Question

Arriving in Sydney on his own from India, my husband, Rashid, stayed in a hotel for a short time while looking for a house for me and our children.

During the first week of his stay, he went out one day to do some shopping. He came back in the late afternoon to discover that his suitcase was gone. He was extremely worried as the suitcase had all his important papers, including his passport.

He reported the case to the police and then sat there, lost and lonely in a strange city, thinking of the terrible troubles of getting all the paperwork organized again from a distant country while trying to settle down in a new one.

Late in the evening, the phone rang. It was a stranger. He was trying to pronounce my husband's name and was asking him a lot of questions. Then he said they had found a pile of papers in their trash can(垃圾桶) that had been left out on the footpath.

My husband rushed to their home to find a kind family holding all his papers and documents. Their young daughter had gone to the trash can and found a pile of unfamiliar papers. Her parents had carefully sorted them out, although they had found mainly foreign addresses on most of the documents. At last they had seen a half­written letter in the pile in which my husband had given his new telephone number to a friend.

That family not only restored the important documents to us that day but also restored our faith and trust in people. We still remember their kindness and often send a warm wish their way.

【小题】What did Rashid plan to do after his arrival in Sydney?

A. Go shopping.   B. Find a house.

C. Join his family.D. Take a vacation.

【小题】The girl's parents got Rashid's phone number from________.

A. a friend of his family   B. a Sydney policeman

C. a letter in his papers     D. a stranger in Sydney

【小题】What does the underlined word “restored” in the last paragraph mean?

A. Showed.    B. Sent out.

C. Delivered. D. Gave back.

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.D

【解析】

试题分析：作者的丈夫先从印度来到悉尼，等找好房子之后，作者和孩子再前往悉尼与丈夫会和。然而，在第一个星期里，作者丈夫丢失了手提箱，包括所有重要的文件和护照。幸运的是，那些重要的文件被好心人找到并还给了作者的丈夫。

1.while looking for a house for me and our children”可知，Rashid到悉尼之后需要先找房子，故选B。

2. “At last they had seen a half­written letter in the pile in which my husband had given his new telephone number to a friend.”可知，女孩的父母从作者丈夫写了一半的信中找到了作者丈夫的电话，故选C。

3.That family not only restored the important documents to us他们归还了作者丈夫丢失的重要文件，A展示；B分发，发出；C邮递；D归还，故选D。

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