Chester Gibson has been living on the streets since ten years ago. He has to ____1____ to get by, which requires a bit of ____2____. One day, he found a ____3____ on the sidewalk.

That morning, Chester woke up on the porch (门厅) of a department store, which sheltered him from the ____4____. Unfortunately for him, in order to have enough money for ____5____, he now had to beg by the side of the road… In the rain. Chester’s ____6____ , which read “Please spare some change for food, I am very hungry”, was completely ____7____. The rain didn’t look like it was going to let up.

After three hours, a ____8____ passing dropped a $10 bill into his ____9____. Finally a display of generosity! The man continued walking ____10____. Chester was just about to ____11____ the $10 bill in the hat to go buy some breakfast, when something happened.

As the man had hurried towards his destination, his wallet had slipped from his pocket and fell on the sidewalk. None of the passers-by seemed to notice, ____12____ Chester did. There it was. His luck had ____13____. The wallet looked very ____14____, which could mean that there was a lot of money inside.

Chester walked over to the wallet and picked it up. But when he saw what was inside, he ____15____ called the police.

1.1.

A travel

B beg

C steal

D demand

解析：选B。B 考查动词辨析。根据第二段中的“he now had to beg by the side of the road…”可知，切斯特现在靠乞讨为生。故选B。

2.2.

A luck

B patience

C effort

D confidence

解析：选A。A 考查名词辨析。根据倒数第二段中的“His luck”可知，切斯特在街上乞讨需要一点运气（才能有收获）。故选A。

3.3.

A bag

B card

C box

D wallet

解析：选D。D考查名词辨析。根据倒数第二段中的“his wallet had slipped from his pocket and fell on the sidewalk.”可知，切斯特捡到了一个钱包。故选D。

4.4.

A wind

B snow

C rain

D sunlight

解析：选C。C 考查名词辨析。根据第二段中后文“In the rain.”以及“The rain didn’t look like it was going to let up.”可知，切斯特那天晚上睡在一个百货公司的门厅里是为了避雨。故选C。

5.5.

A breakfast

B lunch

C supper

D tea

解析：选A。A 考查名词辨析。根据第二段前文的“That morning, Chester woke up”以及第三段中的“to go buy some breakfast”可知，切斯特需要钱买早餐。故选A。

6.6.

A book

B sign

C check

D menu

解析：选B。B 考查名词辨析。根据后文的“which read ‘Please spare some change for food, I am very hungry’”上面写着“请给我一些零钱买吃的，我很饿”可知，切斯特面前放着一个牌子。故选B。

7.7.

A wrinkled

B dirty

C wet

D broken

解析：选C。C 考查形容词辨析。根据后一句“The rain didn’t look like it was going to stop.”当时天空下着雨并且没有要停的迹象，可知他面前放的牌子已经完全打湿了。故选C。

8.8.

A girl

B boy

C man

D woman

解析：选C。C 考查名词辨析。根据后文的“The man continued walking______10_______ .”可知，一个路过他的男人扔给他一张十美元的纸币。故选C。

9.9.

A pocket

B hand

C plate

D hat

解析：选D。D 考查名词辨析。根据本段最后一句中的“the $10 bill in the hat”可知，那十美元被扔进了他的帽子里。故选D。

10.10.

A with difficulty

B in a hurry

C with firm steps

D in wonder

解析：选B。B 考查介词短语。根据第四段第一句的“As the man had hurried towards his destination”可知，那个男人匆匆忙忙地赶路。故选B。

11.11.

A make out

B look for

C hand over

D pick up

解析：选D。D 考查动词短语。结合语境可知，切斯特准备拿起帽子里的十美元去买早餐。故选D。

12.12.

A so

B because

C but

D and

解析：选C。C 考查连词辨析。根据前面的“None of the passers-by seemed to notice”可知，似乎没有一个过路人注意到掉在地上的钱包，但是他注意到了。前后存在转折关系。故选C。

13.13.

A added

B kept

C reacted

D turned

解析：选D。D 考查动词辨析。根据后文“there was a lot of money inside.”可知，钱包里好像有很多钱，因此对于上街乞讨的切斯特来讲，运气发生了转变。故选D。

14.14.

A thick

B new

C old

D clean

解析：选A。A 考查形容词辨析。根据后文“there was a lot of money inside.”可知，钱包里好像有很多钱，因此这个钱包看起来很厚。故选A。

15.15.

A immediately

B politely

C carefully

D hopefully

解析：选A。A 考查副词辨析。结合语境，当切斯特看到钱包里的东西时，他迅速报了警。故选A。