斷) that the writer_____.

A. would stop working at night

B. would stay on in Shanghai

C. would make friends with cleaners

D. would give up her job at the bank。

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