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.
Joe Simpson and Simon Yates were the first people to climb the West Face of the Siula Grande in the Andes mountains. They reached the top _______, but on their way back conditions were very _______. Joe fell and broke his leg. They both knew that if Simon _______ alone, he would probably get back _______. But Simon decided to risk his _______ and try to lower Joe down the mountain on a rope(绳).
As they _______ down, the weather got worse. Then another _______ occurred. They couldn’t see or hear each other and, _______, Simon lowered his friend over the edge of a precipice(峭壁). It was _______ for Joe to climb back or for Simon to pull him up. Joe’s _______ was pulling Simon slowly towards the precipice. _______, after more than an hour in the dark and the icy cold, Simon had to _______. In tears, he cut the rope. Joe _______ into a large crevasse(裂缝)in the ice below. He had no food or water and he was in terrible pain. He couldn’t walk, but he _______ to get out of the crevasse and started to _______ towards their camp, nearly ten kilometers _______.
Simon had _______ the camp at the foot of the mountain. He thought that Joe must be _______, but he didn’t want to leave _______. Three days later, in the middle of the night, he heard Joe’s voice. He couldn’t _______ it. Joe was there, a few meters from their tent, still alive.
1.A. hurriedly B. carefully C. successfully D. early
2.A. difficult B. similar C. special D. normal
3.A.climbed B. worked C. rested D. continued
4.A. unwillingly B. safely C. slowly D. regretfully
5.A. fortune B. time C. health D. life
6.A. lay B. settled C. went D. looked
7.A. damage B. storm C. change D. trouble
8.A. by mistake B. by chance C. D.
9.A. unnecessary B. practical C. important D. impossible
10.A. height B. weight C. strength D. equipment
11.A. Finally B. Patiently C Surely D Quickly
12.A stand back B take a rest C make a decision D hold on
13.A jumped B. fell C escaped D backed
14.A. managed B. planned C. waited D. hoped
15.A. run B. skate C. moveD. march
16.A. around B. away C. above D. along
17.A. headed for B .traveled to C. left for D. returned to
18.A. dead B .hurt C. weak D. late
19.A. secretly B. tiredly C. immediately D. anxiously
20.A. find B. believe C. make D. accept
—What did you do last weekend?
—Oh,nothing________.
A. much B. else C. ever D. yet
Henry was away from home for quite a bit and _______ saw his family.
A. frequently B. seldom C. always D. usually
______me tomorrow and Fll let you know the lab result.
A. CallingB. CallC. To call D. Having called
The reports went missing in 2012 and nobody _____them since.
A. seesB. saw C. has seen D. had seen