阅读试题

Arriving in Sydney on his own from India, my husband, Rashid, stayed in a hotel for a short time while looking for a 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 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 trustin people. We still remember their kindness and often send a warm wish their way.

阅读试题

21. 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

22. 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

23. What does the underlined word "restored" in the last paragraph mean?

A. Showed

B. Sent out

C. Delivered

D. Gave back

24. 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.

参考译文

我的丈夫拉希德亲自从印度赶到悉尼，在他短暂的旅途期间，他住在一家酒店里，还一边为我和孩子们寻找短期住房。

呆在悉尼的第一个星期里，有一天他出去购物，很晚才回来，他回来时发现他的旅行箱不见了。他非常担心，箱子里有他所有重要的文件，其中还包括他的护照。

他报了警，一个人孤单而又迷茫地呆在一个陌生的城市，一边想着要再次从一个遥远的城市获得他所要的组织文件的麻烦，一边尝试寻找新的落脚点。

晚间稍晚的时候，电话铃响了，是一个陌生人，他尝试着拼出了我丈夫的名字，还问了我丈夫许多问题。随后他说他们在人行道的垃圾桶旁发现了一堆文件。

我的丈夫赶到他们家时发现这善意的一家人拿着他所有的文件和文书。他们的小女儿曾去过垃圾桶边，并发现了一堆陌生的文件。虽然他们在大多数的文件上找到了国外地址，但是他们还是小心翼翼地将它们整理出来。最后他们在那一堆文件中发现一张写了一半的信，信上有我丈夫给他一个朋友的他的新电话号码。

那天，那家人不仅重拾了我丈夫的重要文件，还重拾了人与人之间交往的信心与信任。我们仍记得他们的善意并经常像他们一样送出美好的祝福。

答案解析

21. B 细节理解题。根据第一段内容可知作者的丈夫只身从印度来到了悉尼，住在旅馆里，同时给作者和孩子们寻找房子住。

22. C 细节理解题。结合倒数第二段的"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，这家人是从作者丈夫写给一位朋友的信中留下的电话号码找到作者的丈夫，因此选C项。

23. D 词义推测题。根据划线词后面的"the important documents to us that day but also restored our faith and trust in people"以及全文是以作者的丈夫丢失文件，然后重新获得为主线，便可以推测restore和give back同义。

24. C 主旨大意题。本文主要讲述作者的丈夫刚刚来到悉尼之后重要文件失而复得的故事。故事中的陌生人给丈夫打来电话说，他们的女儿在垃圾筒旁边捡到了这些文件。这些本来可能被当做垃圾扔掉的文件，增添了作者对于人的信任和信心等，所以这些都是宝贵的财富，因此C项为最佳标题。