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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 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 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.Find a house

C.Join his family

D.Take his family

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 papes

D.a stranger in Sydney

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

A.Showed

B.Sent out

C.Delivered

D.Gave back

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

A.From India to Australia.

B.Living in a a New Country.

C.Turning Trash to Treasure.

D.In Search of New Friends.

 

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.C

【解析】

试题分析: 本文属于记叙文题材。在文中作者讲述了她们一家经历的一件事情。作者的丈夫不慎丢失了文件包,正当着急的时候,有人打电话给送了回来,原来是那家人发现他们家的小孩在垃圾桶旁边发现了这些文件,然后给送还了回来,通过这件事作者一家又找回了对人们的信任。

1.Rashid, stayed in a hotel for a short time while looking for a short time while looking for a house可知Rashid独自一人到了悉尼后住在旅馆中,同时到处去给家人找房子住,故答案选B。

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