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（护照）.

      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（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.

1.56. 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.

解析：选B。【解析】细节理解题。根据文章第一段内容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可知，当丈夫到了悉尼稍作停留之后，就开始为我和孩子找房子了。说明丈夫到达以后计划做的是找房子。故选B项。

2.57. 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

解析：选C。【解析】细节理解题。根据文章第五段最后两句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.可知，孩子的父母仔细地把这些文件进行分类，从中找到了一封写了一半的信，因此找到了丈夫给朋友的电话号码。根据此电话号码联系到了我的丈夫。故选C项。

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

A Showed.

B Sent out.

C Delivered.

D Gave back.

解析：选D。【解析】猜测词义题。根据第五段第一句My husband rushed to their home to find a kind family holding all his papers and documents和本句中That family not only restored the important documents to us that day but also restored our faith and trust in people.可知，在那一天，这个家庭归还给我们的不仅仅是那些重要的文件，而且让我们重新获得对人们的信任。所以restore此处意为归还。故D项最贴切。

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

A From India to Australia.

B Living in a New Country.

C Turning Trash to Treasure.

D In Search of New Friends.

解析：选C。【解析】主旨大意题。本文叙述了作者的丈夫到了陌生的悉尼以后，装有重要文件的箱子不见了。就在他束手无策的时候，突然有人主动把丢失的文件送还过来。这次失而复得的经历，也使他们重新获得对他人的信任。那些文件也许对他人不重要，但对于丈夫却是万分重要。故C项最接近题意。