Question

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.

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.

2.What does the underlined word “security” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?

A. Money. B. Worry. C. Health. D. Trouble.

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

4.Which of the following would be the best title of the passage?

A. A special stone

B. The joy of giving

C. A woman and a young man

D. An experience in the mountains

Answer 1

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文敘述了兩位旅行者相遇后，發生的一件事，在旅行過程中撿到寶石的這位婦女把寶石給了這位年輕人，他帶著寶石高興地離開了，可是幾天后，他又想用寶石來換這位婦女的包，他認為包里可能有比寶石還要珍貴的東西，而這位婦人說里面什么都沒有，只有給予別人的快樂，年輕人聽了這句話，羞愧地離開了。

1.1】C這是細節理解題。根據…the old woman opened her bag to share her food.這位老婦人打開她的包開始分享食物。The hungry traveler saw the precious stone 饑餓的旅行者看見了珍貴的石頭。故選C。

2.2】A這是詞義猜測題。根據The young man left happily with the stone.年輕人帶著石頭高興地離開了。He knew it was worth enough to give him security for a lifetime.年輕人很高興地離開了，他知道這個石頭很值錢，故選A。

3.3】D這是細節理解題。根據I give it back and hope that you can give me something even more precious. 他認為這個女人包里還有更寶貴的東西，就想把包要了，故選D。

4.4】B這是標題歸納題。根據“I have nothing special in my bag, but I do have something precious — the joy of giving!”通過這位婦女說“包里什么也沒有只有給予別人的快樂”的話讓這個年輕人無地自容，故選B。

考點：考查故事類閱讀。