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（文件）. 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 half-written 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.

1. What did Rashid plan to do after his arrival in Sydney?

A. Go shopping                       B. Take his family

C. Join his family                  D. Find a house

2. 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

3..What does the underlined word “restored” in the last paragraph mean?

A. Showed                     B. Gave back

C. Delivered                  D. Sent out

4. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A. Turning Trash to Treasure..      B. Living in a New Country.

C. From India to Australia          D. In Search of New Friends.

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.A

【解析】

试题分析：文章大意：本文主要通过作者的丈夫独自在悉尼生活的第一周，行李证件丢失被好心人拾到，不求回报而物归原主的经历，感受到这一家人的友善。不管做什么事就要做到善良，而不仅仅是为了挣钱。

1. D细节题。根据文章第一段的“my husband, Rashid, stayed in a hotel for a short time while looking for a house for me and our children.”可知丈夫先离开只是为家人先找到房子住，故D正确。

2. 细节题。根据文章倒数第二段的At last they had seen a half-written letter in the pile in which my husband had given his new telephone number to a friend.可知pile是“堆，大量”的意思，联系上下句，可知pile指的是成堆的论文papers，故C正确。

3. 细节题。根据文章最后一段的That family not only restored the important documents to us that day but also restored our faith and trust in people.可知这家人不仅把重要的文件返还给我们，而且也让我们恢复了对人的信心和信任的希望，故B正确。

4. 细节题。根据文章上下文一些重要的文件被扔在垃圾桶，同时又被好心人发现，送还失主，作者一家从他们身上学到的东西弥足珍贵，可知人不管做什么事就要对人友善，要心地善良。故选A。

考点：考查故事类短文阅读