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The story goes that two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had an argument, and one friend slapped(打耳光)the other one in the face. The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, wrote in the sand：“Today my best friend slapped me in the face.” They kept on walking until they found an oasis (绿洲)，where they decided to take a bath. The one who had been slapped got stuck in the mire and started drowning (溺水), but the friend saved him. After he recovered from the near drowning, he wrote on a stone：“Today my best friend saved my life.” The friend who had slapped and saved his best friend asked him, “After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now you write on a stone. Why？”
The other friend replied：“When_someone_hurts_us,_we_should_write_it_down_in_sand_where_winds_of_forgiveness_can_erase_it_away.But when someone does something good for us，we must engrave (镌刻) it in stone where no wind can ever erase it.”
You have to learn to write your hurts in the sand and to carve your benefits in the stone.
两个朋友在沙漠旅行途中争吵，挨打的一人把被打这件事写在沙子上，遇险溺水时，他被朋友救了，却把这件事刻在石头上。
21．One friend slapped the other because ________.
A．he was angry that his friend took him to the desert by mistake
B．he was angry that his friend did not agree with him about something
C．he was angry that his friend kept wasting time writing and carving
D．he had to save his friend from drowning, and this almost took his own life
答案：B
解析：细节理解题。由第一段第二句可知，两个人就某一观点起了争论。A、C文中没有提及；D是被打后才发生的事。
22．What is the right understanding of the last sentence of the passage?
A．We should write and carve to record different kinds of feelings.
B．We should record different kinds of things in different ways.
C．We should remember only good things others have done to us and let go bad things.
D．We should remember things that others do to us, including both good things and bad things.
答案：C
解析：推理判断题。最后一句是根据第二段被打的人把别人对自己的好与坏刻在不同的地方得出的结论：把别人的好刻在石头上就不会忘记，而坏的写在沙子上就会随时间慢慢消失淡忘。
23．Which of the following can be the proper title of the passage?
A．True Friendship
B．Sand and Stone
C．Hurts and Benefits
D．Forgiveness and Gratitude
答案：D
解析：主旨大意题。根据文章的内容和第二、三段可以挖掘文章的深层含义是关于宽容与感激。
