题目内容：

I was on my way home from work, cutting through the park. On that day, the sun seemed to __ faster than usual, and all of a sudden I found myself walking ___. I was less than half a mile from my apartment, __ the path would lead me over a bridge, across train tracks, and __ an unlit underpass (地下通道).

Then __ I heard him --- a stranger running alongside me. My mouth went ___. My legs felt like water. But I didn’t __ my pace. Instead, I stopped, turned, and __ him. He came out of the bushes and said he’d been watching me for a long time. __ he walked beside me, I moved a little closer to the edge of the ___. When we reached the bridge, a train raced past, and he seized the moment, __ himself suddenly at me as his hands ___my throat. The self-defense skills I had learned years before kicked in, and I dug my __ into his eye, hard. But he __ grew bolder (大胆), pulling at my clothes. So I put all my __ into that thumb, and finally he ___.

I was shaking with ___, but I looked him straight in the eye and began to back away. I __ to run the hell out of there, but then I __ another self-defense lesson: Never ___, because then you’re prey (猎物). So I walked away ---alone --- through the dark underpass as I dialed 911 with trembling fingers.

1.A. rise    B. lift    C. set    D. fall

2.A. at a loss    B. out of breath    C. in a hurry    D. in the dark

3.A. but    B. so    C. or    D. for

4.A. across    B. past    C. through    D. by

5.A. immediately    B. suddenly    C. clearly    D. quietly

6.A. cold    B. hot    C. empty    D. dry

7.A. pick up    B. use up    C. throw up    D. break up

8.A. caught    B. faced    C. hit    D. recognized

9.A. Until    B. Since    C. After    D. As

10.A. apartment    B. home    C. park    D. train

11.A. laughing    B. throwing    C. keeping    D. driving

12.A. closed around    B. took in    C. cut off    D. waved at

13.A. head    B. arm    C. fist    D. thumb

14.A. always    B. simply    C. nearly    D. usually

15.A. strength    B. ability    C. feeling    D. attention

16.A. went by    B. broke down    C. let go    D. looked away

17.A. excitement    B. joy    C. disappointment    D. fear

18.A. attempted    B. managed    C. failed    D. preferred

19.A. watched    B. learned    C. remembered    D. found

20.A. wait    B. hesitate    C. panic    D. run