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Directions: In the following questions read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives. Once there lived an old man had a bag of gold. He was foolish. He dug a hole in the ground and put the bag of gold into the hole. I Then, he covered the hole with a stone. He used to visit the place nearly, every day. He would take away the stone and put his ' fingers into the hole. Then, he would touch the gold and feel very happy. One day he took the stone away and put his fingers into the hole. How angry and sad he was when he discovered that his treasure was not there. The old man went to a friend and sadly told him the story. His friend said, "There is no reason for you to be sad. Your gold was useless to you. You still have the hole. You can visit it whenever you like. All you have to do is to imagine that your treasure is still there."

The old man was pleased when he

A) used the gold

B) touched the gold

C) added to the gold

D) gave away the gold