21世纪学生英文报（初一）第14期Smallefforts，bi

small efforts

小小努力

big results

重大成果

during the Song Dynasty

宋代期间

an official  named Zhang Guaiya

一个叫张乖崖的官员

worked in Chongyang county

曾在崇阳县工作

in today's Hubei

在今天的湖北

theft  happened everywhere

盗窃案随处可见

even in the county's vault

即使在县里的钱库里

saw a low-ranking official

看到一个低级官员

come out of the vault in a hurry

匆忙走出钱库

Why are you in a hurry?

你为什么这么着急？

no reason

没有理由

might steal the money

可能会偷钱

asked people to search the official

要求人们搜查这位官员

found a copper coin

找到一枚铜币

in the official's headband

在官员的头巾里

how much more money he had stolen

他已经偷了多少钱

didn't steal anything else

没有偷其他东西

ordered the guards to beat him

命令守卫殴打他

didn't give in

没有屈服

only stole a coin

只偷了一枚硬币

wrote in a red pen

用红笔写

Constant dripping wears away a stone .

滴水穿石。

Choose the answer:

1. Why did Zhang stop the official?

为什么张乖崖要阻止这位官员？

Because the official walked quickly from the vault.

因为这位官员从金库出来走得很快。

A. Because the official didn't work that day.

因为这位官员那天没有上班。

B. Because the official didn't answer his questions.

因为这位官员没有回答他的问题。

D. Because he wanted the official to search the vault.

因为他想让这位官员搜查钱库。

2.Where did the official hide the coin?

这位官员把硬币藏在哪里了？

In his headband.

在他的发巾里。

A. In one of his pockets.

在他的一个口袋里。

C. In one of his shoes.

在他的一只鞋里。

D. In his room.

在他的房间里。

3.What lesson does the story teach us?

这个故事教我们什么道理？

Doing small things over time brings big changes.

随着时间的推移，做一些小事会带来很大的变化。

A. Bad things often happen one after another.

不好的事情常常接二连三地发生。

B. A person should never give in to other people.

一个人永远不应该向别人让步。

D. Money is not the most important thing in one's life.

钱不是一个人生命中最重要的东西。