One day an old woman was traveling alone in the mountains. Suddenly she saw something shining in the stream. When she came close, she found it was a precious stone. She put the stone into her bag and went on with her trip.
The next day the old woman met a young man, who was also a traveler in the mountains. The young man looked very hungry, so the old woman opened her bag to share her food. The hungry traveler saw the precious stone and asked carefully, “The stone is beautiful. Would you like to give it to me?”
“Sure. Why not?” the woman said, and handed the stone to him.
The young man left happily with the stone. He knew it was worth enough to give him security for a lifetime. But a few days later he came back to return the stone to the woman.
“I’ve been thinking,” he said. “I know how valuable the stone is, but I give it back and hope that you can give me something even more precious. Give me what you have within your bag.”
The woman opened her bag. It was almost empty. She looked at the young man and smiled, “I have nothing special in my bag, but I do have something precious — the joy of giving!”
The young man felt ashamed and left silently.
小題1:How did the young man find the precious stone?
A．He found it in his food.B．He dug it out in a valley.
C．He saw it in the woman’s bag.D．He noticed it shining in the stream.
小題2:What does the underlined word “security” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?
A．Money.B．Worry. C．Health.D．Trouble.
小題3:The man returned the stone to the woman because ______.
A．he found the stone was not precious
B．he understood the real meaning of joy
C．he felt embarrassed at taking away the stone
D．he wanted to get something even more precious
小題4:Which of the following would be the best title of the passage?
A．A special stoneB．The joy of giving
C．A woman and a young manD．An experience in the mountains

小題1:D，原答案有誤。
小題1:A
小題1:D
小題1:B

小題1:根據(jù)第一段Suddenly she saw something shining in the stream. When she came close, she found it was a precious stone.描述，可知選D
小題1:聯(lián)系下文for a lifetime.一輩子，可知指的是金錢財富方面的意思，故選A，錢。
小題1:根據(jù)he said. “I know how valuable the stone is, but I give it back and hope that you can give me something even more precious.描述，可知選D
小題1:根據(jù)短文倒數(shù)第二段，可知本文主要是借這塊石頭來講述給予的快樂，故選B.
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